People and Hello! Magazine win bidding war for first photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt twins!
Posted on August 1st, 2008 by Hot Momma
People & Hello! magazine has reportedly won the multi-million dollar bidding war for the exclusive worldwide rights to the first pictures of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s new-born twins.
The magazines outbid rival publication OK! for the rights to publish (worldwide) photos of newborns Knox and Vivienne. People Magazine gets the exclusive US rights for the first pictures of Brangelina’s chosen twins, while Hello! gets international rights. Hello! and People apparently pooled their funds together to come up with the $10 -$15 million dollar bid that beat OK! magazine.
The precious twins – Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, were born on July 13 at the Lenval hospital in Nice, southern France. Hello! also secured the international rights to the first photos of Jolie and Pitt’s first daughter together, Shiloh Nouvel, who was born in Namibia in 2006. Brad and Angelina have previously said the proceeds from the pictures will go to charity. You think the kids might sue later for their share of the proceeds?
A magazine insider reveals, “This is one of the publishing sensations of the decade – Brad and Angelina are the dream couple of the glossy magazine world and we expect to triple our circulation because of the public’s fascination and interest in the couple and their children.”
Hello! has moved its publication date forward to Monday August 4 to capitalize on the publishing coup and release the photos the same time as People.
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