Yahoo’s omg site blasts to top of celebrity news heap on breezily positive tone, small staff

Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.

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A Twitter uprising in Iran, now a Twitter celebrity death: Jackson death was new media moment

Jackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked

NEW YORK — "Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," the woman called out breathlessly upon boarding a Manhattan bus, moments after the news had broken. Not a word was spoken in response. But nearly every passenger reached for a BlackBerry, a cell phone, whatever device was at hand.

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Where-were-you moment of the digital age: News of Jackson death broke online

News of Jackson's death first spread online

NEW YORK — It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.

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