killers. ABC paid him another $16,000 for an interview on Good Morning America. Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, placed a full-page ad in The Washington Post in 2007 offering $1 million to anyone who would provide evidence of an illicit affair among any high-ranking Washington officials. The careers of at least two officials were damaged as a result.Ad in Washington Post Bill Cosby: According to court records, Autumn Jackson, the alleged Cosby daughter from his affair with Shawn Thompson, had contacted a tabloid newspaper threatening to sell her story if Cosby didn't pay her $40 million."Cosby flap spotlights checkbook journalism," The Signal, (Santa Clarita, CA), Jan. 29, 1997. Jamie Lynn Spears was paid $1 million by British tabloid OK! to do a story about her pregnancy. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie received $4.1 million from People magazine for family photos with their newborn daughter in 2006. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were paid $6 million by People magazine for photos of their twins in 2008. Mary Jo Buttafuoco was reportedly paid $500,000 for interviews by A Current Affair TV show.NBC News'' paid a six-figure fee for interviews with survivors and their amateur footage of an aerial accident. Australia 1985: the Nine Network paid Lindy Chamberlain $250,000 for the exclusive rights to her story. 1991: James Scott received A$250,000 for his story about being lost in the Himalayas for 43 days 1995: Bob Hawke and Blanche d'Alpuget received A$200,000 1997: the Seven Network paid rescued British solo yachtsman Tony Bullimore A$100,000 for his story about being trapped in his overturned vessel in the Southern Ocean. 1997: the Seven Network paying Stuart Diver A$250,000 for his story about the Thredbo landslide in 1997 2005: the Ten Network paying Douglas Wood A$400,000 (and promising "some control over the final program") for his story about being kidnapped and held hostage in Iraq Notes References Journalism ethics Tabloid journalism