Newsletter readers: Apologies for sending this so late today - I've been traveling with sporadic access to the "InterWeb"

Purse ban (In an effort to crack down on drugs and weapons, some high schools are banning purses...) (USA Today)

- Girls love Piczo (another story on this social networking site's rapid growth, especially with teen girls. There's some interesting stuff in here on what teen mags can learn from this company) (Times Online UK)

- Sports Illustrated teams with Takkle (to attract young "tech-savvy" readers) (MediaWeek)

- America's Top 'virtual' Model (taking a cue from "Laguna Beach," The CW dips its toes into virtual reality with a mobile avatar game) (News.com)

- 'Empty Vessels' (The New York Times, reg. required, on MySpace and YouTube and the explosion of user generated content in 2006...see also the Sunday mag column on how TrendWatching packages trends and this article on MTV in Turkey)

- Facebook + Digg (equals the latest entrant into the college social networking space - Schoolfizz) (via Mashable)

P.S. I'm just starting research on my second BusinessWeek Online column about the MySpace Ecosystem...If you are part of this "ecosystem," get in touch for a quick email interview.

Posted by anastasia