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TMZ.com to Launch as TV News Magazine

Published on January 15, 2007 | Email this article

TMZ, the web news network, will be launched as a television news magazine series, along the lines of its popular website.

All Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) stations have committed to the series for fall 2007, and all will provide double runs, writes Broadcasting & Cable. Under an unprecendented arrangement, station websites will be able to brand TMZ.com material as their own, selling a local banner ad on the TMZ portion of the site and the typical 5 1/2 minutes of local time within the show (the syndicator retains 90 seconds per half hour).

In the top three markets, the series has been cleared on both the primary Fox station and their duopolies.

Production will be based in Los Angeles, and the show will be produced separately from the other magazine series from Warner Bros., Extra. Its budget is believed to be more than $1 million per week.

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