<Tr> <Th> Launched </Th> <Td> November 8, 2005; 11 years ago (2005 - 11 - 08) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Current status </Th> <Td> Active </Td> </Tr> <P> TMZ is a celebrity news website that debuted on November 8, 2005 . It was a collaboration between AOL and Telepictures Productions, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009 . The name TMZ stands for thirty - mile zone, the historic "studio zone" within a 30 - mile (50 km) radius centered at the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California . </P> <P> TMZ's managing editor is Harvey Levin, a lawyer - turned - journalist who was previously a legal expert for the Los Angeles television station KCBS - TV . The site claims that it does not pay for stories or interviews; however, Levin has admitted that TMZ does "sometimes pay sources for leads on stories". Levin has stated that "everything is researched and vetted for accuracy ." A companion television series, TMZ on TV, debuted on September 10, 2007 . </P>

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