The Secrets of Drudge Inc.

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

[Joy Angela]

Good Article! Pinging your way.

[SoDak]

I agree, I visit his site 10+ times a day. He's a little obsessed with Hollyweird, but if it's breaking, it's there.

[green team 1999]

i remember listening to george putnam 870am in los angeles at noon and small interviews to drudge ,joseph farah,and a couple of callers from free republic,that got me to free republic in 1998.

[Slyfox]

Yeah, there are some sites that force you to either sign up or pay a fee.
What a rip. They aren't worth the keystrokes it takes to access them.

[tang-soo]

I too found FreeRepublic back in the day, from a Drudge link.

I found FR from the CAS (Clinton Adminstration Scandals) list service maintained by Ray Heizer - formally the CS (Clinton Scandals) list service mainatained and started by Dave Sussman. I know Alan Favish and MJ/ML are also from those good ol' days. Others from that service include Mike Rivero, Hughie2 (I think) and Hugh Sprunt. I think a lot of the ground breaking work on the Vince Foster case was communicated thru that forum

[Constitution Day]

You may be interested in these links from the EARLY days of FR, back when we were listed only as "Whitewater File".

07/04/98: Drudge Updates His Site's Link For Free Republic

08/27/97: Clinton Adviser Sues AOL, Drudge

[Hegemony Cricket]

Ditto to all the commentors here who still like Drudge, but have found FR much more interesting and fulfilling (and addictive!).

A tip of the fedora must go to Matt - he broke a lot of ground, and stills turns the majors on their pointed little heads, by providing up-to-the-minute linking to a good variety of developments worldwide.

Having said that, FR goes WAY beyond. There will probably always be major media outlets, but I foresee them shrinking and yeilding much attention to great new news outlets such as Drudge and FR. The biggest advantage, IMHO to FR is the active element. You don't just read and forget, you get to discuss and dissect. I have gleaned a tremendous education from FR, and I am eager to see "the next big thing"!

[bvw]

Business 2.0 and Red Herring are the only two business mags worth reading.

[lainie]

Thank you for the ping! I found Free Republic a completely different way -- and long after I was a Drudge reader. Maybe that fact alone carries me to different conclusions than some folks.

The success of FR isn't in spite of Drudge -- it proves what Drudge always says: it's the Internet. Conservatives have been voiceless for a long time and now they have this avenue. With the only safety net being freedom. Simple as that!

[lainie]

pinging the regulars. are they meat balls or hot dogs?

[corkoman]

wow - thats a blast to the past. I kinda miss the old format - as cluncky as it was.

[giotto]

I found FR from the CAS...I think a lot of the ground breaking work on the Vince Foster case was communicated thru that forum

which grew out of the alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater Usenet group, where all those people first posted. That's also where I first read Drudge, who posted his DRUDGE REPORT every few days on that and a few other newsgroups.

[cpprfld]

Drudge is ussually the second website that I check everyday.

[chnsmok]

Same here with the alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater newsgroup. Still go there for old time's sake. All the best for Matt. Don't forget the Sunday night Drudge Radio thread on Free Republic.

[Constitution Day]

So do I!

Hey, I found those with the search feature, which I've never played with much until today.
I think they must have added the "archive" search recently.

You can go WAY back to the Lewinsky-Clintoon days!

[Constitution Day]

I still check it, but not every single day. I sure used to.

[tang-soo]

which grew out of the alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater Usenet group, where all those people first posted. That's also where I first read Drudge, who posted his DRUDGE REPORT every few days on that and a few other newsgroups.

Wow! you're right. That's where I started also. Its been so long I forgot.

[js1138]

Me too. Found FR via Drudge. FR got pretty wild and wooley in those days, with no moderator. I think there were some FReepers with racist opinions that caused Drudge to drop the link.

[Maedhros]

I've been told by a Freeper (I don't remember who), who claims to have personally spoken to Drudge, that he won't link to FR because he considers it a competitor.

[Maedhros]

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