Gawker 
Oct 13, 2009 3:34 PM
4,596
Enter your username and password.
-
Which Blog Mogul's Life is the Most Valuable?
It may seem crass to put a pricetag on a human life. But you never know when a brand-name blogger like Matt Drudge or Perez Hilton might be tragically killed. Luckily, 24/7 Wall Street has calculated the economic loss.
Of course, 24/7 Wall Street has the advantage of being able to conjure made-up estimates out of thin air; that's how the site put a price tag on various blog networks back in February (PerezHilton.com: $32 million (ha); Gawker Media: $170 million (HA!)). Now the site's taken those made-up estimates and combined them with additional made-up estimates of how much each blog network would be worth without its iconic founder. In other words, it's estimating the economic worth of each blogging boss — not to be confused with their actual wealth.
Here are the numbers. Spoiler: Drudge is king, even in hypothetical death.
(Correction: This post originally said 24/7 Wall Street was an AOL property. It is in fact independent.)
Send an email to Ryan Tate, the author of this post, at ryan@gawker.com.By Ryan Tate
read more: #bloggers, #mattdrudge, #nickdenton, #ariannahuffington, #perezhilton, #hypotheticals, #imaginarymoney, #moguls, #valleywag, #gettypic, #bloggingfordollars
Loading comments ... 
Earlier discussions |
Other discussions |
Show all discussions |
Show featured discussions only |
Start a new discussion
