Ypulse Essentials: Xbox Rocks The Vote, Teen TV Buzz, Tween Style Bloggers

Note from Anastasia: Just a reminder that I'm on a "sorta" vacation this week, so posting will be lighter through Thursday. We'll be off Friday through Monday (back Tuesday) for the Labor Day holiday.

Youth voting (starting today, you can register to vote using Xbox Live - thanks to Rock The Vote. Plus what mobile marketers can learn from Obama) (BBC) (Bits)

- Teen TV (More on that infamous show that cleared a path for "The O.C., Gossip Girl, and yes, even The Hills." Plus, "Gossip Girl" creator Josh Schwartz feels guilty about using nasty quotes as a promotional tool. Also, be ready to see "90210" emblazoned on apparel, cosmetics, bags and school supplies just like the show's first time around) (New York Magazine) (Women's Wear Daily)

- Back to school splash (tween fashion bloggers take over the New York Times Style magazine. Plus, Quiksilver tries to appeal to a teen and twenty-something by using a team of female "visionaries" including a - you guessed it! - fashion blogger) (New York Times: T Magazine) (Fast Company)

- More on Scion's struggles (Brandweek talks with Jeri Yoshizu about Scion's marketing strategy)

- 'Veronica' on the big screen (could it be? Discussions of a "Veronica Mars" movie) (Entertainment Weekly)

- MTV's early stars (who wouldn't be allowed on the network today. Oh, how I loved/love Daria) (Defamer)

- More on cyberbullying (research shows that we don't really know what kids our doing online) (Wall Street Journal, reg. required)

- Move over, Jo Bros (and make room for The Naked Brothers. Oh, boy. And AT&T advertising in iCarly. Plus drawing the line on "tween waxing") (Chicago Sun-Times) (Media Week) (LA Daily News)

- 'America The Beautiful' (12-year-old model Gerren Taylor shot to fame, then disappeared. This new documentary reveals her story) (St Louis Post-Dispatch)

- Marketing to millennials with technology (small businesses use Facebook, YouTube, and "preward" gift cards to draw in young business) (Business Week)

- Running from student loans (the rising price of loans makes it hard for college students recover… with two years left, this is not something I want to be reading.) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Here We Go (new "edutainment" for teens)

P.S. Our friends at Teen Scene Magazine relaunched with a new design today - check it out!

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