Note from Anastasia: Please note Ypulse's new assistant editor Casey's first post today as well as our ongoing Ypulse Books coverage from Alli (the Ypulse Books channel is coming soon).

Parents Television Council goes after 'Gossip Girl' (And although The CW is claiming a ratings victory after damming the stream online, the Alley Insider says "not so fast." And, of course, "Gossip Girl" fashion is becoming its own cottage industry. Speaking of, did anyone else notice MTV plugging fashions worn by "The Paper's" Andrea?) (MediaWeek) (New York Daily News)

- Tight times mean thrifty teens (when is comes to fashion) (USA Today)

- Disney to put 'Narnia' exclusives online (from the new flick "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian")

- 'Heroes' Hayden Panettiere goes 'Al Gore' (with a new documentary about the ocean) (Contact Music. Plus Greenpeace takes on Dove for destroying forests in "Onslaughter")

- Social shopping/networking for good (I'm intrigued by Fanista's social shopping for a cause model as well as Socialvibe's team with brands and donate to your charity models. Oh and here's the actual Piczo press release - blogged about their new channels yesterday in Essentials)

- Cellphones still banned (in NYC schools. Plus BK launches a "King" mobile game) (Textually) (Media Post, reg. required)

- Little League (gets its own video game)

- Mr. Youth releases a white paper (on "Consumer 2.0" - full disclosure: Mr. Youth is a Ypulse sponsor) (.pdf)

P.S. I received this email stating: "We're a bit perplexed at present because ComScore's data shows that MySpace and Facebook get more traffic from 9-11 year olds than Webkinz and Club Penguin do...." Waiting for the news story on this one...

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