The Way It Was Then
8:00 AM
Celebrity sent to hospital
10:00 AM
Celebrity pronounced dead
6:00 PM
Local TV announces death
Next Morning
Story printed on page 9 of the local newspaper
The Way It Is Now
8:00 AM
Celebrity sent to hospital
9:30 AM
Celebrity news site announces celebrity death
9:31 AM
Traffic on Twitter begins to explode with suspicions of drug related cardiac arrest
10:00 AM
Celebrity pronounced dead
10:30 AM
Rumors of other celebrity deaths spread on Twitter and other sites
10:45 AM
Celebrity tributes to dead celebrity begin
11:35 AM
Cable news networks announce death on network
12:00 PM
Cable news networks announce death on their web sites