Ypulse Essentials: 'Gossip Girl's' Fashion Influence, Beer Pong Game & More
Posted by anastasia on 07-08-2008
Japan's hottest celeb bloggers (meet Japans A-listers, courtesy of Wired)
- More on 'Gossip Girl's' fashion influence (and rampant product placement) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Giving new meaning to the term 'Screenagers' (we're all consuming media on more screens than ever [hint: TV not going away anytime soon]…including Boomers who are embracing social media like they were teenagers…sorta.) (New York Times, reg. required) (MarketingVOX)
- Tech @ school (viewed as a good thing — at least by 84% of principals and administrators in this survey. Plus a cool video report on the Internet Safety Town Hall I [breathlessly] spoke at in San Antonio) (Derek Baird) (eSchool News)
- What's in a name? (a student on a high school yearbook staff was able to get fake names for Black Student Union members, including "Tay Tay Shaniqua," "Crisphy Nanos" and "Laquan White," into the published yearbook. LAME. Sounds like a teachable moment and a reminder that racism is alive and well in youth culture) (L.A. Times, reg. required)
- Scrabble [finally] launches on Facebook (whither Scrabulous?. Plus MySpace makes the grade according to Common Sense Media's internet safety report card — Facebook not so responsive) (Alley Insider) (NewJersey.com)
- Current HSM stars done (with HSM. Plus The N will air an interactive advertising campaign with Cadbury during its "Queen Bees" series. And The Osbournes, including rehabbed Jack and Kelly, hope to revive the variety show format…meh) (USA Today) (Media Post, reg. required) (Variety)
- Beer pong game (changes its name and removes alcohol references so 13-year-olds won't recognize that it's beer pong) (USA Today)
- More teen YouTube stars (17-year-old got paid for singing on a viral hit. And the uber popular fictional "Fred") (PSFK) (Worldwide Teen Lab)
P.S. Next week isn't just the Ypulse Mashup…there are also great conferences from our friends at PSFK and Blogher. I'll be at both! Hope to see you there.
