Examples

Huffington Post

TMZ

News Sites
Take a look at the top Blog and News Sites.

Starting Local Blog or website might be easier to start before you take it mainstream.

Provide all of the information about whats going on in your city.

Smaller city sites work faster and bring traffic faster than larger sites.

Larger city sites bring in more traffic because of more people in city.

Other Great Ideas

College Gossip

Community Gossip

Whatever site you choose, you need to have multiple streams of information flowing in.

Example
Whats going on in NBA
Have juice and Gossip about players as well as NBA updates.

How to make money from gossip site

The Primary way Gossip Sites Make Money is from Ads.

Google Ads
How to make money from google ads
The get paid to list other people’s ads

Paid Banner Ads
People Pay to Advertise on your site

Other ways to make money

Affiliates
Refer vistors to services or products that go along with content or story.

Dropship Products
Products that fit well with whatever type of site you choose.

Wholesale Products
Sell popular, trendy, and Related products

Most Importantly, you need Traffic