Ypulse Essentials: 'The I'm Just Sayin' Show' Premieres, Banning Fast Food Ads, Teens Stand Up To Bullies
Posted by meredith on 11-20-2008
'The I'm Just Sayin Show' (launched online last night. Check out Tilzy.Tv's interview with creator Rex Sorgatz. My favorite quote is Sorgatz' defense against the show being a hipster version of Julia Alison's similar web series, "It's actually a hipster version of 'The Golden Girls!'" Um, I'd watch that)
- More on Virgin Mobile's HY-TV (Next Great Thing's Twitter interview –aka twitterview– with Jill Okawa, manager of Virgin Mobile's Pro-Social marketing group) (Next Great Thing)
- What I Saw and How I Lied (wins the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Apparently, no one was more surprised than author Judy Blundell herself. Plus Spike Jonze talks to Ain't It Cool News about the upcoming film version of the children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are") (GalleyCat) (New York Magazine)
- Is Gen Y brand-resistant? (Or just discerning about which the ones they care to acknowledge?) (eMarketer)
- Hannah Montana climbs the charts (in doll form. Barbie still holds the top spot, but Miley's mini me shot up four spaces on this year's hot-toy list) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- A ban on fast food ads aimed at kids? (NIH says it could cut national obesity rates by as much as 18%. Meanwhile Burger King tries to do their part by limiting sodium in kids meals) (AdAge, reg required) (Reuters)
- Nokia awards HABBO founders (for their popular virtual world for teens) (press release)
- Financial security (a tricky concept for younger employees to put into action. Plus Harris Interactive study finds both Boomers and Gen Y look to their employers for education about employee benefits) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Press Release)
- Teens take a stand against bullying (by reaching out to one victim with a powerful collection of letters. Also the scientific view of peer pressure. And a Ypulse commenter recently pointed out this TMZ-stye site High School Tabloid. Seems like a potentially dangerous combo) (USA Today) (Science News)
- American Apparel finally steps over the line (and uses nudity in their banner ads. Japanese clothing company Uniqlo takes a slightly tamer route to promote their new bra top, recruiting hundreds of women for a video survey and posting the results on Uniqlo Try) (Agency Spy) (via Trendcentral)
P.S. Check out this If I Were President series on 247 Townhall (Mos Def wants National Pudding Day!)