Twitter Breaks News of Whitney Houston Death 27 Minutes Before Press

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Twitter Breaks News of Whitney Houston Death 27 Minutes Before Press

Posted by ptoone (#1) 461 days ago (http://mashable.com)

Twenty-seven minutes before mainstream media broke the news of Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday night, the story was on Twitter, reported by a man who tweeted the news out to his 14 followers.

A tweet — sent at 4:57 p.m. PT — from the Associated Press that confirmed Houston’s death by citing her publicist was retweeted more than 10,000 times, according to data from Topsy Labs. However, the first tweet to reveal the news was sent at 4:30 p.m. PT and was only retweeted once.

https://twitter.com/#!/chilemasgrande/status/168492046431158274

https://twitter.com/#!/ap/status/168498854671556608

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