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.

Jerry Lyst dies of cancer

Jerry Lyst, a former business editor and journalist for The Indianapolis Star, died today of cancer at age 76.
Lyst was known for his column “Money, Jobs and People,” and won a national Casper Award in 1969 for an article series on the difficulties of the unemployed finding jobs. He was also a past president of the Indianapolis Press Club. Jane Lichtenberg, The Star’s coordinator of community conversations, offered these thoughts:

“He truly cared about the community. He was a wonderful writer and very particular about getting the story right,”Lichtenberg said.

Learn more about Lyst here.

WSJ investigative reporter dies at 54

John Wilke, an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at age 54, according to reports from the Examiner.
Wilke began his career at BusinessWeek in 1984 and then covered technology and business for the Boston Globe. He has worked at The Journal since 1989.
From the story:

In recent years, his investigation of earmark deals cut by members of Congress for friends or supporters led to last year's indictment of then Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz. Another story revealed the way Democratic Rep. John Murtha used earmarks to bring federal contracts to his Pennsylvania district.

Wilke's stories also included a 2005 expose on mutual-fund trader Mario Gabelli, who settled civil fraud claims for about $100 million six months after the story appeared. In 2000, Wilke scored an extraordinary interview with U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson...

To read more about Wilke check out this story from The Wall Street Journal.

LAT biz section reporter dies at 46

The Los Angeles Times reports Annette Haddad, a real estate reporter for the paper's business section, has died of complications from ovarian cancer. She was 46. Haddad first joined the paper in 1992.

From her L.A. Times obituary:

Although she had spent much of her career at the Times as an editor, she embraced the idea of covering real estate when offered the chance in 2004. During her time on the beat, she had 17 Page 1 stories on a variety of aspects of the market, including a sharp Column One feature that provided an early look at the impending foreclosure crisis.

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