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Media coup: Drudge poised to overtake CNN
WND ^ | 01/29/16 | Cheryl Chumley

Posted on 01/31/2016 3:35:40 AM PST by Enlightened1

A report that looks at where online news readers go for their daily scoops shows Matt Drudge, who operates the popular headline aggregation site that's a must-read for many of both political camps, is gaining big on massive media organizations like NBC and even CNN.

The latter, specifically, might want to take notice. CNN has spent the last few years loudly proclaiming its dominance in the news market, even as competitors like Fox News - and now, Drudge - have gained steam.

MediaPost, in its "10 Publishers Account for Half of All Online News," cited SimilarWeb and found "the top 10 publishers, together owning around 60 news sites, account for 47 percent of total online traffic to news content last year, with the next biggest 140 publishers accounting for most of the other half."

Still, as Politico reported in mid-2015: "The Drudge Report is the leading source of referral traffic ... for many of the top news organizations in the country ... In 2014, DrudgeReport.com was the No. 1 site of referral traffic to the Daily Mail, CNN, Fox News, Roll Call, Breitbart, The New York Times, National Journal, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and Politico, Intermarkets found. Another unique aspect for Drudge is that 87 percent of its own traffic is from readers going directly to DrudgeReport.com and staying there for an average of 30 minutes."

In other words, CNN and other news sites wouldn't have the high page view numbers they have were it not for Drudge.

But that's not all...

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; drudge; matt; ratings
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To: Enlightened1

I kinda feel like i’m from the Men in Black, i go to youtube to get obscure videos, unedited, often graphic, often uncensored. A recent unflattered cgi video from Tomo News about Trump was hilarious.


21 posted on 01/31/2016 4:38:20 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey
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To: Enlightened1

FR is where I get all my news. Everything posted on Drudge shows up on FR.


22 posted on 01/31/2016 4:45:08 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: samtheman

Some things but not everything.


23 posted on 01/31/2016 4:53:43 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Jim Robinson
REALLY???? Drudge changed the entire info world!! When Rush mentioned Drudge Report I immediately went to it, and hit on "Whitewater" and VOILA!! My life changed forever!

Thank you Matt, and THANK YOU, Jim Robinson!

24 posted on 01/31/2016 4:57:05 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: marygam

Drudge Report is my home page.


25 posted on 01/31/2016 4:57:15 AM PST by PJ-Comix (DUmmie Skinner: Bought & Paid For By Hillary)
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To: Enlightened1

Guess I thought DRUDGE gets his news from other news gatherers, networks, etc.


26 posted on 01/31/2016 5:01:45 AM PST by Jukeman (God help us for we are deeper in trouble.)
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To: Enlightened1

I met Drudge at Free Republic events......twice


27 posted on 01/31/2016 5:04:11 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: Enlightened1

Yeah, but Drudge has too much spam. It has so much spam that his servers should be based out of Hawaii.

(rimshot)

CC


28 posted on 01/31/2016 5:05:14 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: gaijin

And, one page of the most basic html that hasn’t really changed since the beginning. Genius!


29 posted on 01/31/2016 5:06:52 AM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first ande then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: 4rcane

My home page.


30 posted on 01/31/2016 5:09:16 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Gaffer

A fellow Freeper posted an article about Ad Blocker Plus. It works great.


31 posted on 01/31/2016 5:19:58 AM PST by stratboy
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To: samtheman

I get my news from FR too, Drudge is too limited with just headlines. I very rarely go to Drudge, it’s all here.

Here at FR all the Drudge stuff lands (and vice versa) but with a few lines of articles...you can get a little info from that excerpt or choose to click to read the whole article.

Also at FR, the comments usually are far more informative than the articles they are being posted under.


32 posted on 01/31/2016 5:33:25 AM PST by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: Enlightened1

I am by far not an Internet novice. And I find the Drudge website nearly impossible to follow. The format is arcane. If someone sends me a link or it is posted on FB (which actually is rare to see a Drudge link on FB) - if I click on the link to the Drudge headline - 99% of the time - the link does not take me to the story ... it takes me to some generic page where I have to search for the headline... So more often than not - I give up. I guess I just miss the point ... If information is not where a link says it to be — then it is easy for me (if the subject is important) to just google it ... Whatever Drudge is doing and that some many people find it wonderful - then fine.. but Drudge is mostly useless to me for reasons cited. If I click on a news link I want it to take me EXACTLY to the story - not some page filled with story notices and I have to look for the story... BTW — I use three different browsers and it is the same result regardless of browser... I am happy that Drudge has made it big for what does it do?


33 posted on 01/31/2016 5:37:12 AM PST by ICCtheWay (1)
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To: 4rcane

Page views are so 1995.

Unique visitors is what is important.


34 posted on 01/31/2016 5:53:37 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: libertarian27

Also at FR, the comments usually are far more informative than the articles they are being posted under.


Absolutely. There are some very knowledgeable posters here, on a wide variety of topics.


35 posted on 01/31/2016 6:07:45 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: marygam

Me too.... Only, much longer.


36 posted on 01/31/2016 7:02:52 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: r_barton

37 posted on 01/31/2016 7:06:38 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: r_barton

Here’s how you can stop page refreshment on the Drudge Report:
1. Open the http://www.drudgereport.com in your (Windows) browser.
2. Click on Tools Internet Options.
3. The Internet Options screen will appear.
4. Click on the Security tab.
5. Click on the Restricted sites icon from the Select a zone to view or change security settings field.
6. Click on the Sites button.
7. The Restricted sites screen will appear.
8. Make sure http://www.drudgereport.com appears in the Add this website to the zone field.
9. Click the Add button to add the page to your list of restricted sites in the Websites field.
10. Click the Close button to save your changes.


38 posted on 01/31/2016 7:20:48 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

“Yeah, but Drudge has too much spam. It has so much spam that his servers should be based out of Hawaii.”

Get a Mac


39 posted on 01/31/2016 10:54:58 AM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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To: Enlightened1

I still check out Drudge daily but it seems he takes weekends off (can’t blame him but the site suffers for it). He doesn’t break nearly as much news as he once did.


40 posted on 01/31/2016 10:59:41 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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