Angelina Jolie Buys Positive Coverage with People Magazine Baby Photo Deal

I Knew it! Angelina Does Read The Tabloids

Angelina Jolie doesn’t like to read all that negative stuff about her and Brad.

So much so that when she and Brad Pitt negotiated with People and other celebrity magazines this summer for photos of their newborn twins and an interview, the stars were seeking more than the millions they received from the deal.

They also wanted a hefty slice of journalistic input — a promise that the winning magazine’s coverage would be positive, not merely in that instance but into the future, reports the New York Times.

The winning magazine had to provide an “editorial plan,” reports the NYT.

The winner was People and it was People’s best seller of the year.  The article featured Angelina’s transformation to a United Nations good-will ambassador and devoted mother of six.

In the People interview, there were questions about her and Pitt’s charity work and no use of the word “Brangelina,” the tabloid amalgamation of their names, which irks the couple.

People has issued a denial on these claims.