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'''Harvey Robert Levin''' (born September 2, 1951) is an ] ], ], legal analyst and a ] ].


'''Harvey Robert Levin'''<ref name='barinfo'>{{cite web |url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/66577 |title=State Bar of CA, Harvey Robert Levin |website=members.calbar.ca.gov |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> (born September 2, 1950) <ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6RfOEAAAQBAJ&dq=Harvey+levin+1950&pg=RA1-PA190 | title=TV in the USA &#91;3 volumes&#93;: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas &#91;3 volumes&#93; | isbn=978-1-4408-2973-4 | last1=Lobrutto | first1=Vincent | date=4 January 2018 | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA }}</ref> is an American television producer, legal analyst, journalist, and former lawyer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Beale |first=Lauren |date=February 24, 2015 |title=Exclusive details: Harvey Levin of TMZ hunts for a renter |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-harvey-levin-20150224-story.html |newspaper=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He founded the celebrity news website ] in 2005, and later briefly served as the host of ''OBJECTified'' (2016–present), which aired on the ].
Levin received an undergraduate degree from the ], and his ] from the ]. He passed the ] in 1975, and taught at ] School of Law (formerly known as Beverly Rubens School of Law), in ], now located in ], between approximately 1977 and 1996.


==Early life and education==
He later worked in various legal roles in the ]. For years, he was a legal reporter on ], in ], where he reported on the ]. In 1994, Levin almost caused murder charges against ] to be tossed out when he presented a video on ] that allegedly showed ] ] searching Simpson's home before a ] was issued. Within days, however, Levin was forced to retract the story and apologize on the air.
Levin was born September 2, 1950, in ] to a ] family.<ref>"Harvey Levin." ''Biography in Context''. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 17, 2011.</ref><ref>"Harvey Levin." ''Newsmakers''. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 17, 2011.</ref><ref name='guardian1'>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Paul |date=October 24, 2009 |title=How TMZ's high prince of sleaze became the King of Hollywood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/25/harvey-levin-tmz-hollywood-gossip |newspaper=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He attended high school at ] in ] and graduated in 1968 with honors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandhs.org/apps/news/article/7852 |title=FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS CAVALIERS |website=www.clevelandhs.org |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailynews.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=22386803&event=696348&CategoryID=26304 |title=Cleveland High School 50th |date=February 20, 2009 |last=Burch |first=Tina |website=dailynews.mycapture.com |access-date=August 25, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Levin attended the ], where he graduated with a B.A. in political science in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wu |first=Gwendolyn |date=April 29, 2015 |title=UCSB Alum Harvey Levin Speaks on Changes in Media |url=https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2015/04/ucsb-alum-harvey-levin-speaks-on-changes-in-media |newspaper=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He later attended the ] and graduated with a J.D. in 1975.<ref name='uchilaw1'>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/harvey-levin-75-tmz-tells-students-why-his-jd-matters |title=Harvey Levin, '75, of TMZ Tells Students Why His JD Matters |last=Safranek |first=Lynn |date=October 18, 2010}}</ref>


==Career==
In 1993, Levin investigated the suffering of sick and crippled ] destined for the ] using undercover footage provided by ].
===Early law career and academia===
Levin was an active attorney in California for two decades, from December 18, 1975, until January 1, 1996.<ref name='barinfo'/> In the mid-1970s, he taught law at the ] under ].<ref name='uchilaw1'/><ref name='pubopin'>{{cite journal |last=Klein |first=Asher |date=September–October 2013 |title=In the court of public opinion
|url=http://mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-society/court-public-opinion
|journal=The University of Chicago Magazine |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He then practiced law briefly in Los Angeles before taking a position at ].<ref name='pubopin'/><ref name='guardian1'/><ref name='mediabistro'>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mediabistro.com/So-What-Do-You-Do-Harvey-Levin-Executive-Producer-and-Host-TMZ-a10577.html
|title = So What Do You Do, Harvey Levin, Executive Producer and Host, TMZ?
|last = Clehane
|first = Diane
|date = July 8, 2009
|website = mediabistro.com
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104040204/https://www.mediabistro.com/So-What-Do-You-Do-Harvey-Levin-Executive-Producer-and-Host-TMZ-a10577.html
|archive-date = 2012-11-04
|url-status = dead
|access-date = August 25, 2015
}}</ref>


In 1978, Levin came to public attention following a series of high-profile debates with ], the co-author of ], California's controversial ]-reduction ], which Levin opposed. With his newfound fame, Levin began to contribute legal advice on a radio show, where he was nicknamed "Doctor Law", as well as to write columns for the '']''.<ref name="mediabistro" /><ref name="pubopin" /><ref name="guardian1" /> His columnist career with the ''Times'' spanned seven years.<ref name="mediabistro" />
In 1996, Levin moved to ] to work as a legal analyst for the 1997 revival of '']'' (he appeared on the show during the 1980s as a legal consultant during ]'s years) and deactivated his ] bar license. He became host of the series in 1998 as well as continuing to serve as its legal analyst. Levin served as creator and ] for '']'' from 2002-2005.


===Transition to entertainment===
Today Levin is a managing editor at ], a celebrity news and gossip site launched by Time Warner-AOL in December 2005. He also executive produces and hosts '']''. He is a frequent guest of the '']'' show, and ]'s '']''.
{{main|TMZ}}
Levin covered legal issues for ]-TV in 1982.<ref name="mediabistro" /> He subsequently joined ] and spent a decade doing investigative reporting and legal analysis,<ref name="mediabistro" /><ref name="pubopin" /><ref name="guardian1" /> most notably covering the ].<ref name="mediabistro" /><ref name="pubopin" /><ref name="guardian1" /> In 1997, he was named co-executive producer and on-air legal anchor for '']''. Levin remained on the show until its cancellation in July 2023.<ref name="pubopin" /><ref name="EM">{{cite journal|title=Levin to preside in 'Court'|journal=Electronic Media|date=March 24, 1997|volume=16|issue=13|page=22}}</ref><ref name="mediabistro" /> He created '']'', which ran from 2002 to 2005.<ref name="pubopin" /><ref name="guardian1" />


Levin produced ''Beyond Twisted'', which aired in 2009 for one season before being canceled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anorak.co.uk/217571/news/tmzs-beyond-twisted-replaced-by-new-reality-show.html/ |title=TMZ's Beyond Twisted Replaced By New Reality Show |date=July 22, 2009 |website=www.anorak.co.uk |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He created '']'' (2014), an experiment in exploiting a family for quick fame,<ref>{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Patrick |date=June 2, 2014 |title='Famous in 12' pushes the insta-celeb envelope |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/06/02/famous-in-12/9774869/ |newspaper=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> but the show was canceled after less than one season, with only five of the scheduled twelve episodes having aired.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/famous-in-12-announces-its-own-cancellation-on-air-after-tmz-unable-to-make-family-stars-in-5-799495/ |title='Famous In 12' Announces Its Own Cancellation On Air After TMZ Unable To Make Family Stars In 5 |date=July 3, 2014 |website=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref>{{quote box|width=350px|quote=This is not television. It's rawer, it's urgent, it's less produced. I really think this is the future. People want to get what they can get on-demand, and they have as much access to a computer as they do a TV set.|source= —Levin in a 2005 interview with ''Television Week''<ref name="TW"/>}}
Harvey Levin is also openly homosexual, living with his boyfriend in LA.


In 2005, ] and ] launched ] with Levin as the founder and managing editor.<ref name='mediabistro'/><ref name='telegraph'>{{cite news |last=Ray |first=Rachel |date=November 10, 2011 |title=Harvey Levin, founder of celebrity news website TMZ: 'We would never hack phones' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8879315/Harvey-Levin-founder-of-celebrity-news-website-TMZ-We-would-never-hack-phones.html |newspaper=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001656883 |title=AOL Launches TMZ.com |last=Shields |first=Mike |date=December 8, 2005 |website=www.mediaweek.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219061419/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001656883 |archive-date=February 19, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> The website quickly rose to prominence when it broke the story of ]'s DUI arrest and subsequent antisemitic rant.<ref name='mediabistro'/><ref name='pubopin'/><ref name='guardian1'/><ref name='telegraph'/> It continued to break a number of high-profile stories including the abuse of ] by ] and the deaths of ], ], ⁣], and ].<ref name='guardian1'/> The ''Los Angeles Times'' named TMZ's coverage of the Jackson death as the biggest story the website had covered to date.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Scott |last2=James |first2=Meg |date=June 28, 2009 |title=Michael Jackson may be turning point for TMZ |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-28-et-tmz28-story.html |newspaper=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref>

Harvey Levin Productions has produced Levin's media projects since he joined '']'' in 1983 as the show's legal consultant.<ref name='pubopin'/> In 1985, Levin wrote ''The People's Court: How to Tell It to the Judge'', reviewing and providing commentary on several cases from the show.<ref name="twitchell">{{cite journal|last1=Twitchell|first1=Anne|title=The People's Court|journal=Library Journal|date= February 1, 1985 |volume=110|issue=2|page=109}}</ref> '']'' "recommended for public libraries."<ref name="twitchell"/>

==Personal life==
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Levin appeared as an event speaker for the ] in April 2010 in which he publicly confirmed his self-identification as gay.<ref name='greg'>{{cite web |url=http://greginhollywood.com/tmzs-harvey-levin-talks-about-being-gay-in-the-news-business-i-was-so-terrified-that-somebody-would-find-out-26368 |title=TMZ's Harvey Levin talks about being gay in the news business: "I was so terrified that somebody would find out." |last=Hernandez |first=Greg |date=April 23, 2010 |website=greginhollywood.com |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He discussed his fear of losing his career if someone were to find out, which led to Levin compartmentalizing his personal and professional lives.<ref name='greg'/><ref name="hadrien">{{cite journal|last1=gosset-bernheim|first1=hadrien|title=Hollywood veut sa peau|journal=Hollywood Veut Sa Peau|pages=110–115|url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/cb624b_d406ab5639b844859acda3615f02911e.pdf|access-date=20 October 2017|language=fr}}</ref>

Levin's longtime partner is Andy Mauer, a chiropractor in southern California.<ref name='varietymd'>{{cite journal |last=David |first=Mark |date=March 2, 2013 |title=TMZ Boss Harvey Levin Lists Sunset Strip Digs |url=https://variety.com/2013/dirt/real-estalker/tmz-boss-harvey-levin-lists-sunset-strip-digs-651/ |journal=] |location=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name='realty'>{{cite web |url=http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/3774/20130302/harvey-levin-tmz-lists-hollywood-hills-home.htm |title=TMZ's Harvey Levin Lists Sunset Strip Home for $5.3 Million |last=Gupta |first=Rapti |date=March 2, 2013 |website=www.realtytoday.com |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gawker.com/5002975/harvey-levins-muscular-masseur |title=Harvey Levin's Muscular Masseur |last=Denton |first=Nick |date=February 9, 2008 |website=gawker.com |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> The two own multiple properties together, sharing joint-deed listings since the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name='varietymd'/><ref name='realty'/> Levin has been named to '']'' magazine's "Power 50" list as one of the most influential voices in LGBT America since 2012 when he was named #15.<ref>{{cite journal |date=April 17, 2012 |title=The Power List: HARVEY LEVIN |url=http://www.out.com/2012/04/17/power-list-harvey-levin |journal=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> He has since been named #25 in 2013, #34 in 2014, #48 in 2015, and #40 in 2016.<ref>{{cite journal |date=April 10, 2013 |title=Power List 2013: HARVEY LEVIN |url=http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/power-50/2013/04/10/power-list-2013-harvey-levin |journal=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=April 15, 2014 |title=Power List 2014: HARVEY LEVIN |url=http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/power-50/2014/04/15/power-list-2014-harvey-levin |journal=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=April 15, 2015 |title=Power 50: Harvey Levin |url=http://www.out.com/power-50/2015/4/06/power-50-harvey-levin |journal=] |access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 10th Annual Power List|url=https://www.out.com/power-50/2016/4/14/10th-annual-power-list#slide-45|access-date=20 October 2017|language=en|date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

Levin supported ] in the run-up to the ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cartwright |first=Lachlan |date=14 July 2019 |title=TMZ Goes MAGA: How Harvey Levin's Gossip Empire Became Trump's Best Friend |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/tmz-goes-maga-how-harvey-levins-gossip-empire-became-trumps-best-friend |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> Following the election, he met with Trump in the ] on March 7, 2017, and chatted for an hour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump Grants Oval Office Meeting to TMZ Founder | newspaper=The New York Times | date=8 March 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/business/media/tmz-trump-meets-with-harvey-levin.html?_r=0| last1=Grynbaum | first1=Michael M. }}</ref> However, all that changed by August 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Serota |first1=Maggie |title=Report: Trump And TMZ's Harvey Levin Aren't Friends Anymore |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/trump-harvey-levin-falling-out-tmz-kris-jenner/ |access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref> when he broke ties with Trump over the president's repeated attempts to establish a ]. He became an increasingly vocal opponent of Trump in the years following.<ref>{{cite web |title=TMZ's Harvey Levin shares his opinion on President Trump and protesters |url=https://www.fox4news.com/video/690556 |website=FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth |access-date=25 March 2023 |date=2 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Michaelson |first1=Elex |title=TMZ's Harvey Levin Says Donald Trump "Committed Treason" & Should be Prosecuted |website=] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ylEO5-q20&ab_channel=ElexMichaelson |access-date=25 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* '']'' (1997) – Reporter<ref name="kilday">{{cite magazine|last1=Kilday|first1=Gregg|title=To live and fry in L.A.|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 2, 1997|issue=377|page=41}}</ref>
* '']'' – Host<ref name="TW">{{cite journal|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=TMZ Targets TV Newsmagazines|journal=Television Week|date=December 12, 2005|volume=24|issue=50|pages=6–26}}</ref>
* ''TMZ'' - Himself - (2005 to Present)
* '']'' - Himself - S-8 Ep-14 - "]" (2010)

==Books==
* ''The People's Court: How to Tell it to the Judge'' (1985)

==Awards and honors==
For his broadcast work, Levin has been nominated for nine Emmys.<ref name='telegraph'/>


==References== ==References==
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*Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1993
==Further reading==
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* {{cite magazine |author=Schmidle, Nicholas |date=February 22, 2016 |title=The digital dirt : how TMZ gets the videos and photos that celebrities want to hide |department=Letter from Los Angeles |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=36–49 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22/inside-harvey-levins-tmz <!--|access-date=2022-10-03-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Title in the online table of contents is "TMZ redefines celebrity dirt".</ref>
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American television producer, lawyer, legal analyst, and celebrity reporter For the American economist, see Harvey J. Levin.
Harvey Levin
Levin in 2010
BornHarvey Robert Levin
(1950-09-02) September 2, 1950 (age 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)
Occupations
  • Television producer
  • lawyer
  • legal analyst
  • journalist
Known forFounder of TMZ
StylePaparazzi
PartnerAndy Mauer

Harvey Robert Levin (born September 2, 1950) is an American television producer, legal analyst, journalist, and former lawyer. He founded the celebrity news website TMZ in 2005, and later briefly served as the host of OBJECTified (2016–present), which aired on the Fox News Channel.

Early life and education

Levin was born September 2, 1950, in Los Angeles County, California to a Jewish family. He attended high school at Grover Cleveland High School in Reseda, Los Angeles and graduated in 1968 with honors. Levin attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a B.A. in political science in 1972. He later attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with a J.D. in 1975.

Career

Early law career and academia

Levin was an active attorney in California for two decades, from December 18, 1975, until January 1, 1996. In the mid-1970s, he taught law at the University of Miami School of Law under Soia Mentschikoff. He then practiced law briefly in Los Angeles before taking a position at Whittier College School of Law.

In 1978, Levin came to public attention following a series of high-profile debates with Howard Jarvis, the co-author of Proposition 13, California's controversial property tax-reduction ballot measure, which Levin opposed. With his newfound fame, Levin began to contribute legal advice on a radio show, where he was nicknamed "Doctor Law", as well as to write columns for the Los Angeles Times. His columnist career with the Times spanned seven years.

Transition to entertainment

Main article: TMZ

Levin covered legal issues for KNBC-TV in 1982. He subsequently joined KCBS-TV and spent a decade doing investigative reporting and legal analysis, most notably covering the O. J. Simpson murder case. In 1997, he was named co-executive producer and on-air legal anchor for The People's Court. Levin remained on the show until its cancellation in July 2023. He created Celebrity Justice, which ran from 2002 to 2005.

Levin produced Beyond Twisted, which aired in 2009 for one season before being canceled. He created Famous in 12 (2014), an experiment in exploiting a family for quick fame, but the show was canceled after less than one season, with only five of the scheduled twelve episodes having aired.

This is not television. It's rawer, it's urgent, it's less produced. I really think this is the future. People want to get what they can get on-demand, and they have as much access to a computer as they do a TV set.

—Levin in a 2005 interview with Television Week

In 2005, AOL and Telepictures Productions launched TMZ with Levin as the founder and managing editor. The website quickly rose to prominence when it broke the story of Mel Gibson's DUI arrest and subsequent antisemitic rant. It continued to break a number of high-profile stories including the abuse of Rihanna by Chris Brown and the deaths of Heath Ledger, Brittany Murphy, ⁣Michael Jackson, and Kobe Bryant. The Los Angeles Times named TMZ's coverage of the Jackson death as the biggest story the website had covered to date.

Harvey Levin Productions has produced Levin's media projects since he joined The People's Court in 1983 as the show's legal consultant. In 1985, Levin wrote The People's Court: How to Tell It to the Judge, reviewing and providing commentary on several cases from the show. The Library Journal "recommended for public libraries."

Personal life

Levin in 2010

Levin appeared as an event speaker for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in April 2010 in which he publicly confirmed his self-identification as gay. He discussed his fear of losing his career if someone were to find out, which led to Levin compartmentalizing his personal and professional lives.

Levin's longtime partner is Andy Mauer, a chiropractor in southern California. The two own multiple properties together, sharing joint-deed listings since the late 1990s and early 2000s. Levin has been named to Out magazine's "Power 50" list as one of the most influential voices in LGBT America since 2012 when he was named #15. He has since been named #25 in 2013, #34 in 2014, #48 in 2015, and #40 in 2016.

Levin supported Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election. Following the election, he met with Trump in the Oval Office on March 7, 2017, and chatted for an hour. However, all that changed by August 2018, when he broke ties with Trump over the president's repeated attempts to establish a transgender military ban. He became an increasingly vocal opponent of Trump in the years following.

Filmography

Books

  • The People's Court: How to Tell it to the Judge (1985)

Awards and honors

For his broadcast work, Levin has been nominated for nine Emmys.

References

  1. ^ "State Bar of CA, Harvey Robert Levin". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. Lobrutto, Vincent (4 January 2018). TV in the USA [3 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-4408-2973-4.
  3. Beale, Lauren (February 24, 2015). "Exclusive details: Harvey Levin of TMZ hunts for a renter". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. "Harvey Levin." Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 17, 2011.
  5. "Harvey Levin." Newsmakers. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Gale Biography In Context. Web. April 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Harris, Paul (October 24, 2009). "How TMZ's high prince of sleaze became the King of Hollywood". The Guardian. London. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. "FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS CAVALIERS". www.clevelandhs.org. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  8. Burch, Tina (February 20, 2009). "Cleveland High School 50th". dailynews.mycapture.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  9. Wu, Gwendolyn (April 29, 2015). "UCSB Alum Harvey Levin Speaks on Changes in Media". The Bottom Line. Santa Barbara, California. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  10. ^ Safranek, Lynn (October 18, 2010). "Harvey Levin, '75, of TMZ Tells Students Why His JD Matters".
  11. ^ Klein, Asher (September–October 2013). "In the court of public opinion". The University of Chicago Magazine. Chicago. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  12. ^ Clehane, Diane (July 8, 2009). "So What Do You Do, Harvey Levin, Executive Producer and Host, TMZ?". mediabistro.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  13. "Levin to preside in 'Court'". Electronic Media. 16 (13): 22. March 24, 1997.
  14. "TMZ's Beyond Twisted Replaced By New Reality Show". www.anorak.co.uk. July 22, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  15. Ryan, Patrick (June 2, 2014). "'Famous in 12' pushes the insta-celeb envelope". USA Today. Tysons Corner, Virginia. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  16. "'Famous In 12' Announces Its Own Cancellation On Air After TMZ Unable To Make Family Stars In 5". Deadline Hollywood. July 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  17. ^ Lafayette, Jon (December 12, 2005). "TMZ Targets TV Newsmagazines". Television Week. 24 (50): 6–26.
  18. ^ Ray, Rachel (November 10, 2011). "Harvey Levin, founder of celebrity news website TMZ: 'We would never hack phones'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  19. Shields, Mike (December 8, 2005). "AOL Launches TMZ.com". www.mediaweek.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
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