Category: New Media

Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards for 2011, Including Happy Happy, Like Crazy, and to.get.her for Best NEXT Audience Award

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For indie filmmakers, just making it into Sundance is an enormous success. As the festival came to a close last weekend and awards were announced, it also means cool movies are about to get distributed. Here’s the scoop.

Sundance Film Festival Launches 3-Year Plan with Kickstarter, Plus Top Films Connecting with Youth Culture, and Latest from X Dance

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Park City, UT is all abuzz with celebs and snow, but this year’s festival has a decidedly different vibe -greater emphasis on documentaries, funding for indie filmmakers, and outreach to connect non-attendees.

Lost Generation: Examining the Changing Psychodemographics of Youth Culture Today, Brands Can Create Authenticity and Do Good by Supporting Key Concerns

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Taking a look at what youth markets are most effected by in their daily lives, from lack of jobs, to gas prices, to teen suicide, provides new understanding and ways to connect to a new generation.

Top 10 Bands of Summer -Bands About to Break Big, Best Innovative Marketers, Most Creative Merch, Fan Favorites

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These underground bands all have something leading-edge about them making them the bands to watch when it comes to influencing youth culture. Street report from Label Networks’ summer road warriors.

What Would Make It Easier for You To Buy the Things That You Like the Most?

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Fresh data from LN’s Summer Youth Culture Study illustrates new preferred ways that 13-30-year-old’s would like to shop. Dynamic changes show great marketing possibilities.

What Electronic Device Can You Not Live Without?” -Differences among 13-30-year-olds Indicate Big Changes on the Horizon

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More important than ever before is knowing key electronics among youth culture as spending patterns have shifted towards electronics as a major component to personal style, communication, and entertainment.

Video Gaming Preferences in Youth Culture as Determined by Evolution in Preferred Platforms is Shaking-up the Industry

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With E3 wrapping up, we take an in-depth look at the evolution of preferred gaming platforms and how this is effecting the entertainment industry, sports, music, technology, and even fashion based on preferences in compatible titles.

Highlights from Label Networks Presentation “Music and Action Sports Crossover–Connecting with Youth Culture”

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Just back from the YPulse Mashup Conference on Youth Marketing in San Francisco, we present you with highlights from our presentation sponsored by GroupY, utilizing our data, images, analysis, and forecasts.