The Secrets of Drudge Inc.

Business2.com (via CNN Money) ^ | April 3, 2003 | Geoff Keighley

[Constitution Day]

All right, I know a lot of Freepers don't care for Drudge anymore, and I'm pretty ambivalent myself.
HOWEVER, I would not have found Free Republic without the link that used to be on DrudgeReport.com back in the Lewinsky days.

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine offers a view of Drudge on 12/12/1998 when the link to Free Republic was still fairly prominent.
I thought other Freepers would find this article interesting.

FRegards,
CD

P.S. - I did not resolve all the hyperlinks in the article... gotta get back to work!

[Constitution Day]

Ping.

[corkoman]

Good for Matt. He deserves the $$$ after all the crap he had to weather from those NBC geeks. His is still one of the best unfiltered news sites.

[Maedhros]

great post CD, self-bump for later read (this should be interesting)

[LibKill]

Hmmm, with the rise of Free Republic as a force in conservative politics, I'd think he would link to it again.

[Constitution Day]

Thanks... I didn't see it posted here.
It's SURE to spark some (ahem) impassioned debate.

Love your tagline, BTW.

[Paradox]

I too found FreeRepublic back in the day, from a Drudge link. I still go to Drudge's site many times per day. It serves its purposes. However, for hard hitting, up to the second news and commentary, NOTHING beats FR.

[steplock]

He's turned Hollywood, so I gave up on his "news". I will check it out maybe once a day, but I have all but stopped reading any of his 'scoops'

[Constitution Day]

Yes, I still check it out, but I am on FR more than I check out Drudge.

[ladyjane]

Matt, if you're reading, thanks for getting a bunch of us to Free Republic.

But I still want to know - are you quidam? or is it William Safire?

[balrog666]

I notice y'all are pinging "Matt Drudge" but that appears to be a banned account.

[Constitution Day]

I didn't realize that. Oh well.

[tiki]

That's where I found FR. Oddly enough, I never read Drudge just went straight to the Whitewater link.

[HAL9000]

Matt deserves every dollar he makes. With the radio show, he must be making over $1 million per year before taxes. This a Great American Success story.

I hope he becomes a media mogul. Maybe he will buy TIME magazine or start the Drudge Radio Network.

[FourtySeven]

Matt Who?

[Hildy]

He didn't TURN Hollywood. Hollywood was his roots and apparently holds a special place in his heart.

[HAL9000]

I notice y'all are pinging "Matt Drudge" but that appears to be a banned account.

Try screen name Drudge.

[Slyfox]

"'The Internet is going to be the thing that knocks off CNN.'" "

The Internet is also putting a sizeable dent in newspaper readership. I have some friends who still read the paper and call me when there is anything special I need to read. They haven't called in a long time. Maybe because they are spending more time on the net like me.

[Constitution Day]

The only paper I read (occasionally) is my hometown paper, when I go see my parents.
Now that the paper has a website, I don't even do that.

CD

[Joy Angela]

I love Matt Drudge for all the reasons stated in this great article!

Drudge is smart and innocent.

gosh...

What a man! :)