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Noun: checkbook journalism
Usage: US (elsewhere: chequebook journalism)
  1. Payment to a person or organization for (often exclusive) right to a news story
    "The tabloid was accused of checkbook journalism when it paid for an interview with the celebrity";
    - chequebook journalism [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Checkbook journalism