TMZ

TMZ is an American <a href="/facts/Entertainment_journalism/RrxnbuhM">entertainment</a>-focused <a href="/facts/Tabloid_journalism/uoEdrrBn">tabloid</a> news organization owned by <a href="/facts/Fox_Corporation/QPIXjjbN">Fox Corporation</a>. It made its debut on November 8, 2005, as a collaboration between <a href="/facts/AOL/MAbT38QS">AOL</a> and <a href="/facts/Telepictures/8b586c1m">Telepictures</a>, a division of <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a>, until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. On September 13, 2021, Fox Corporation acquired TMZ from WarnerMedia for $50 million.
The name TMZ is derived from the initialism for <a href="/facts/Thirty-mile_zone/T6RzqetG">thirty-mile zone</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Beverly_Boulevard/mVa2D8YN">Beverly Boulevard</a> and <a href="/facts/La_Cienega_Boulevard/k5U1CWVl">La Cienega Boulevard</a> in <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>, California. It was called the studio zone because of the number of film and television studios within it.
TMZ's <a href="/facts/Managing_editor/7MqAIgkp">managing editor</a> is <a href="/facts/Harvey_Levin/v9mCDEdF">Harvey Levin</a>, a lawyer-turned-journalist who was previously a legal expert for the Los Angeles television station <a href="/facts/KCBS-TV/4RVCsMvX">KCBS-TV</a>.

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