Best Teen Weblogs (from the Bloggies -- the nominees are: Sarcastica, The Rural Juror, Both Sides of the Mouth, It's Raining Noodles, and Miss Couturable)

- Miley's big weekend (the Hannah Montana concert movie had a super-sized opening...and Britney gets her own ballet titled "Meltdown" - oy vey) (USA Today) (BBC News)

- Kids watch the Super Bowl, too (groups concerned about beer ads during the game -- and given that the Budweiser/Rocky ad was the most popular, and was super cute, they have a point) (MediaLife Magazine) (AHN)

- Yahoo! Music sold... (to the MTV/Rhapsody partnership)

- My Wired Youth (Virgina Heffernan riffs off the PBS doc and talks about her own life on "the internet before the internet"... Plus the UK Times unearths "the anti-Facebook movement") (New York Times, reg. required)

- MTV opens a virtual skate park (like Tony Hawk's video games, but chattier...I'm sure they'll be lots of brands in the skatepark, too, since most advertising for young people is now in the form of branded entertainment and product placement) (L.A. Times, reg. required)

- Imbee learns about COPPA (the hard way -- as did Xanga and other well meaning sites) (Wired)

- Teens may be going to the movies less... (but those who do consume the most media) (AdAge.com, reg. required)

- The CW's 'pursuit of youth' (falters due to the writer's strike) (L.A. Times, reg. required)

- Keys for a cause (Alicia "As I Am" Keys teams with mobile company Treemo for a contest benefiting African kids)

- More griping... (about Gen Y @ work) (Reuters)

- Cheaters (Cory over at Boing Boing points to YouTube videos created by teens teaching their peers how to cheat on tests - lovely)

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