In case you haven’t gotten enough of the non-stop coverage of Michael Jackson since his death last week, grab some lunch and watch his funeral, which is already under way, but the public memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled to start at around 10:30 AM PT/ 1:30 PM ET. You can watch it on TV, or on pretty much any video or gossip site on the Web.
CNN.com is covering it live with the same Facebook chat integration it used for Obama’s Inauguration. You can see everyone’s comments on the side, or just your friends. I wonder which one will generate more Facebook status updates (the Obama CNN-Facebook Inauguration generated 1.5 million).
Right now five of the top ten top trending topics on Twitter search have to do with MJ (“MJ’s,” “MJ Memorial,” “Staples Center,” “RIP MJ,” and “#michaeljackson”).
Where are you watching MJ’s funeral today? (Come on, admit it, you have nothing better to do). I’m following 1938Media’s Twitter stream, he’s at the funeral (or at least is pretending to be) and even dressed up for the occasion.
UPDATE: Facebook reports that as of 10:30 a.m. PDT 300,000 users are logged in to the Facebook/CNN platform. There have been more than 500,000 status updates, with 6,000 status updates posted per minute. And the Michael Jackson Facebook page now has 7 million fans, more than any other fan page, including Barack Obama’s. And the MJ virtual glove has been given away 800,000 times, making it the most popular virtual gift ever on Facebook.
I don’t really know if a funeral deserves an ! :/
I love how suddenly at least 60% of americans (it seems like a lot more) love MJ.
He used to be the joke of the week, now if you say anything about him 100 of people clammer to defend him.
Didn’t he already beat obama in the most popular page on facebook yesterday?
Long live the king Michael Jackson and RIP.
All just my opinion but…
…he is dead and good riddance. Now the king of kings will finally judge the so called “King of Pop” for who he truly is… (no slick lawyer with pools of cash to get him off this time)
Burn baby burn
Although he is an alleged pedophile and never convicted, it is truly sad how many people have take stupid pills and are freely drinking the kool-aid.
I think most people are choosing to remember his music, he actually did sell more records than anyone else ever. The numbers don’t lie, drink the kool-aid of facts, lots of people bought his records and listened to his music. He’s the most popular musician since Elvis. Of course, if you don’t like music from either Elvis or MJ, feel free to say they sucked at life.
Sometimes normal people live normal lives, but weird people live extravagant lives and create unique music.
Americans have always been loving MJ. It’s just that his personal life problems defamed him, but he has always been the king of pop. R.I.P MJ. No wonder MJ’s songs are the most popular ones in Twitter. Check them out in http://www.boil...gpage.com/music
And check out the trends in BoilingPage music. Millions of people are listening to MJ songs at this moment. God bless MJ.
Haha what is with that guy’s chipped tooth? (on the ‘grab some lunch’ link…)
Man, this is over-kill on the media’s part, no pun intended.
USA Today is covering it live using Livestream
http://www.live....com/usa_today1
Myspace is hosting it with very high quality.
http://celebrit...=celebrity.icon
Check it out…
check out the HD feed via MSN Canada of all places! http://tr.im/MJinHD
So what sites are going down as a result? I’d hate to be the mom-and-pop repair center whose site is co-hosted with an MJ fan site, ya know?
I noticed Toodledo is currently dead as a hammer at 12:53pm ET — but who is trying to get anything done right now?
It’s on about 10 different channels here in the UK; BBC News HD, BBC News, BBC2 among others.
I may as well give it a watch, 4 minutes to go.
Pedophiles don’t deserve such adoration.
I think I have much better things to do then watch the funeral processions of some idiot (whose music just so happened to be very good).
Things like rereading old Tech Crunch articles of course!
Mr Keen,
The thing is we (his fans) dont believe he was a Pedophile so we keep loving him and supporting him.
If we believed he was, we would react like you.
He was acquitted of all charges on all counts.
RIP Mike.
How does the kool-aid taste?????
PS: I have a pretty bridge connecting Marin County and San Francisco for sale, it is a toll road. It is a money maker!!!!!!
You seem to forget that no one cared about him after 1993 and he was making a come-back overseas in London, so I think most Americans are aware of his trials and tribulations. But the early Michael made great music that people love, maybe not you, but 75% of the country listened to his music, except maybe the red states.
WorldTV streaming CBS coverage of the funeral… http://worldtv.com/live
Randi Zuckerberg’s interview ruined the memorial for me… thanks!
I think all the live streams have slowed down *the entire internet*. Or at least my local Comcast node.
Is CNN Live 24/7?? Thanks?