Pay Per Spew
--Bill Wheatley, vice president of NBC News, speaking to the New York Times in 2003.
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"NBC has agreed to pay as much as $1 million for Paris Hilton's first after-jail interview, which will appear on the 'Today' show."
--New York Post, today. NBC did not return the Post's call for comment and Hilton's rep said he "can't confirm or deny" the report.
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"Whatever happened to the pretense that the networks don't pay for interviews? Have we just left that behind entirely?"
--New York 1 anchor Pat Kiernan, commenting on the Post story this morning.