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Age of Celebrity Didn't Die with Jackson

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2009 3:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – Media commentators claiming Michael Jackson's death marks the end of mega-stardom couldn't be farther off the mark, Richard Florida argues in the Atlantic. It's true that the fast route to stardom the Internet offers has made celebrities a dime a dozen, but like every other... Read full story »

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