The high price of infamy

NBC has agreed to pay as much as $1 million for Paris Hilton's first after-jail interview, which will appear on the "Today" show, The Post has learned.

Sources told The Post the sit-down will be conducted by Meredith Vieira the day after the heir-head is sprung some time next week.

I guess the networks have stopped pretending they don't pay for interviews. And that makes them different from the tabloids how?