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Featured Research: Entertainment 2011
Millennials rarely take a break from media now that it is just as mobile as they are. Music is Millennials’ favorite medium; they spend more time with it in a typical week than with any other. While some download music illegally, most happily pay for music to support the artists they care about. Millennials watch an extraordinary number of movies now that they are so readily available via streaming and make a rapid transition from big screen to small screen. 3D movies are reeling in audiences and breaking box office records, but few students say a film’s availability in 3D affects their interest in seeing it. The TV industry may be poised for a shakeup, thanks to Millennials. College students are spending more time watching cheaper Internet-based alternatives to cable (like Hulu and Netflix). Unlike music, most Millennials say they could live without TV, and some are doing just that by cutting the cable cord, or at least cutting premium cable channels and getting by with basic service.
The past week had a huge impact on young, media-savvy Millennials, because of the war waging among Internet sites and the federal government. First, young people banded together with websites to stop the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP …
Read more...Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We’ve culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight in our …
Read more...Today we bring you our weekly sampler of cool youth media and marketing gigs. If your company has an open position in the youth media or marketing space, we encourage you to join the Ypulse LinkedIn group, if you haven’t …
Read more...Girl gamers are being overlooked by the video game industry. There are plenty of them out there, but for some reason, old stereotypes about girl gamers continue to drive not only game marketing, but also game development. Jennifer Shanley, a …
Read more...Julia is our gaming expert on the Youth Advisory Board, and as a girl gamer, she’s frustrated that so many of the video games she enjoys are rarely presented as being female-friendly. She may never have picked up Skyrim, …
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