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Winners from last night’s Teen Choice Awards (Disney stars Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, and Vanessa Hudgens scored big-time, and “Gossip Girl” took home six “surfboards” including breakout show [just one they're not watching on TV]. Watch the show tonight at 8 p.m on Fox. And last week’s Younger Viewers ratings wrap-up from Media Life Magazine) (Buzz Sugar)
- Flavor of the
monthyear (it’s a good day for the Jonas Bros. Not only did they snag six honors at the Teen Choice Awards, but their impossible-to-find pre-mania cd is selling upwards of $200 on eBay. Plus, Disney just announced a February release date for their 3-D concert film) (New York Times, reg. required) (MTV)- Will ‘Traveling Pants’ 2 be a hit? (with some of the stars of the first film shining brighter, the producers are hoping so…opens Wednesday) (Reuters)
- Green teens (a growing number of college students want to spend their money on socially-responsible brands. Also, a survey reveals teens top 15 favorite green brands and found that Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and hipster-haven American Apparel, topped the list among others. Plus, the first green fashion publication, called Boho Magazine, will be launching next month) (Ad Age, reg. required) (Reuters)
- Dizzywood teaches tweens to tree-hug (showing gratitude to players who plant trees in the virtual forests of Dizzywood, the company will be planting 15,000 real trees in a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation) (Izzy Neis)
- Do kids hate school? (a new study shows that “by the time American students are in junior high and high school, they hate school and cannot wait to finish an acceptable terminal level of education and establish careers and families, mimicking the suburban lifestyles of their parents.”) (Wall Street Journal)
- CollegeZapps (Talk about covering your bases…this site allows you to apply to 900 schools at once!?) (press release)
- Throwback to double-dutch (New York City schools are adding double-dutch jump rope to their varsity athletic lineup) (New York Times, reg. required)
- MTV’s own finishing school on “From G’s to Gents” (mixing “bling attitude with a preppy premise,” street thug-wannabes compete against one another to become the most genteel gentleman) (Salon, daypass or subscription required)
- Generation Virtual (not defined by age, gender, demographic or geography, Generation V’s classification is according to the growing use of digital media in everyday life) (MarketingVOX)
- Social affluenza’s effect on kids (in response to last week’s “Camp Codependence” piece, this opinion piece suggests that increasing rates of depression and suicide among affluent teens may have something to do with “affluenza”) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Is Facebooking the future of scrapbooking? (“glitter blogs” are taking scrapbooking to new levels, allowing girls to create collages without the mess of glue) (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Grand Theft Auto banned (in Thailand, after a teenager murders a cab driver and wreaks havoc in the streets imitating the popular game) (BBC)
