'iCarly' star to record (Miranda Cosgrove has signed a deal with Columbia Records. Plus Disney Radio launches a mobile site to reach tweens) (press release) (MediaPost, reg. required)

- 'Baby fight club' (Channel 4 doc about kids' ultimate fighting) (via MTV Sticky)

- 'Gossip Girl's' genius (New York Magazine on how "Gossip Girl" is a new kind of hit. Problem is the network needs it to still be an old kind of hit. We'll find out if not being able to watch online helps or hurts ratings)

- Remember Corey? (the Australian MySpace party boy? He landed a role on "Big Brother" Down Under) (Daily Telegraph)

- Edelman goes Hollywood (yes, the PR firm, launches a competition to identify young filmmaking talent) (USA Today)

- Reaching young Latinos (means understanding "bi-dentity" -- brands that do? McDonald's, Pepsi, Univision and Rocawear) (BrandWeek)

- The Fashion-Y Blog (run by teen blogger Kori Perten, who was profiled in the Boston Globe Plus new research says "teenage girls who dress in their culture's traditional clothing may fare better mentally and emotionally than their peers who try to assimilate.") (Reuters)

- Volunteer vacations (teens traveling the world to do "good") (Washington Post, reg. required)

- What young Catholics want... (from the Pope) (Newsweek)

- MTV investigates (the Emo attacks in Mexico - with video interviews)

P.S. Thanks to the media broadcasting the cheerleader beatdown everywhere, we now have the first "copycat" case. (Jezebel)

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