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The daily drudge

Who is most frustrated by the daily commute?

THE misery of commuting is common to most of the globe. According to a recent survey of 11,000 people in 13 countries by Regus, a property company, a fifth of commuters around the world have considered quitting because of the time taken to travel to their workplaces. The problem seems to be especially acute in crowded China, whereas North Americans—especially Canadians—find it easiest to get from home to work. South Africans and the Chinese say that they are most fed up with commuting, with roughly a third claiming that they have considered dropping their jobs because of it. Our chart shows only the average length of time it takes to reach the office—double that when you add the trip back home.

How Newspapers Abdicated the Front Page’s Influence and How They Can Get it Back By Linking

The front page of the newspaper used to set the news agenda. Extra, Extra, read all about it! But that influence has steadily waned through the TV and Cable News era, and the web now threatens to obliterate it entirely.
So who sets the news agenda now? One significant influence is a guy with nothing but [...]

Drudge Report: News Site That Sends Readers Away With Links Has Highest Engagement

There are two main reasons why news sites are reluctant to send readers away by linking to third-party content. First, you shouldn’t send people away or else they won’t come back to your site. Second, a page with links that sends people away has low engagement, which doesn’t serve advertisers well.
But if you actually look [...]