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

Encyclopedia: Chequebook journalism