When the Huffington Post was first announced, I noted that, while people were focusing on the celebrity group blog, the Drudge-like news service might be the most important driver of eyeballs:
Aha! So someone who is not well known (or, more precisely, is about as well known as a lot of prominent non-celebrity bloggers), Andrew Breitbart, may be writing a news service to compete with Drudge. That is at least a plausible hook–someone with web expertise but without a famous name might provide important content.
Glancing through the debut edition of the Huffington Post, the news service seems to be a big part of the affair.
More comments from Howard Kurtz and Reynolds.
Nikki Finke has a negative review of the Huffington blog, and suggests that its financing might be shakier than is widely known.
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