Note from Anastasia: I am taking a much needed holiday beginning tomorrow. More Ypulse goodness on Monday. In the meantime, surf the archives, send us news tips, post a comment, and if you haven't, register for the Ypulse Mashup --

We're excited to announce that Sulake (the parent company of the massive virtual world Habbo Hotel) has joined our growing list of Ypulse Research partners who are selling their Gen Y related research through us, helping to realize our vision

We have partnered with Paramount Vantage to offer a special sneak peek screening of the Sundance hit "American Teen" after Monday's Ypulse Mashup event in San Francisco. We are offering free tickets to all Ypulse Mashup attendees and readers. The

Don't miss Ypulse Books editor Alli's thoughtful argument against "age banding" books for children and teens. Plus more awards, Method Man's comic and a new online multi-platform storytelling venue in today's Ypulse Book Essentials. Posted by anastasiaPermalinkCommentsEmail this post Digg

For any Ypulse readers who have attended one of our Mashup events, you know that a big highlight is always our "user generated" lunch sessions, which are suggested and moderated by attendees. These are intimate, in-depth discussions that happen over

Soulja Boy sneakers (the rap star struck a multi-year deal with Yums shoes to create a graffiti-themed line of sneakers) (Billboard)- 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager' debuts tonight (The L.A. Times, reg. required, isn't impressed. Plus, Hollywood Reporter

Every year Vanity Fair publishes a Young Hollywood issue, highlighting who they believe are bound to be the "next big things." In the past, Mary Kate and Ashley, Lindsay Lohan, and Shia LaBeouf have topped the list, and this year

Time is running out...Sign up for the 2008 Ypulse National Mashup conference on July 14 and 15 in San Francisco today!Mixed tapes (a journalist reflects on the power of the mixed tape when going through teen angst and coming out

Last week's issue of TIME had an article about underage drinking, hard-core drinkers on college campuses, and parents who drink with their teens. Since I am on the brink of the legal drinking age, the article was a very interesting

Remember to sign up for the 2008 Ypulse National Mashup conference on July 14 and 15 in San Francisco!MTV, Common team up and fight back (to draw awareness to today's National HIV Testing Day, Common will perform a song written

At the WGA panel on teens and TV I was on the other night, one of the questions asked by our moderator, Kathleen McGhee Anderson, was whether teens want to watch serious dramas about real-life issues? Apparently some of the

Yesterday I attended my very first "What Teens Want" conference, and while I could only leave work to attend a few sessions, I managed to catch several really great speakers. Starting off the day yesterday The N's "Millennial Girl: What

Over on the new Ypulse Books channel, Alli rounds up what's been coming into her mailbox paying special attention to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which sounds dark but also very good. In Ypulse Book Essentials, NPR takes time

I'm flying back from L.A. today after last night's panel at the WGA, taking up a big chunk of my morning. Look for more Ypulse goodness tomorrow (and keep sending those newstips!). P.S. We are up to around 40 applications

Wow. Great response to yesterday's post so far. I'm super impressed with our Youth Advisory Board applicants already. Maybe we'll have our 10 official members and everyone else can be alternates but sill participate in the community. Also, knowing the

Note from Anastasia: I'm sure I missed stuff traveling today, so please send me news tips for tomorrow. MTV to run political ads (just not from third parties...for the first time in its history. Plus the web is where it's

I don't know why I think I can update Ypulse and travel on the same day. I always think I will have time in between waking up, getting to the airport and getting where I'm going, but it's never enough.

Ypulse Books editor Alli flashes back to The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, one of my favorite books (and movies of all time) -- "Do it for Johnny!" Also in Ypulse Book Essentials, the scoop on the animated film of Neil

Note from Anastasia: re: Lack of substantive posts today...We've had some major blog publishing issues, and I have spent most of this morning working through them. More and better posts tomorrow!IMVU has 20 million users (or about 550K active users.

This has been a long time coming -- over the past four years, we've had teen bloggers post on Ypulse (Julia, Katie, Kate and Monica) as well as several guest posts (and now staff, i.e. Casey!) who are indeed part