Comments on: Congdon Fired from RocketBoom

By: Joanne Colan Leaves Rocketboom | Judson Collier

Joanne Colan Leaves Rocketboom | Judson Collier — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:31:23 +0000

[...] For whatever reason, let’s just be happy it was quieter than the previous switch of hosts. [...]

By: perde

perde — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:05:40 +0000

good

By: Amanda Congdon leaves Rocketboom at Vidize Blog

Amanda Congdon leaves Rocketboom at Vidize Blog — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:14:58 +0000

[...] a way, Amanda’s leaving the blogging world is a sign of maturity. The reasons are not entirely clear. According to one [...]

By: Sony Pictures Television Picks Up Rocketboom | Sony Insider (beta)

Sony Pictures Television Picks Up Rocketboom | Sony Insider (beta) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:40:53 +0000

[...] I will admit that Rocketboom used to be something I watched regularly but after the whole drama with Amanda Congdon leaving thing it just lost something I can’t quite describe. Obviously, the show must be [...]

By: Amanda Congdon Rises From The Dead At Sometimesdaily

Amanda Congdon Rises From The Dead At Sometimesdaily — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:48:49 +0000

[...] with her work, was the original host of Rocketboom who was fired in mysterious circumstances back in December 2006. Congdon appeared briefly in 2007 as a video blogger for ABC with the series “Amanda Accross [...]

By: scouta blog » Blog Archive » Why Funding Matters

scouta blog » Blog Archive » Why Funding Matters — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:05:11 +0000

[...] been plenty of speculation around Amanda’s unbooming. Scoble, Calacanis, Winer, TechCrunch, etc. all weighed [...]

By: Zennie

Zennie — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:30:22 +0000

Well, the fur’s still flying over this as Andrew’s upset over Amanda’s ABC success. Check out my latest blog post:

http://zennie20...hoo-amanda.html

By: Mr. 6 - 趨勢．創投．軟體．策進 » Blog Archive » Amanda小姐的離開，談部落格的平行製作

Mr. 6 - 趨勢．創投．軟體．策進 » Blog Archive » Amanda小姐的離開，談部落格的平行製作 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:21:12 +0000

[...] 一天五分鐘美女播科技新聞的影像部落格網站「Rocketboom」今早傳出大消息：影片中的美女Amanda，竟然離開Rocketboom。 [...]

By: » Over In About An Hour: Vol. 3 (boom vs unboom mixtape) - Yahoo! Radish

» Over In About An Hour: Vol. 3 (boom vs unboom mixtape) - Yahoo! Radish — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:31:53 +0000

[...] From The Rugs Don’t Work: Over the past week, the blogging community (Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington, Matthew Ingram, Valleywag, et al) has been “booming” over the drama surrounding Amanda Congdon’s departure from Rocketboom. In fact, unofficial lip-reading sources say that World Cup participants Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi were chatting about it prior to the now famous headbutt at the World Cup Final. I’ve decided to join the fray by dedicating Volume 3 of the Over In About An Hour mixtape series to Amanada and Andrew Baron. The playlist titles capture some of the back and forth of the past few weeks. All the tracks can be found on Yahoo Music Unlimited. [...]

By: Suburbia » Första Rocketboomavsnittet sedan Amanda Congdon

Suburbia » Första Rocketboomavsnittet sedan Amanda Congdon — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:09:47 +0000

[...] Det var ett par hektiska dagar i och med att Amanda Congdon lämnade/slutade/sparkades från videobloggen Rocketboom. Läs om uppbrottet och “the blame game” hos Techcrunch och läs intervjun som Cnet gjorde med Amanda. [...]

By: the rugs don’t work » Over In About An Hour: Vol. 3 (boom vs unboom mixtape)

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:09:53 +0000

[...] Over the past week, the blogging community (Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington, Matthew Ingram, Valleywag, et al) has been “booming” over the drama surrounding Amanda Congdon’s departure from Rocketboom. In fact, unofficial lipreading sources say that Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi were chatting about it prior to the now famous headbutt at the World Cup Final. [...]

By: Dead2.0 » Rocketboom MIA, DOA, or just LOL?

Dead2.0 » Rocketboom MIA, DOA, or just LOL? — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:24:12 +0000

[...] Quick catchup here: last week Amanda from RocketBoom (yes, it is okay to be wondering ‘uh, who’s that’ right now, as the majority of people have no idea what I’m talking about already, but a few thousand folks are already waiting for me to skip to the chase) got fired (here’s her account of the story and here’s some of his). She was quickly replaced (very funny link), but then her replacement was sacked too. Apparently they were supposed to relaunch this week. It’s been a big topic of discussion for a lot of people, but I don’t get it. This guy watched daily, and I guess it was probably somewhat entertaining, but here’s the thing I don’t get: [...]

By: Sex and Web 2.0 » Married Inc.

Sex and Web 2.0 » Married Inc. — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:35:02 +0000

[...] The “celebrity” case of the night was by Andrew Baron of Rocketboom. I don’t really care that much about that entire saga. You can read about it here and here and just about anywhere. What I did take away from Andrew’s talk is that sex sells, and not just in traditional media, but web 2.0 too. I suppose this isn’t that big a revelation (you might be thinking “duh, Malgosia”), but I had this strange hopeful illusion that user-generated content in our little web 2.0 world was more about using new technology to help give everyone a voice, not just putting a pretty face/body in front of us to get us to gawk. [...]

By: Aibek Esengulov

Aibek Esengulov — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:19:06 +0000

Amanda left… as long as there is better looking chick in front of the screen with some acting skills I think whether her name is Amanda Congdon or not would not really matter, after all it is male techie audience mostly watching it. Or you guyz really think that the shows are incredibly interesting???

By: thechickentest

thechickentest — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 04:55:34 +0000

At tonights CaseCamp in Toronto instead of giving a presentation Andrew told the group his side of the story and explained the challenges of the situation and some of his ideas about moving forward. I am pretty confident that Rocketboom will be better then ever. I shot a video with my digital camera but the sound in the first 60 seconds is weird. I will try to fix that and repost. Check out the video.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 04:06:59 +0000

Wow, this is strange in relation to this story.

http://www.soup...Article17.phtml

This clip was published at the end of May… wowza. Too funny.

By: How to Annihilate Barriers to Communication

How to Annihilate Barriers to Communication — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:37:12 +0000

[...] A business that you’ll build up for years, use your blood and sweat to keep it afloat, staying up a thousand nights in a row to debug a million-dollar-venture-backed web application–and it’ll crumble because of diva-like-drama? It’s sad; but if you’ve ever been around dot-com folks, it happens more than it needs to happen. (Example A.) [...]

By: Vidize.com

Vidize.com — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:40:22 +0000

Amanda Congdon leaves Rocketboom…

Here’s a tricky question: how do you know you’ve come to a party too late?
Answer: When you see that the people who came in first are leaving.
In a way, Amanda’s leaving the blogging world is a sign of maturity. The reasons are not …

By: Those Bastards!

Those Bastards! — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:07:49 +0000

Why bloggers suck — the reporting of the Rocketboom disagreement…

From TechCrunch: Congdon Fired from RocketBoom. Everyone keeps reporting that Amanda Congdon was a partner with Andrew Baron. All indications is that she owned 49 percent, and he owned 51 percent. That is not a partnership. He was the majority owner, a…

By: John B

John B — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:32:38 +0000

The quick anonymous death of a vlog star

By: Web2Thing » Blog Archive » Why Funding Matters

Web2Thing » Blog Archive » Why Funding Matters — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:12:57 +0000

[...] There’s been plenty of speculation around Amanda’s unbooming. Scoble, Calacanis, Winer, TechCrunch, etc. all weighed in. [...]

By: Michael McCorry

Michael McCorry — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:13:07 +0000

They way I “read” Amandas video, after seeing Andrews message was:

Amanda: “I’m, like, WAY famous now. I could be famouser if I were in LA, shmoozing with the other famouses. Lets go!”
Andrew: “How can we just up and move to LA. We need a plan.”
Amanda: “We gotta go now. My stardom awaits! I’m getting oooold.”
Andrew: “Umm, I don’t think that’s fair. Let’s just…”
Amanda: “Well you obviously don’t want to be my partner any more. KTHXBAI!”

I don’t mean to to put words into their mouths. That’s just how it came across to me.

By: Sparkplug 9 >> bizhack » Blog Archive » Maybe the blogosphere IS high school, after all

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:17:15 +0000

[...] Andrew Baron and Amanda Congdon are among those elite. So are others who are blogging about the high-profile spat: Michael Arrington and Dave Winer. [...]

By: TechEffect

TechEffect — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:37:48 +0000

Ask A Ninja: How to monetize user-generated content…

With literally millions of user-generated videos floating around the Internet on hundreds of sites like YouTube and millions of people viewing them every day a storm is brewing. With an audience, and cheap content there’s got to be money to be made. A…

By: Mykel

Mykel — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:53:53 +0000

$40,000 per week? Why has she moved into her parents house, then? Why would Andrew be saying, “Okay, see ya!” when it’s obvious she is the driving force behind the site?

It doesn’t make any sense.