• Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear

    That 16-year-old TechCrunch writer with 120,000 Twitter followers, who we wrote about yesterday, is part of a burgeoning child punditocracy. Children are operating in virtually every facet media — and doing so successfully. Fear for your job.

    Here's a rundown of some of the more promising names in child-labor media. Some of the names will probably look familiar to you, since these kids are famous. Far more famous than most media hacks. In other words, they're coming for your job, loudly.

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    By Ryan Tate
    Nov 6, 2009 2:23 PM 22,890
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    Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear

    The Teenaged Tech Titan

    Name: Daniel Brusilovsky

    Age: 16

    Summary: Founder and CEO, TeensInTech.com; product evangelist for video-casting service Qik; writer for TechCruch; has 120,000 followers on his "Verified" Twitter account.

    More: He's an adviser to at least two companies; his parents used to shuttle him to and from tech conferences; says you should be persistent to reach your goals. More here.

    (Pic by Randy Stewart)

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