Disney Drags the Beach Blanket Out of the Attic and Gives It a Shake

The Disney Channel is hoping the silly, surfing, singing characters in its new “Teen Beach Movie” catch on with young viewers.

    

Advertising: Longing to Stay Wanted, MTV Turns Its Attention to Younger Viewers

Trying to avoid a decline in viewership, MTV plans to present a nationwide study of 1,800 “young millennials” to marketers and programmers.

    

Advertising: Nonprofit Group to Help For-Profit Marketers Reach Youth

A unit called TMI, as in “Too Much Information,” will offer services including research, strategy related to mobile devices and text messaging, social media and Web site production.

    

Advertising: Bieber Promotes a Debit Card With High Fees

In new videos for the SpendSmart Payments Company, which offers a prepaid debit card for teenagers, Justin Bieber talks about his modest upbringing.

    

Advertising: Automotive Industry Ad Campaign Focuses on Young Drivers

Madison Avenue and automakers are trying to lure young Americans who are more interested in the newest smartphone than in the newest sedan.

Nick D’Aloisio, 17, Sells Summly App to Yahoo

Nick D’Aloisio, a programming whiz who wasn’t even born when Yahoo was founded in 1994, sold his news-reading app, Summly, to Yahoo.