According to Page Six, TMZ paid $250,000 for footage of Solange Knowles attacking brother-in-law Jay Z in an elevator at the Standard hotel in New York City in 2014, while her sister Beyonce stood by.

A new expose by the New Yorker on TMZ reveals many of the gossip empire's secrets to how it gets scoops. A big one? TMZ spends a lot of money, from small bribes for limo drivers and hotel ...