Real Teen Secrets (another teen confession site -- with no moderation or resources)

- To stream (or not to stream? More discussion on The CW, "Gossip Girl" and cannibalizing TV. Plus Channel One goes digital) (AdAge.com, reg. required) (Media Post, reg. required)

- Jessica Biel (and her dad launch another cause oriented social networking site)

- More Miley redux (parents outraged, tweens don't care) (AdAge.com, reg. required)

- 'The Death of the Record Store' (new doc on the survival [or demise] indie record stores featuring Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Ian Mackaye of Fugazi) (WireTap)

- Seventeen music widgets (Hearst teams up with Jango to create co-branded celebrity music widgets)

- Drinking virtual Pepsi (appears to work, according to an MTV case study. Look for more integrated content on every conceivable digital platform aimed at teens) (AdWeek)

- The true story (of a bogus blog -- Coach sponsored a class project that backfired.) (AdWeek)

- Back to school May 1? (ok, I know this isn't the focus of this piece about Staples and DoSomething joining up for a cause marketing initiative, but they are launching their annual back to school campaign before school is even out) (PR Week)

- Slurpee rocks out (7 Eleven's classic drink sports Aerosmith on its cups in a Rockband Guitar Hero promotion)

- Grand Theft Childhood? (cool looking panel at Berkeley on violent video games - thanks Jennifer!)

- 37 percent of teens (texting while driving. Stop the insanity!)

- 'Thinspo' (is the search term to find pro-ana and mia stuff on sites like YouTube and Flickr. Sad.) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Identity theft increasing (on social networking sites where youth with no credit history are prime targets) (L.A. Times, reg. required)

- Global youth research (Next Great Thing keeps releasing more. Plus slides from Ypulse Mashup speaker Graham Brown/World Wireless Forum)

- Youth open to national service (according to new research...you just have to ask them - thanks Sheri!) (Washington Post, reg. required)

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