The Drudge Report has been around for 10 years, but it was relatively obscure until Matt Drudge broke the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in 1998. Howard Kurtz wrote about it today in the Washington Post:
Starting with an e-mailed newsletter in 1995, when he lived in a one-bedroom Hollywood apartment, Drudge rode his Monica-induced fame to a Fox News Channel show (which he later quit) and a weekly radio show (still on nearly 300 stations). And while his lifestyle has changed (he lives in what he calls a Miami Beach “mansion”), his loner status has not.“I’m in my own little world,” Drudge says. He doesn’t own a cell phone [?], doing his reporting by e-mail and instant messaging. And he deflects questions about his personal life, though he told London’s Sunday Times he’s not gay and once almost got married. “I don’t feel like volunteering anything,” he says. (Question mark added)
Drudge says he doesn’t read blogs, which I find hard to believe. But OK. While he’s not a blogger, his site was definitely a forerunner to the new medium. During Rathergate, I wrote a long post about Drudge. I don’t feel like re-inventing the microchip, so check out Blogging Matt Drudge.
He doesn’t read blogs, but just in case: Happy anniversary, Matt. 
Update: Arianna Huffington has put together a group of 250 “bloggers” (reg. req) to compete with the Drudge Report. One man.
