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The ones who write the stories. we take the photos. but its the magazine that bought it. you cant blame us for taking them. >> a celebrity you dont know about wont be a celebrity for long. they crave the publicity, and magazines are in the business of giving it to them. so when a paparazzi spots a celebrity doing anything, he takes a picture of it and uploads it to a website where magazine editors can sift through the thousands of shots and pay anywhere from $40 to $500,000 a snap. but big payda...

>> im new to this thing. you try to hit me in my head. >> im a [ bleep ] citizen, okay? >> idiot. >> first day on the beat and our cam ma ran is getting harassed by the bodyguards. turns out they dont make the distinction between paparazzo and a documentary cameraman. >> i should have been in a different position. but i ended up run into the back of the court. but it works. it will work. >> i mad eabout $ 500 or $600 a day at least. so im not complaining. >> all right, jiles, thank you today. to...

Hurt anybody. >> in fact, these days, celebrity gossip is an industry unto itself. and its one worth about $3 billion. today, consumers want more juicy gossip than ever. we want access to every part of celebrities life. 24 hours a day, seven days a week and thats where these guys come in. >> can we talk to you kanye? >> the paparazzi. the paps will do almost anything to get the 1 in a million shot. theyve been blamed for everything from high-speed chases to aggravated assault and even death. >> ...

>> im new to this thing. you try to hit me in my head. >> im a [ bleep ] citizen, okay? >> idiot. >> first day on the beat and our cam ma ran is getting harassed by the bodyguards. turns out they dont make the distinction between paparazzo and a documentary cameraman. >> i should have been in a different position. but i ended up run into the back of the court. but it works. it will work. >> i mad eabout $ 500 or $600 a day at least. so im not complaining. >> all right, jiles, thank you today. to...

>> im a [ bleep ] citizen, okay? >> idiot. >> first day on the beat and our cam ma ran is getting harassed by the bodyguards. turns out they dont make the distipgs betwe distinction between paparazzo and a documentary cameraman. >> i should have been in a different position. but i ended up run into the back of the court. but it works. it will work. >> i mad eabout $ 500 or $600 a day at least. so im not complaining. >> all right, jiles, thank you today. tomorrow, first official day. >> yeah. >> ...

Im meeting a guy named jiles harrison whos made a living chasing celebrities around los angeles for decades. im morgan. >> how are you? >> you want to hop in? because i dont want to draw a bunch of attention to myself. >> yeah, yeah. over his 17-year career, jiles has had his pictures appear in magazines, newspapers and websites. hes known as one of the best, if not the best celebrity spotter in the business. and hes going to teach me the ins and the outs of the business of celebrity. so what ar...

Know, thats kind of the price you pay. >> so once you become famous, privacy is gone. >> kind of, yeah. >> yeah. >> it comes with the territory. >> okay. >> one of the things they claim to get upset about is the stories. but heres the thing, were not the ones who write the stories. we take the photos. but its the magazine that bought it. you cant blame us for taking them. >> a celebrity you dont know about wont be a celebrity for long. they crave the publicity, and magazines are in the business ...

Celebrities life. 24 hours a day, seven days a week and thats where these guys come in. >> can we talk to you kanye? >> the paparazzi. the paps will do almost anything to get the 1 in a million shot. theyve been blamed for everything from high-speed chases to aggravated assault and even death. >> princess diana was killed when photograph photographers were pursuing her car. >> they keep the great gossip machine running. so this week, im going inside the machine and becoming a papparazzo. im meet...