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I completely agree with you about the decline of "entertainment" news but as for figuring out when it happened, it reminds me of a Simpsons bit where Marge says something about not realizing that FOX had turned into a softcore porn network because it was so gradual. Looking at US and People gives me the same uneasy feeling.
I have to think that as news outlets got their numbers back from celebrity tragedies, they started to think that was what entertainment was all about. Probably a subtle evolution, but think about how there was 24 hour a day coverage a year ago when MJ died.