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Type of site | Tabloid journalism |
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| Available in | English, Spanish |
| Headquarters | 13031 West Jefferson Boulevard Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Owner | Fox Corporation |
| Created by | |
| Editor | Harvey Levin |
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| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | November 8, 2005[2] |
| Current status | Active |
TMZ is a tabloid news organization owned by Fox Corporation. It made its debut on November 8, 2005, originally as a collaboration between AOL and Telepictures, a division of Warner Bros.,[3] until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. On September 13, 2021, Fox Corporation acquired TMZ from WarnerMedia for $50 million.[4][5]
The name TMZ is derived from the acronym for thirty-mile zone that was historically used in the film and television industry to refer to the so-called "studio zone"—an area with a 30-mile (48 km) radius centered on the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It was called the studio zone because of the number of film and television studios within it.
TMZ's managing editor is Harvey Levin, a lawyer-turned-journalist who was previously a legal expert for the Los Angeles television station KCBS-TV.[6] While the TMZ website claims that it does not pay writers for stories or interviews, Levin has acknowledged that TMZ does "sometimes pay sources for leads on stories".[7][8]
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- ^ "Newsweek, What's a TMZ?". Newsweek. August 1, 2006. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
- ^ "WarnerMedia in talks to sell its tabloid TMZ to Fox – The Information". Reuters. August 10, 2021. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "TMZ sold to Fox Entertainment". CNN Business. September 13, 2021. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ "Harvey Levin Top 49 2008". Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "CNN's Reliable Sources 8/2/2009". YouTube. August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
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