Another victory for Twitter?
I caught this on Twitter within two minutes after the tweet was issued. I immediately went to Google News and did a sort-by-date and there were no articles that popped up, meaning that Twitter has theoretically beaten the mainstream in breaking this news, assuming that it is verified to be true.
It made Reuters at 11:15AM EDT:
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSL945098320090309
The first time Twitter did this for me was when Tim Russert died. Michael Bassik tweeted it and then the rest of the internet caught up.