TMZ.com is a celebrity news website which debuted on November 8, 2005. It was a collaboration between America Online (AOL) and Telepictures Productions, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. The site is now under the sole control of Warner Bros. The letters TMZ stand for thirty-mile zone , referring to the "studio zone" within a thirty-mile (48.3 km) radius of the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles. Shooting within this zone is considered local. Locations outside this zone are subject to mileage and travel time charges by the talent and crew.
TMZ's managing editor is Harvey Levin, a lawyer-turned-journalist who got his start as a legal expert on LA's KCBS-TV. The site claims that it does not pay for stories or interviews, however, Levin has admitted that TMZ does "sometimes pay sources for leads on stories". Levin has stated that "verything is researched and vetted for accuracy." A companion TV series, TMZ on TV , debuted on September 10, 2007.
Seven months prior to the official launch of TMZ.com, America Online (AOL) had 'hinted' that they were planning on launching a Hollywood and entertainment-centric news site that would be produced in conjunction with Telepictures Productions and had shown interest in launching a website featuring a focus mainly on celebrities. At the time of the launch AOL confirmed that the site would primarily feature and consists of Hollywood gossip; including interviews, photos, and video footage of celebrities and information retaining to industry news on movies, television shows, etc. The site was described as being "an effort to further feed the current American obsession with celebrities" and that "the site also boasts of an expansive collection of archived star photos and videos" allowing fans to "trace changing hairlines and waistlines of their favorites performers over the years."
"" No, we don't, we don't pay sources, we pay for a couple of things, we pay for video, we pay for photos which frankly everybody does and we will pay a tip fee. We very rarely do it, but we do pay a tip fee, if we pay a tip fee The difference is that if you pay for a tip, than what you could do and what you have to do, you start a new (sic) , you have a to find out 'is this story true or not', so you use the exactly the same journalistic skills that you would if you have if you didn't have a tip, I mean we won't put a tip up , we have to then look at the story, find out if the story is real, source the story, out it through research. I'll tell you where it becomes wrong and this is what some of the networks are doing, when you pay for an interview, in other words if you pay someone to go on television and to say 'well I'll give you $200,000 is you say, if you talk to me', then what you doing is your scewing the facts and saying 'make it really good, make it worth my money' and then you can't rely on the information."
Harvey LevinSince 2005, TMZ.com has signed Revlon, Chrysler, Hilton Hotels and New Line Cinema as being charter advertisers to their website. The New York Times cited TMZ.com as being "one of the most successful online ventures of the last few years". In October 2008, The New York Times reported that TMZ.com, at the time, was receiving more than 10 million viewers every month. Alexa.com ranked TMZ.com as being the five hundred fifth most trafficked website worldwide and as being the one hundred fifty fifth most trafficked website in the United States.
Levin has acknowledged that TMZ.com has passed on multiple notable coverage because he felt that, while the stories are true, he questioned how the sources obtained their information. Levin has acknowelged that TMZ.com pays source, but in the form of a "tip fee". Levin stated that TMZ.com pays for photos and for 'tips' and or leads on stories, but defended TMZ's position by stating that the sources and tips are verified before being used and or reported.
In November 2009, TMZ's revenue was publicly disclosed for the first time. Telepictures (which TMZ.com is operated by) stated: “Subject to certain performance adjustments and the reimbursement of expenses, revenues are split evenly between the parties Telepictures received payments of $6.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and $12.7 million, $9.6 million and $3.0 million in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.” Based on released figures, TMZ’s revenues for 2008 was $25.4 million, and is projected to have less revenue in the 2009 year with the revenue of $12.4 million in first three quarter of the year - unlike the previous year which was within the $15 million range.
On July 28, 2006, TMZ.com was the first to report that actor Mel Gibson had been arrested for a (DUI) for driving under the influence of alcohol. Along with releasing the story, TMZ also reported "exclusive details" about the case shortly after. In the report TMZ.com's posted, it contained a , his transport to the station, and time in custody and quoted an 'anonymous law enforcement source' and published four pages of a handwritten arrest report, via a PDF file. TMZ stated that the documents they posted, were part of the original eight-page report that was written by the arresting officer, before the officer was allegedly instructed, by his superiors, to omit the inflammatory details about Gibson's alleged anti-Semitic comments and behavior. On November 7, 2006, TMZ.com was the first to report that pop-singer Britney Spears had filed a petition for divorce from then-husband Kevin Federline. On May 3, 2007, TMZ was the first to break the story, and exclusively obtain documents, stating that, socialite Paris Hilton would be sentenced to forty-five days in jail as her sentencing for driving with a suspended license after losing her license from driving under the influence alcohol four months prior.
On February 22, 2009, TMZ released what has been identified as a police evidence photo of pop-singer Rihanna after she was assaulted by now ex-partner Chris Brown. Shortly after the photo's release, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced that it was investigating the leak and 'possible sale of the photo of Rihanna with a bruised and battered face after TMZ published them because the photo had been considered evidence. TMZ has claimed it obtained the photo legally but has not said how it came into possession of the photo. In the aftermath of the release of the photo, in May of the same year, a 'law', referred to as 'Rihanna Law', entitled "STOParazzi," was made The 'law'; because of the "spurred" release of the photo, aims to prevent victim exploitation victims-rights movement.
On February 24, 2009, TMZ.com was the first to break the story that, out of the $1.6 billion Chicago's Northern Trust Bank received in federal bailout money, recipients of the money subsequently spent millions of dollars on a series of lavish parties and concerts in Los Angeles at venues like the House of Blues that featured performances by Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, and Sheryl Crow and gift bags from Tiffany & Co. Shortly after TMZ.com published the story, United States Congressman Barney Frank demanded that Northern Trust repay the money it received in the bailout. Northern Trust CEO Frederick Waddell sent a letter to members of the House Financial Services Committee, stating that the bank will repay the money "as quickly as prudently possible."
TMZ was the first to break the report of the death of Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009. The report was treated with caution by mainstream media sources at the time, despite being cited on rolling news channels. TMZ's scoop beat the major broadcast and cable news outlets by almost 3 hours, until CNN finally confimed the story as well. Part of this delay was later explained as the other outlets' "stricter confirmation standards," but Levin said, during an interview with Huffington Post , that TMZ.com, at the time of posting the subject, verified the story and sources. "Well, before it was officially announced. We really knew this significantly before even what was going on, but this was, you know, crossing every t. We were positive when we put it up. We put it up when we were 100% positive." TMZ were also the first to receive the coroner's report of the singer on February 8, 2010, proving Propofol dosage and negligence killed the pop legend.
TMZ was the first to break the report of the death of Brittany Murphy on December 20, 2009.
On June 20, 2007, a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee filed an emergency motion requesting that the web site be held in contempt for its publication of the entire manuscript of If I Did It, O.J. Simpson's purportedly fictionalized account of the murder of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. The filing claims that TMZ's posting of the PDF of the entire book has "diminished or destroyed" the value, which the Goldman family eventually published as Simpson's confession to the murders.
While actor Woody Harrelson was at New York City's La Guardia Airport, he had an altercation with a photographer for TMZ.com. Harrelson defended himself
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