Note from Anastasia: This is a short edition as I really do need to pack...

Nick Lachey returns to TV (will host the "High School Musical" reality show) (Entertainment Weekly)

- The CW scores a ratings victory (with the return of "Gossip Girl," but was it big enough to stop the streaming?) (MediaLife Magazine Younger Viewers ratings roundup)

- Tweens driving 'Idol' eliminations (theorizes this grumpy HuffPo blogger. Plus Reality Blurred reports that Carly thinks it was her singing "Jesus Christ Superstar" that upset Christians and sealed her fate)

- WeeMes get portable (letting its avatars travel with an open API. Plus there's now a "Blue Book" guide to virtual worlds!) (Mashable) (Association of Virtual Worlds via Izzy Neis)

- Congress may regulate teen 'boot camps' (good.) (AP)

- Group asks BK to pull 'Iron Man' toys (from kids' meals since the movie is rated PG-13) (MediaPost, reg. required)

- CNET on the MacArthur Forum (more coverage of Wednesday's event from Ypulse 2008 Mashup moderator Stefanie Olsen)

P.S. I want to apologize to newsletter readers for the grammatical errors in my post about teens and writing yesterday -- it's no excuse but rushing and not having an editor to backread my posts means sometimes they turn out that way. Funny that I sounded incoherent while writing about writing though. Also, you can find the report online here. I will be running an interview with the report's author Amanda Lenhart next week. Here's another take from Inside Higher Ed.

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