Ypulse Essentials: WeeWorld's Virtual Tribute, '16 & Pregnant: Life After Labor', The Death Of Cursive
Posted by meredith on 07-02-2009
WeeWorld pays tribute to MJ and Farrah (offering virtual goods like Farrah's signature do and a placard that reads "I Heart MJ") (Virtual World News)
- 50 hours of SpongeBob (will air July 17-19 on Nickelodeon and VH1 to honor the cartoon's 10th anniversary. Plus Nick extends a licensing agreement with a… sponge company in Canada)
- Hong Kong Disneyland expands (hoping the magic touch of a makeover will boost lagging attendance. And BusinessWeek takes a look inside Disney's toy factory) (WSJ)
-'16 & Pregnant: Life After Labor' (a finale special hosted by Dr. Drew brings the new teen mothers back on-screen. Also MTV has picked up the show for a second season. Plus MTV Games hires industry vets to build on the success of "Rock Band") (THR)
- MySpace not liable for offline assaults (according to a ruling by a appeals court in California. Also another skeptical look at the value of Facebook activism. And YouTube summer camp gives youth ages 12-18 a crash course in web videos) (CNET) (New TeeVee)
- The Atlantic considers on-campus recruiting (during the downturn and urges Career Services to expose students to less traditional professions. Plus the budget crisis forces more states to cut summer school. And does nice handwriting matter? According to this Op-Ed piece, yes) ( New York Times, reg. required) (Long Island Press)
- Rock stars in YA (and the publishers behind them. Publishing Trends recaps NYU Summer Publishing Institute's panel on children's publishing. Plus the latest Cover Story from Melissa Walker features Julie Kraut's camp tale Slept Away. And Twihards go to summer school in Forks, Washington. Also The New York Times Style section, reg. required, discovers the vampire trend) (People)
- Pew study finds generation gap widening (between older and younger Americans. And Gen Y workers in the U.K. lack mobile etiquette, according to a study. Also Ad Age, reg. required, reports Millennial consumers are evolving) (Huffington Post) (Computer Weekly)
- Air Force ads target techie Gen Y (playing up the branch's cutting edge, sci-fi like technology) (MediaPost, reg. required)
P.S. Just a reminder that Ypulse will not be publishing tomorrow, but will return on Monday! Happy 4th of July!
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Regarding the Generation Gap article:
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About two-thirds of people 65 and older said religion is very important to them, compared with just over half of those 30 to 49 and 44 percent of people 18 to 29.
In addition, among adults 65 and older, one-third said religion has grown more important to them over the course of their lives, while 4 percent said it has become less important and 60 percent said it has stayed the same.
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The closer people get to the day their bodies will be in the grave, the more they want to believe that their souls will be floating on clouds when that happens.
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:34 am
16 and Pregnant makes being a pregnant teen seem so glamorous. They should have someone like Diane Garnick tell her story on that show as a follow up.
She was 15 when she had her baby, worked hard and then went on to become a famous author and Wall Street wiz. At least she tells people how hard it was to be a teenage Mom.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diane-Garnick-Fan-Site/30099979536