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Gossip Sites Tone Down The Snark For Coverage Of Jackson’s Death

Jun 25, 2009 7:17 PM

Updated: Being as vicious as possible has been the claim to fame for gossip blogs like TMZ and dlisted.com—but some sites showed their gentler sides today when it came to coverage of Michael Jackson’s death. One exception was Perez Hilton, whose initial coverage of Jackson’s hospitalization was as mean-spirited as…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Online News, billboard, rolling stone, tmz, wonderwall

MSN Celeb Site Wonderwall Flips The On Switch

Feb 5, 2009 3:31 AM

Microsoft’s MSN is following AOL’s TMZ and Yahoo’s OMG with a 10-letter word: Wonderwall, the joint production of MSN and BermanBraun Interactive going live today. Wonderwall exemplifies the latest rage in portal strategy—a site that can stand alone with its own brand while feeding from and feeding into the portal.…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Comcast, Disney, ABC, Microsoft, MSN, NBC Universal, CNBC, wonderwall

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