News on a shoe-string, Drudge-style

New York Times Digital may have made $8.3 million, but according to Business 2.0′s Geoff Keighley, Matt Drudge was the most efficientlly run online media operation. While The Times has 237 full-time employees — meaning each worker accounts for about $35,000 in profit — Keighley estimates Drudge’s two-person operation pulled in $800,000 last year. It may be April Fool’s Day, but this is no joke. “It makes the Times site look bloated.,” Keighley writes. “And he never has to leave the comfort of his Miami condo.”