Mfarhanonline Social Media News: 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. My sources say Whitney Houston found dead in Beverly hills hotel.. Not in the news yet!! — Big Chorizo (@chilemasgrande) February 12, 2012 BREAKING: Publicist Kristen Foster says singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48 — The Associated Press (@AP) February 12, 2012 Mfarhanonline was unable to reach @chilemasgrande for comment. UPDATE: Although Topsy’s data reveals @chilemasgrande announced the news, a Mfarhanonline reader informed us that a tweet sent from @AjaDiorNavy about 15 minutes before might have been first: omgg , my aunt tiffany who work for whitney houston just found whitney houston dead in the tub . such ashame & sad — Aja Dior M. (@AjaDiorNavy) February 12, 2012 Her tweet also alludes to the rumor reported by TMZ that Houston drowned in the bathtub. Saturday night, the Beverly Hills Police said Houston was pronounced dead at approximately 3:55 p.m. PT. This isn’t the first time news a large-scale death announcement was first reported on Twitter. A computer programmer in Pakistan inadvertently live-tweeted the military raid on the Osama bin Laden compound. "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1 a.m. (is a rare event)," Athar wrote. His message later received global media attention following the news of bin Laden’s death. The tragic news of Houston’s death spread fast! on Twit ter. In fact, about 2.5 million tweets and retweets occurred in the first hour, amounting to more than 1,000 tweets a second, according to Topsy Labs. Although this sent Twitter into a flurry of reactions, it still wasn't enough to beat last Sunday's Super Bowl record-breaking tweets. The news of Houston's death peaked at 5:23 p.m. PT with 61,227 tweets in that minute. An article from MSNBC was the most re-tweeted news link, as 13,000 tweets linked to the story. Celebrity tweets also spread like wildfire throughout the site as many retweeted their messages and reactions. Rapper Lil Wayne had the most retweets (29,000), followed by Justin Bieber (15,000), Nicki Minaj (9,000) Katy Perry (8,000), Mariah Carey (6,000) and Christina Aguillera (4,000). For more Twitter reactions from celebrities, check out the gallery below. Did you find out the news via a social media site? Do you think Twitter is the future of breaking news? Let us know in the comments. @MariahCarey Click here to view this gallery. Graphic courtesy WhitneyHouston.com . More About: celebrities , grammys , Music , Social Media , trending , Twitter For more Entertainment coverage: Follow Mfarhanonline Entertainment on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Entertainment channel Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad Social Media reviews series maintain by Mayya
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