One of the more popular youth culture cable channels, and one highly touted for covering issues that mainstream news channels don’t, Current TV has become a darling media site and TV network for a new generation that’s become tainted by traditional media. On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, former Vice President Al Gore, a co-founder with […]
As fair-trade fashion continues to make waves as we roll ino 2013, two of the most popular brands in the arena, Edun and Diesel, are getting together for a signature collection that is entirely sourced and manufactured in Africa. Edun, which is founded by Bono from U2, and his wife Ali Hewson have been working […]
Happy Holidays! As we take a look back at 2012, we’ve combed through the most popular Profile Reports that readers and subscribers gravitated to the most. Profile Reports keep industry leaders in youth culture up to speed with a variety of timely topics, insights, data, street photography, analysis, and future forecasting. This is where we […]
The ASC is back but in a new and improved format. Now called Action Sports + Culture the conference, to be held during the first night of the Agenda trade show in Long Beach, CA, January 4, 2013, will feature speakers Jarka Duba, CEO/President of POC Sports, Amy Purda, Pro Snowboarder and Co-founder of Adaptive […]
One of the best ways to spread the word about global warming and to gather future support for more sustainable living towards combating climate change is to reach future consumers, namely, global youth culture via music. The Artists Project Earth (APE) and World Bank’s Connect4Climate (C4C) collaboration is doing just that, most recently by joining […]
Wooster Collective has highlighted a disturbing trend in famous street art by those stealing and/or profiting off of what is intentionally meant to be left on the street where the art was created. Marc and Sara Schiller spell out an unfortunate situation at Miami Art Basel with a Banksy piece of art on their site: […]
We’re pleased to announce that Label Networks has been asked to present at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market on January 24, 2013 in Salt Lake City, UT. During each bi-annual trade show, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) offers a series of seminars at Outdoor Retailer aimed at enriching the experience of exhibitors, brands, media, and industry […]
As the Vans Warped Tour 2013 moves into entering its 19th year, making the tour the longest running music tour in history and definitely one to watch when it comes to youth culture trends, sponsorship, and up-and-coming artists, it’s undergone a variety of interesting themes, including Punks In Space, Lucky 13, Island of the Misfit […]
MOCAtv has been producing an amazing series of short films featuring a number of unique artists including a fair number of street artists and the work that they do. Their latest short features Swoon talking about her Swimming Cities of Serenissima and the Konbit Shelter that she and other artists helped build in Bigones-Leogane, Haiti. […]
As odd as it may seem, fast-fashion giant Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo from Japan continues to push digital and new media boundaries that have changed the concept of fashion marketing. From cool screensavers, to their “Lucky Counter” utilizing Twitter to achieve hype and discounted prices, to a clear favorite, the 88 Colors campaign that, like their […]