Posted on 12/29/2008 7:37:14 PM PST by Wegotsarah.com
When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin confirmed that her teenage daughter, Bristol, and boyfriend Levi Johnston were expecting a baby, the celebrity weeklies knew that the first photos of the Palin-Johnston baby would incite a bidding war. Baby Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, born Dec. 28, proved those editors right.
According to one source, bidding for the baby photos began at $100,000. People won out in the end, but In Touch was the only other weekly to make serious bids, according to several sources involved in the process. The price didn't soar immediately, according to the sources, because Sarah Palin stories just didnt sell all that well for the weeklies on newsstands.
Sarah was on the cover of People, Us Weekly, and OK! the same week, and really only People saw a bump in sales," says a source.
The drug-related arrest of Johnston's mother, however, caused the price tag for the photos to go up.
The bidding started well before the baby was born, but once Levis mom was arrested well, then you had a story, says one editor.
As for how much teen parents Bristol and Levi made from the deal most estimates hover around the $300,000 range (none of the magazines would confirm the exact figure in the end, which is standard).
No word on whether the money will go to charity, as sometimes happens in a celeb baby deal.
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Dude, whore is a colloquialism. It's not always used in the context of prostitution. Or even promiscuity for that matter. Ask any high school kid for a definition of the word. They'll tell you it applies to a girl (who BTW, they don't like for other reasons) who has had pre-marital sex.
That's exactly how the MSM spun it.
Yeah, you are her number one supporter alright, but you are full of number 2.
Frankly it's good for the News Media types to go up to Wasilla in the winter ~
Pics of illegitimate celebrity babies fetch a bit more.
Uh, they've been doing it since August. And they don't seem to have suffered for it.
On a hockey rink without pads but with pucks and sticks.!!!!!!!!!
“The family might release a photo of them together”
Great, but how do you know that? The article seems to implie that they would receive cash.
Did you read it somewhere else I wonder?
Or are you the real Sarah B?
Excuse me, why don’t you go read all of my posts and re-think what you just said. Also, I am a member of Team Sarah, I have posted the most messages there, go ask them if I am a troll
QUOTE:Sarah was on the cover of People, Us Weekly, and OK! the same week, and really only People saw a bump in sales,” says a source.
Gee, do you think it was because People had a positive article and the other two were full of lies, hatred and general negativity?
Its an MSNBC article, seriously, does anyone here believe anything coming out of the mouth of MSNBC. Who knows what would happen, but knowing that Sarah did not receive a pay increase shows me that she would probably not accept any money for a bunch of photos
Don't know about Levi's mother, but Sarah was born in Idaho. No Inuit blood as far as we know.
Now grandpa Todd is, I believe, half Inuit.
Who cares about the liberal jerks in the media, Sarah doesn’t care about the media and neither do I. They are all in Obama’s pocket anyway, they hate Sarah cause she was the ONLY one that told the truth about the fraud
Your FReeper homepage is so welcoming.
Unless they're able to use it to their advantage. They usually have problems with drunk drivers who kill. But not when the killer's name is Kennedy.
I hope she doesn’t bite. The media are a bunch of whores who will only use the pictures to ridicule Bristol and her mother. Let them keep their money.
Sarah should just stay home in Alaska and legislate. Then she can get re-elected in 2010. By that time BHO will be halfway through with his fiscal irresponibilty and driving the federal government into the tank. By 2012, with the federal government in financial ruins, Sarah will be the one laughing at the media and the Democrats as the fiscally responsible governor of a state that actually has a surplus. Then, finally, she will be looking good to all those independent morons who bought into Obama’s “hip” and “cool” message of hope and change.
I agree, Sarah should just continue doing her job, she is doing an amazing job as Governor, the economy probably won’t be the #1 issue in the next few months, all of these terrorist countries are going to want to “test” Obama and knowing him he will fail for sure. Sarah should just continue what she is doing, sticking to her conservative views and continue making Alaska a great state to live, in a few years people will be so sick of the messiah fraud that they will want REAL change
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