Daily News: TMZ has pumped millions of dollars into a massive network of paid informants, ranging from airline and limousine service employees to lawyers and agents — and even resorted to blackmail in its quest to churn out a steady stream of Hollywood gossip, according to a bombshell exposé in The New Yorker magazine. The Warner Bros.-owned site is said to have engaged in blackmail, publishing flattering exclusives about Justin Bieber in exchange for burying a damning video of the pop star blurting out racial slurs.