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June 26, 2009

Jackson death: How US celeb site TMZ owned the story

US celebrity gossip website TMZ was first past the post to break the story of Michael Jackson’s death yesterday.

The online entertainment magazine beat TV networks and national newspapers to get one of the biggest entertainment scoops in history.

TMZ broke the news of Jackson’s death at 2.44pm (western US time) – only 18 minutes after it occurred at 2.26pm.

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