TMZ Sports Desk Intern - Fall 2025

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

FOX Entertainment

With a legacy spanning more than 35 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world’s most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party streaming platforms. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company was reinvented in 2019 with the formation of FOX Entertainment. While maintaining its leadership in broadcast television (9-1-1: Lone Star, The Simpsons, The Cleaning Lady, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Masters), the company is actively building a portfolio of businesses and library of owned original content. To date, FOX Entertainment’s long-term growth strategy has included the acquisitions of award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers, The Great North, Krapopolis, Grimsburg), entertainment platform TMZ, and global production studio MarVista Entertainment (The Way Home, Rescuing Christmas), as well as the formation of the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global (Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars) in partnership with Gordon Ramsay. The company also established its in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment (The Masked Singer, Snake Oil, I Can See Your Voice, Name That Tune), FOX Entertainment Studios (Animal Control) to develop scripted content, and worldwide content sales unit FOX Entertainment Global.

JOB DESCRIPTION

TMZ is the leading source for celebrity and entertainment news. We’re looking for energetic, motivated students with a passion for celebrity news to join our Fall Internship Program. As an Intern at TMZ, you will be exposed to the many facets of newsgathering, TV production, and digital content creation. Our interns are hands-on and directly contribute to the production process at TMZ. You’ll have an opportunity to learn from senior staff and will participate in informative speaker sessions developed specifically for our internship program. This is a chance for the right person to gain broad exposure and grow within a leading entertainment news organization.

Our SPORTS Assignment Desk / Research Intern will work with the sports news staff & TMZ Sports show staff. Interns will assist with organizational projects, research, calling sources (with prior approval), and other general sports news-gathering duties.

Our Fall 2025 Internship program will run from October 2025 – December 2025. This is a paid program and Interns must meet all 5 criteria below for consideration:

• Be available for the entire internship session, as outlined above.
• Be available to work a minimum of 20 hours per week, in the form of two or more 10-hour days per week. Be comfortable with a work shift which begins at 6:00AM.
• Have a demonstrated knowledge of the area(s) of interest as reflected in their field of study, course work and/or professional/internship experiences.
• Be in their junior or senior year of college.

TMZ is an Equal Opportunity Employer