News of Michael Jackson death floods internet and crashes sites

Jacquie Bowser, brandrepublic.com, 26 June 2009, 09:30AM

LONDON - News of Michael Jackson's death flooded the internet last night, dominating Google trends and Twitter's trending topics as users sent out tributes and relayed reports from sites such as TMZ.com, which was one of the first media outlets to break the story.

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