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The media coverage of the shock death of Michael Jackson has served to highlight press dynamics, raising interesting questions concerning the nature of breaking news reporting, the cult of the celebrity and the relationship between newspapers and their online news rivals. Has the fact that most newspapers were delayed in the initial reporting of the death emphasised the widening gulf between print and digital channels of breaking news? Conversely, has the death been exploited by the printed press as a facile, reader guaranteeing hit?

The news of the performer's death, in terms of rumour, confirmation and reaction has been overwhelmingly 'digital' in expression. The scoop belonged to the Los Angeles based celebrity website, TMZ, which confirmed the death an hour after it aired whispers of a suspected heart attack. The reporting was rapid fire: time of death: 2.26pm, LA time, time of update: 2.44pm. 

An Online Journalism Review wiki aimed at independent publishers provides some key tips to choosing which advertising programs work best for individual news content websites.

The world's most popular Internet company Yahoo has previewed a redesigned webpage that focuses on providing its users with personalized information and the creation of "social search." Instead of only seeing a universal website, users will be able to customize Yahoo's homepage and their searches will be based on the "collective wisdom of its users." With such innovations, Yahoo is (unconsciously?) aiming for the throat of newspapers, but at the same time, is going to depend on them.