By Jonathan Berr
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Imagine a distraught Michael Jackson fan who watched today’s funeral. Perhaps the fan might say: “I’m so sad that the man responsible for the soundtrack of my youth is dead. Even worse, I notice I’m running low on office supplies. Maybe I should go to Staples! After all, that’s the company whose name [...]
TMZ, BET and iTunes Realize Boost in Visibility, Viewers and Sales
by Andrew Hampp
Michael Jackson’s death prompted an onslaught of memorial media coverage arguably not seen since Princess Diana’s passing in 1997 or Elvis Presley’s in 1977.
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But when the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll died 32 years ago this August, the event was chronicled by only [...]
By JAKE COYLE
Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought and later pronounced dead.
How had Hayes, 25, and Coleman, 21, heard the news so quickly?
Twitter.
The two young women had learned about Jackson’s health like so many [...]
By Paul Farhi
TMZ.com, the scrappy entertainment-news Web site, has scooped up some pretty big fish in its four years of existence, but last week it hauled in the celebrity equivalent of Moby-Dick.
Almost as soon as an ambulance pulled up to the gate of Michael Jackson’s rented estate in Holmby Hills, TMZ was posting the news [...]
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Alexandra Le Tellier
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As news outlets sprang into action to report on Michael Jackson’s condition June 25, users on social media sites were whipped into a frenzy: He’s not breathing! He’s in a coma! He had a heart attack! And then a Facebook status update, made at 2:21 p.m., that Jackson had died.
Of course, 23 [...]
By Jason
Michael Jackson’s on-again, off-again turned General Manager Raymone Bain is suing the King of Pop for $44 million, claiming he didn’t live up to his end of the deal.
Bain apparently negotiated the 50-date string of concerts in London expected to bring in $400 million, of which her cut is 10%.
TMZ has her video statement, [...]
By Jim Buie
Even though Michael Jackson was acquitted by a jury of his peers, some marketing analysts say the “Michael Jackson brand” has been all but destroyed. “Child molestation is just the harshest thing one can be accused of,” public relations specialist Ronn Torrosian told CBS News. “The Michael Jackson brand is effectively dead.”Â
Jackson’s last [...]
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June 14, 2005
CBS News: Morning News
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MELISSA McDERMOTT, anchor:
Now that he’s officially a free man, what’s next for Michael Jackson? There’s talk that he could try to make a musical comeback, but many believe his days of stardom may long be gone. Jim Axelrod reports.
(Excerpt from a Jackson [...]