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Mar 17 2009 5:18pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'Time Out' Blunder, AOL, Twitter, more

-Oopsies! Time Out New York made about the most cringe-worthy mistake you can make in journalism, prematurely declaring actress Natasha Richardson dead after she was severely injured in a skiing accident. [TONY]

-Meanwhile, People, alone among the celebrity weeklies, was able to get the news about Richardson onto the cover of its new issue. [Cover Awards]

-AOL is launching a new politics site, with some pretty big-name journalists working for it. [The Wrap]

-A woman named Judith Feinleib of Belmont, Mass., has managed to get 30 questions into The New York Times's "Talk to the Newsroom" feature. Well done, Judith. [NYTpicker]

-It probably won't be long now before Twitter starts selling advertising. [TechCrunch]. □

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