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EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - Their relationships with two of the world's most famous men brought international scandals -- but Monica Lewinsky and Rebecca Loos both used the media onslaught to boost their bank balances. "You'd be an idiot not to get the money," said Lewinsky, the former White House intern whose affair with then-President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) nearly drove him from office. "Advertisers, television stations, news anchors -- everyone else is making money. Your story is a commodity," added Lewinsky, who received a reported $718,800 for an interview with Britain's Channel 4. Loos, whose alleged affair with...

Philip Morris ads targeted gay community, documents show BY BARBARA FEDER OSTROV Knight Ridder Newspapers SAN JOSE, Calif. - (KRT) - In its push to find new smokers, tobacco giant Philip Morris targeted America's increasingly visible gay community as an enticing new market - only to distance itself after negative publicity, according to once-secret industry documents examined by University of California-San Francisco researchers. The researchers detail how, in the early 1990s, Philip Morris first began advertising Benson and Hedges cigarettes in gay-oriented publications as marketers touted the burgeoning community's brand loyalty and spending clout. But as unfavorable news reports...