Article: New media's dark star.(Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge)(Column)

Matt drudge should have been the shining star of Internet journalism. He is living proof that the Net hypesters are right: armed with little else than a Web site and a work ethic, an obscure outsider can steal click-throughs and mind share from Goliaths and even fulfill the American Dream, which is, of course, elevating one's moniker into a brand name. This he has done. The Drudge Report may be a garret compared to the virtual palaces of Big Media -- it's a style-free zone that looks like he's banged his typewriter ribbon directly on the screen -- but as his exclusives pile up, he is becoming the king of online scoops, the first real crossover from cyberspace to the ...

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