Ypulse Essentials: Theme Park Wars, Young Invincibles, TVGuide.com Revamps

Theme park wars (shape up as Disney and Universal both roll out big announcements this week. More details on Disney's interactive updates and the unveiling of Universal's much-anticipated Harry Potter park) (Daily Herald) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Young invincibles (support health care, but aren't making the issue a high priority) (Politico)

- Mylatch (another Gen-Y recruiting tool. Also more Millennials stick it out at the jobs they have) (Reuters) (Post and Courier)

- HeyJosh for Grown-ups (youth speaker and one of our most memorable Ypulse Mashup keynotes Josh Shipp offers an online resource to help parents and teachers reach teens)

- Is txt speak (the new language of YA lit? I'm not buying it. Also, Zach Galifianakis is eyed for "It's Kind of a Funny Story," the upcoming movie based on Ned Vizzini's young-adult novel. And a look at the book behind "Whip It") (Vancouver Sun) (Reuters) (SLJ)

- More tween celebrations (happening in October with the “Jeans Bring Dreams” Tween/Teen Concert Series joining the lineup that includes AllyKatzz's Tween Summit and the Tween Empowerment Event. )

- Technology addiction (– there's that word again — has a "disruptive effect" on learning. Meanwhile Microsoft offers free resources to teachers to help teachers stay virtually connected with students forced to stay home with H1N1) (BBC)

- TVGuide.com (revamps the site for younger viewers. Also an NYU film student offers his version of reality television as a web series) (USA Today) (New York Magazine)

- MySpace Music (gets a sleek redesign. Plus ColbertNation.com starts streaming full albums from the "Report's" musical guests) (TechCrunch) (Variety)

- BillMyParents on AdventureQuest (the virtual world marks the first third-party site to use the service. Plus more on Spin Master's Liv dolls and their stiff competition in the doll business. And Kmart debuts a new line of Dora toys) (BusinessWeek) (Playthings)

- Global teens cut spending (according to the latest Habbo survey)

P.S. Remember to register for the first Ypulse Insights Quarterly Briefing [aka webinar] happening next week. Check out the detailshere.

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