{"id":2219823,"date":"2026-01-02T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2219823"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:37:54","slug":"pbs-news-hour-how-tmz-is-changing-the-business-of-celebrity-gossip-season-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pbs-news-hour-how-tmz-is-changing-the-business-of-celebrity-gossip-season-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS News Hour | How TMZ is changing the business of celebrity gossip | Season 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-sentry-component=\"AboutThisVideo\" data-sentry-source-file=\"AboutThisVideo.tsx\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"AboutThisVideo_ancestor_link__5BZ4X\" data-sentry-element=\"Link\" data-sentry-source-file=\"AboutThisVideo.tsx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/newshour\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"AboutThisVideo_video_summary__58lxH\">Clip: 2\/18\/2016 | 6m 40s<\/p>\n<p class=\"AboutThisVideo_description_short__61u9A\">TMZ goes beyond many of the tabloids by offering documentary-based celebrity news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"AboutThisVideo_description_long__PmChH\">Of all the gossip sites, TMZ goes beyond many of the tabloids by offering documentary-based celebrity news, where claims are backed up by evidence like court documents and raw cellphone footage. 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