NEWS LITE : DRUDGE GETS PROGRAM ON ABC RADIO.Internet gossip columnist Noun 1. gossip columnist - a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities newspaper columnist - a columnist who writes for newspapers Matt Drudge Matthew Nathan Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American Internet journalist and a talk radio host.[1] He is best known as the proprietor of the Drudge Report website, which attracted national attention when it was the first to break the news of the is now a member of the ABC family  The novelty of research or terms used in this article is disputed.Family Feud . ABC Radio ABC Radio is a broadcasting unit of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation.[1] ABC Radio was, from 1945 until 2007, the division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting. Networks has signed Drudge to anchor a two-hour weekly radio show that debuts Sunday, despite objections from the president of ABC News. ABC News, like the radio networks, is a division of ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Inc., which made the final decision to hire Drudge. The show will consist of topical commentary and listener call-ins, ABC said. Drudge is the author of the Internet site The Drudge Report, is host of a weekly television show on Fox News Channel, and has recently done a radio show for WABC WABC Worldwide Association of Business Coaches WABC Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ symbol) WABC World Aquatic Babies Congress WABC World Association of Business Coaches WABC World Aquatic Babies & Children in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . ``Matt Drudge is an entertainment brand. He is considered separate from the news side of things,'' said Michelle Bleiberg, spokeswoman for ABC Radio Networks. Drudge's Web site was credited with first publicizing the story of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky. But many journalists consider him more of a gossip columnist than a news reporter. Drudge was sued for defamation by former White House aide Sidney Blumenthal over a false report about Blumenthal's past. Drudge quickly retracted re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. and apologized hours after sending out the item on the Internet. ABC News President David Westin strongly objected to Drudge's hiring, according to a network executive who spoke on the condition of anonymity, but he was ultimately overruled. Westin was not available for comment on Thursday. Drudge was not immediately available for comment on Thursday. Drudge's show will have its national debut on ABC-owned stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta and Denver. Another wrestler throws hat in ring The latest pro wrestler to enter politics got the 25 signatures needed to qualify for the election before even leaving the building where he picked up the paperwork. Jerry ``The King'' Lawler, 49, went to the Election Commission offices Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn., and people waiting for jury duty assignments filled his petition to run for mayor of Memphis. Many got autographs from Lawler in exchange. ``I think what I bring to the table is somebody who has no strings attached, no political past, don't owe anything to any special interest groups or any groups whatsoever, and can look at every situation with just some common sense,'' he said. Lawler, a wrestling fixture in Memphis for nearly three decades, works for the national World Wrestling Federation as a commentator. Last November, former WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation. wrestler Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Thirty-eight different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. . Barbara Bush's tip wins in-law's kudos The best marital advice that Laura Bush ever got from her mother-in-law, former first lady Barbara Bush, was ``Don't criticize his speeches.'' The wife of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, herself a potential first lady now that her husband is seen as the GOP presidential front-runner, recalls in the August issue of Redbook, ``She had criticized one of her George's speeches, and he came home for weeks afterward with letters saying it was his best one ever. ``Anyway, one night we were pulling into the driveway, and he said, Tell me the truth. How was my speech? And I said, It wasn't that good. Then he drove right into the garage wall.'' Lange, Baryshnikov spurn reunion pix Old lovers Jessica Lange and Mikhail Baryshnikov had a reunion dinner Tuesday at Midtown Manhattan's Russian Samovar. They have a daughter, Alexandra, 18. She has long lived with playwright-slash-actor Sam Shepard. When they left the eatery, the duo refused to pose for waiting photogs and, as usually results from the tactic, an awkward pic of them climbing into a cab saw print. Officials offer sly advice for bovine encounters Here's a piece of advice, straight from the U.S. government, for any Americans running with the bulls of Pamplona: Keep your sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl tied and your medical insurance up to date. ``Given today's security environment, no American can be considered safe from raging bulls,'' State Department spokesman James Foley said Thursday. Foley issued a few tongue-in-cheek recommendations for U.S. runners after at least one American was injured amid six stampeding bulls at the San Fermin Fiesta follies in Pamplona, Spain. ``If you find yourself in a crowd of frenzied four-footed foreigners . . . make sure your sneakers are tied, your valuables are safely stowed in your neck pouch and your medical insurance is thoroughly up to date,'' Foley said. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Yeah, baby! Accompanied by partner and actor Greg Wise, British actress Emma Thompson attends an awards ceremony at Planet Hollywood in London's Piccadilly Circus on Thursday. Thompson makes her first public appearance since announcing she was pregnant. Michael Crabtree/Associated Press (2) DRUDGE (3) Piece of a dynasty A 13-course lute lute, musical instrument that has a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, which are plucked with the fingers. The long lute, with its neck much longer than its body, seems to have been older than the short lute, existing very early made in the 17th century is auctioned at Christies in London on Thursday. Bidders vied furiously for a sumptuous trove of paintings, furniture and ornaments put up for auction by the Austrian arm of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Rebecca Naden/Associated Press |
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