Did Drudge's Words Come Back to Haunt Him?

Matt Drudge is quitting his radio show, and, while he won't say why, I have a guess. Could it be that the secretive internet news czar feels overexposed after his recent profile by Philip Weiss in New York magazine? Although the piece was a write-around, Weiss was able to create the feel of an interview by quoting extensively from Drudge's on-air musings.

I emailed Drudge for comment but, big surprise, haven't heard back. Meanwhile, a rep for Premiere Radio Networks says it had nothing to do with the New York story: "He departed the radio business to focus on his website and other endeavors."

UPDATE: It turns out I wasn't the first to posit a connection to the New York story. DrudgeBlog has some other interesting circumstantial evidence.

UPDATE 2: I am told that Drudge did indeed notify Premiere that he was done before the New York story came out. So it seems that our commenter "Matt Drudge" is, in fact, Matt Drudge.