'Friday Night Lights' saved! (for a third season. You mean I'll have to watch "Riggins" every week again?) (Deadline Hollywood Daily)

- 'Buffy' beds a woman (and there's debate over whether this comic book storyline was just a marketing ploy. Plus fans want more [gay] kissing on "As The World Turns") (ABC News) (Media Life Magazine)

- Life after 'Rent' (the latest Broadway productions designed to keep attracting younger audiences) (TIME.com)

- Abbey Dawn (Avril launches a new juniors lifestyle brand at Kohl's inspiring this funny letter. And the Olsens also launch a new line in the UK.) (MediaPost, reg. required) (Idolator) (Telegraph UK)

- Disney to be big in Japan (launching an animation channel. Plus Raven-Symone: "the perfect model for the channel's strategy for its talent roster") (USA Today) (L.A. Times, reg. required)

- Indie teen angels (Salon.com reviews teen themed indies "Paranoid Park" and "Snow Angels" both opening this weekend. Plus remaking "The Breakfast Club"? Why mess with a classic?) (Entertainment Weekly)

- Cartoon Doll Emporium founder... (to launch a summer camp? Sounds kind of cool)

- Youth media treasure trove (of research)

P.S. No posting tomorrow -- flying off to Austin for SXSW Interactive early in the a.m.!

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