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Jun 26, 2009

Track the money trail from MJ's death

TheStreet.com follows the money trail for media from yesterday's unexpected news that reigning King of Pop, Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 in a video report released today.
While many news sources such as the Wall Street Journal reported that an overflow of online activity for sites like Twitter and other online news sources, the increase in traffic does not necessarily mean that those Web sites saw a jump in dollars from yesterday's increase in activity.
TheStreet.com's Alix Steel & Bill McCandless take a look at what impact Michael Jackson's sudden death had on media sites and if it actually increased advertising revenue dollars.
"Follow the Money" here.


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