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In the story of how the National Enquirer acquired the messages and photos that married man and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos texted to his girlfriend, it's fascinating to look at all the connections among the parties involved.

To help make sense of this web of interwoven relationships, NBC News made an interactive graphic outlining the key players. What becomes apparent is that at most, any person or company in our chart below has only one or two degrees of separation from each other.

The graphic is known as a “chord diagram.” Eleven of the central figures in the drama are arranged in a circle and their relationships are shown by colored strands with descriptions below.

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Hover or tap on a photo to explore the connections.