Founded in 1994, the Drudge Report is a news website owned and operated by Matt Drudge. While occasionally featuring original content, the site is primarily an aggregation of third-party articles.
Organization
The Drudge Report has been lauded for its successful application of an very simple business model. The website is maintain be two employees, and a network of unpaid contributors who supply the site with continuous news updates. With its real-time supply of information, Drudge Report is sometimes able to break news stories before they are published by major news organizations.CNN: The Secrets of Drudge Inc. (April 1, 2003)
Breaking Stories
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Fast Facts
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Launched
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Founder
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Huffington Post developer Andrew Breitbart helps maintain the site
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Began as an e-mail newsletter
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Readership
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First to publish the Monica Lewinsky scandal involving Bill Clinton
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Page Views
7,908,073,763 IN PAST YEAR
