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R.I.P. Madeleine L'Engle (she was a huge part of why I became an avid reader. I want to reread all her books now, especially The Austin Family series -- I was a big Vicky Austin fan) (USA Today)

- Teens learning about fall TV (from TV! according to this research...and the most buzzed about series? The CW's "Gossip Girl" and ABC's "Pushing Daisies". Plus for teens tuning in to Channel One at school, there will be some new faces) (TV Week)

- 'Legally Blond' to air (on MTV) (New York Post)

- Reaching teens with mobile (in-depth feature on iMedia Connection)

- Tween Mashup speaker kajeet (raises a lot of cash) (Tech Journal South)

- Ringles (the music industry's latest attempt at saving itself) (Billboard)

- Ad Council Creative (new newsletter to stay on top of the latest PSAs)

- Summer Heat (Reel Pop reviews "Prom Queen's" sexy summer installments...And Seventeen tries the vlog thing with Seventeen Seconds)

- The secrets to Habbo's success (how Habbo got to be so big) (Giga Om)

- Nick says 'Go out and play!' (will go dark for a day to help fight obesity) (Media Post, reg. required)

- Conscious college students (more from Alloy's College Explorer Survey. Plus Not For Sale, a new youth-savvy campaign fighting human trafficking - thanks Bob!)

P.S. Check out my post about the Vanessa Hudgens photo scandal over at The Huffington Post. And my latest about the importance of IRL (in real life) at Totally Wired.

Posted by anastasia