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Agent Accuses ‘Fixer Upper’ Stars of Screwing Him in Book Deal<!-- wp:html --><p>Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM</p> <p>Design and lifestyle gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines have, over the past decade, built a business empire worth nearly $1 billion, by some estimates.</p> <p>The Waco, Texas-based couple <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/features/joanna-chip-gaines-magnolia-network-1235438062/">were described in a <em>Variety</em> profile last month</a> as having “unrivaled reach and influence” in the “home, hearth, food and family” sectors, which includes “curating” <a href="https://magnolia.com/watch/">the Magnolia Network</a>, a 24/7 cable channel they co-own with Warner Brothers Discovery.</p> <p>Chip, 48, grew up in Dallas, where his mom worked for a company that published books for late televangelist Billy Graham.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fixer-upper-stars-chip-and-joanna-gaines-sued-by-agent-david-vigliano-over-book-deal?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Design and lifestyle gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines have, over the past decade, built a business empire worth nearly $1 billion, by some estimates.

The Waco, Texas-based couple were described in a Variety profile last month as having “unrivaled reach and influence” in the “home, hearth, food and family” sectors, which includes “curating” the Magnolia Network, a 24/7 cable channel they co-own with Warner Brothers Discovery.

Chip, 48, grew up in Dallas, where his mom worked for a company that published books for late televangelist Billy Graham.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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