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Fox Buys TMZ in Deal Valued at Less Than $50M
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com ^ | September 13, 2021 | BY ALEX WEPRIN

Posted on 09/14/2021 10:29:03 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 09/14/2021 10:29:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Too bad.

TMZ was reliably independent.


2 posted on 09/14/2021 10:32:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Fox becomes shadier and shadier.


3 posted on 09/14/2021 10:33:19 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: Red Badger

Fox is dead.

4 posted on 09/14/2021 10:34:03 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Red Badger

Sort of like buying Mediterranean Avenue?


5 posted on 09/14/2021 10:34:31 AM PDT by fruser1
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And Baltic..................


6 posted on 09/14/2021 10:34:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
celebrity news and gossip brand TMZ to Fox Corp.

Maybe thy should replace the 6pm hour and Brett Baier with an Entertainment program like the E! and call it TMZ! At least make the best of the acquisition.

7 posted on 09/14/2021 10:35:08 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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8 posted on 09/14/2021 10:36:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger; fruser1

The Dark Purples (Mediterranean and Baltic) are GREAT for helping to create artificial housing shortages.


9 posted on 09/14/2021 10:36:46 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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My guess is they are gonna make it a late night show, up against Kibble and co............................


10 posted on 09/14/2021 10:38:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Dr. Sivana

So you’re the slumlord!.................


11 posted on 09/14/2021 10:38:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: 1Old Pro

Wonder if we’ll see the face of TMZ change now......it needs to.


12 posted on 09/14/2021 10:39:25 AM PDT by caww ( )
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If TMZ avoids the "gotcha" attacks, they have a lot of desperate entertainers who'll gladly give TMZ material for episodes in exchange for keeping their name in the news.

Such Tabloid Television is cheaper than Reality TV, with a lot of B and C level entertainers who'll do anything for a mention.

TMZ needs minimal staffing since there are a lot of marginally employed paparazzi working on consignment. TMZ isn't responsible for their pay or benefits.

13 posted on 09/14/2021 10:45:18 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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I always loved TMZ because it didn’t kiss celebrity ass. Highly Questionable on ESPN with similar. They didn’t slobber all over the top athletes.


14 posted on 09/14/2021 10:56:42 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: dragnet2

Like foxes. Faux News is dead.


15 posted on 09/14/2021 11:00:30 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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So you’re the slumlord!

Absolutely. I have managed to win four player games with just the dark purples and the railroads. If you have the dark purples and light blues with 4 houses on each, it is next to impossible to for competing players to build up much on their oranges and reds if they go at the same time, not to mention those pesky $160-$400 rents to pay. It is like having a cloud of mosquitoes about you.
16 posted on 09/14/2021 11:12:13 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: BenLurkin

And TMZ won’t break any news damaging to Deep State or its interests now.


17 posted on 09/14/2021 11:19:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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I’m sort of impressed by how much disparity there was between their visibility and their worth. I saw so many references to them without ever looking for them that I assumed they were a much more valuable franchise. It’s a bit like when Bezos bought the WAPO for $250M. It had at least $250M of non-newspaper assets (radio and TV stations) in the deal - meaning the paper was valued at $0. About right.


18 posted on 09/14/2021 11:31:18 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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Good deal for Fox, people like that crap and TMZ has a reputation for delivering it.


19 posted on 09/14/2021 11:34:38 AM PDT by bigbob
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people like that crap and TMZ has a reputation for delivering it.
Unlike Fox and COUGH-COUGH- Hunter Biden-Cough-Cough?

The "we report, you decide-Most trusted news network" needs Hunter Biden to distract the numbskulls from noticing the participation Fox News had with their (continued) silence and (continued) internal censorship on the 2020 election fraud to illegally defeat, betray Trump, and the nation for Biden.

Speaking of crap:

>Chris Wallace said he has avoided having GOP lawmakers who've made false claims about Biden's victory on his Sunday show. "I have purposefully not had them on, frankly, because I don't want to hear their crap,"
He is of course the self- proclaimed arbiter of "false claims"...Never mind Fox News has NEVER discussed it, nor have they ever made mention of other networks discussing it...

They did however fire 2 outstanding hosts, Lou Dobbs and Trish Regan for bringing it up.

20 posted on 09/14/2021 11:58:03 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Thank you Fox news for saving us from Trump < /sarcasm >)
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