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'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV

Posted Sep 23, 07 4:42 PM CDT in US,  Gossip,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – TMZ, the celebrity gossip site that specializes in the self-destructive antics of starlets and B-list celebs, is taking its exuberantly trashy act to TV. No surprise: its 9 million unique visitors in June make it the No. 1 entertainment news site. The surprise, Radar says, is that a major media conglomerate—in this case Time Warner—can (and is willing to) score in the down-and-dirty world of celebrity gotchas and scooplets.

TMZ—shorthand for the 30 mile zone around Los Angeles—has  broken news of bad behavior from Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Michael Richards and Alec Baldwin, not to speak of giving the world a peek into Anna Nicole Smith's "death refrigerator."  "For Time Warner to have their staff guys running around with video cameras like that—it's unprecedented," said one veteran paparazzi agency.

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TMZ breaks the infamous Michael Richards outburst, seen here in this YouTube capture.   (Pslreale (YouTube))
This photo, supplied by Warner Bros., shows "TMZ" Executive Producers Harvey Levin, right, and Jim Paratore in the new TMZ studio/newsroom, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2007. TMZ.com,...   (Associated Press)
This video image released Monday June 4, 2007 by TMZ.Com shows hotel heiress and TMZ staple, Paris Hilton, second left, accompanied by her mother Kathy, left, sitting in the back of an SUV vehicle late...   (Associated Press)
"Watching these famous young rich women completely melting down in front of our eyes, it is really tragic%u2014it really is," said Levin in an interview.   (Getty Images (by Event))
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