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Ypulse Essentials: Sally D, 'Underage' Again, Slurpucinos

Posted by anastasia on 02-21-2008

CandylandCandyland (the movie…Hasbro inks Hollywood deal for its games) (AdAge.com, reg. required)

- New drug on the block (Sally D — it will be outlawed soon) (Dallas Morning News)

- Princeton ads a gap year… (abroad for its students. I'm a fan of gap years) (New York Times, reg. required)

- The Underage Festival (returns for 2008 in the UK. I guess The Warped Tour is sort of our version of this…) (Skiddle)

- Kate Modern (Bebo's UK hit now starring…Toyota. Plus Chevy sells "green" to tweens via The Jonas Brothers) (AdRants)

- Slurpuchinos (7 Eleven is adding caffeine to its Slurpees. Speaking of coffee, "Juno" DVDs will be sold in Starbucks.) (UPI)

- Boost Mobile branching out (relaunches a new identity hoping to move beyond its core urban youth demo) (AdWeek)

- PTC to boycott 'Dexter' (I actually fell in love with this show on Showtime, but it's definitely not for kids) (MediaWeek)

- MySpace music service? (seems like a no-brainer) (AP)

- Whattheyplay.com (in USA Today)

- Forrester webinar next week (on Gen Y's digital habits)

P.S. I mentioned BSite in yesterday's Essentials and forgot to link the source article.

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