Quichpix, Misery loves company and we read Walt's favorite book. Yes, "news is imminent."
"Etymology: Latin imminent-, imminens, present participle of imminEre to project, threaten, from in- + -minEre (akin to Latin mont-, mons mountain) -- more at MOUNT : ready to take place; especially : hanging threateningly over one's head <was in imminent danger of being run over>"