TMZ is a tabloid news organization owned by Fox Corporation. It made its debut on November 8, 2005, originally as a collaboration between AOL and Telepictures, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. On September 13, 2021, Fox Corporation acquired TMZ from Warner Media for $50 million. TMZ flipped the script on the Hollywood publicist model. Before, publicists would dangle celebrity access in exchange for managed puff pieces.