Swimmers' Split: The Age and Facebook

Is Facebook the new 'unconfirmed sources closes to the couple' that we love so much from celebrity stories in women's mags?

Today's Age, reporting on the break-up of 'swimming glamour couple' Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan:

"News Ltd reported this morning that Rice and Sullivan had both changed their status on Facebook to 'no longer in a relationship'. Both sites are unavailable for public access today."

Fantastic work there - reporting on another news organisation's report on a status change on a website. Big news.