"abrupt news" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can refer to the unexpected announcement of news or information that is sudden and usually unwelcome. For example: The CEO appeared in the office and delivered some abrupt news: the company was facing a massive financial loss.
The abrupt and unexpected news of his employer's collapse left Price facing an even more daunting future than he and his wife confronted in 2010.
BEHIND THE NEWS The abrupt shift by Mr. Obama came after years of brushing off claims that the short-form certificate generally issued by the state was somehow not proof enough that he was born in the United States.
(The timing is complicated somewhat by last month's news of an abrupt split between the fashion house that bears Vionnet's name and Barbara and Lucia Croce, who had been the brand's creative directors).
While many conservative leaders have voiced their support for him, his abrupt shift from blaming the news media and the liberal left to suggesting that one of his rivals was plotting against him could cause a new divide in the Republican Party.
Still, the news of his abrupt departure from "Countdown" — delivered by Mr. Olbermann on Friday night — came as a shock to his many fans, some of whom accused Comcast, the incoming owner of MSNBC's parent, NBC Universal, of forcing out the host for political reasons.
Fears that it might presage attacks on other companies seem confirmed by this week's news of an abrupt tax claim on VimpelCom, a telecoms firm.Worse, it seems increasingly clear that the assault on Yukos was motivated in part by the desire of Mr Putin's associates in the Kremlin to enrich themselves.
The technology world is abuzz today with news of the abrupt departure of a key executive at Microsoft.
Rick Gladstone wrote the news story of the abrupt end of "one of the most storied careers in American journalism".
The news of Mr. Thompson's abrupt departure unsettled Wall Street and contributed to a broad decline in financial stocks on Monday.
