He made a good living from what I can tell. Despite his hat and publicity photos he was not much of a journalist. Maybe he posted a handful of “scoops” published in his name. Otherwise it was just sensationalist headlines linking to 3rd party websites. Clever enough. Inspired a bit. But not really journalism. He tapped into a market segment of news consumers and that worked very well for him for many years.. He may not have even really been particularly partisan but more just an opportunist. He saw a market segment and went for it? So yeah, he made a living. A seemingly good one. Then after a couple of decades decided it was better to cash out a chunk or all of it. Maybe he still gets a piece of the action or some royalty for use of his name. He’s dropped off the radar as far as I know. Living La vida loca perhaps? He earned that right I suppose.
That's my impression as well.