Don’t hold the front page
IDEA No 57
THE DRUDGE REPORT
When Matt Drudge was working in the gift shop at CBS in 1994, he started sending out studio gossip to a few friends via email. He called it the Drudge Report. A couple of years later, the newsletter moved to the Web, where it would change the face of journalism forever.
Matt Drudge, founder and editor of the Drudge Report.
During Bill Clinton’s first term as president (1993–97), he was accused of sexual harassment by former state employee Paula Jones. Her lawyers subpoenaed women they suspected Clinton had had relationships with, one of these women was Monica Lewinsky. She denied it, which ...
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