Here's how much TMZ pays for scandalous celebrity videos of Ray Rice, Justin Bieber, Jay Z, and more

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 employees to get info, to larger sums exchanged for earth-shattering footage of famous people doing wrong.

Here we highlight how much TMZ paid for some of its biggest scoops, according to the New Yorker story.