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In response to
"Without googling, who knows what TMZ stands for? -- nm"
by
Andie
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points to znu (explanation inside)
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Andie (aka Andie)
Mar 18 '09, 13:59
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Studio zone (also thirty-mile zone) is a term used in the American entertainment industry to describe the area within a thirty-mile (48.3 km) radius from the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. In addition, the studio zone includes the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Conejo Ranch property, although it technically lies outside of the zone's radius.
Entertainment industry unions use this area to determine rates and work rules for union workers in the entertainment industry. For instance, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes contracts state:
"Studio rates and working conditions shall prevail for all work performed within the studio zone; however, for newly-called employees and those employees notified on the previous day prior to their departure from the studio (or the zone location) to report at the zone location, work time shall begin and end at the zone location; otherwise, work time shall begin and end at the studio. Such work time includes travel time both ways between the studio and the zone location." [1]
"Studio rates" are generally lower than "distant location rates", which would need to be paid (in addition to travel time and mileage) for work outside the studio zone.
The initials of the Time Warner tabloid news Web site TMZ.com stand for "Thirty Mile Zone", an alternate name[
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