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April 9, 2008

Badly Kept Secret: Veronica Belmont To Host Tekzilla

Duncan Riley

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belmont.jpgGeek chick celebrity Veronic Belmont has signed to co-host Revision3’s Tekzilla show.

Belmont resigned from the Mahalo Daily podcast last week after only 5 months, with a relatively cool send off from Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis.

Prior to working for Calacanis, Belmont worked for CNET.com, where she produced and co-hosted shows including Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider and Crave. She also regularly appears on programs on DL.TV, MSNBC, CNBC, the G4 Network, PC Gamer, and This Week in Tech.

Belmont featured in our list of geek chicks to watch March 21.

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    April 9th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

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  1. Ryan Merket

    April 9th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    If there was a Tech Celeb League Play — I would totally have picked her in the first round…

    Wow, that sounded really nerdy. I apologize.

  2. Michael B

    April 9th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    Shes hot!

    http://mikesmoneyclub.blogspot.com

  3. Captain

    April 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Veronica who?

  4. veronica

    April 9th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    Thanks for the write-up, Duncan! Hosting Mahalo Daily was a lot of fun, but I’m looking forward to keeping my focus on tech in the future.

    @Captain - Sorry you don’t know my work yet! I hope you’ll check out the show… but also, he did kind of explain who I was in the post… so uh… yeah.

  5. Ewaste

    April 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Definantly wish there were more like her in the it industry
    NICE!

  6. Duncan Riley

    April 9th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Pleasure Veronica, and I look forward to watching you on Tekzilla with (hopefully) more substantive content to work with :-)

  7. aw

    April 9th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    It feels like when Scoble left that video/blog company that he used to work at. I seriously can’t remember the name of it right now.

  8. Jim McCusker

    April 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Congrats on the move Veronica! Hope you’ll still make the occassional vist on DL.tv and Cranky Geeks….

  9. Voice Of Reason

    April 9th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    I don’t personally know Veronica, nor do I have any interest in the success of her previous employer or her new one in Revision3, but anyone that says she’s “just a hot chic” needs to do their research first before they open their mouth. Veronica is actually a very intelligent, insightful Tech correspondent. She does a killer job of keeping up with the latest news & trends, and she’s an avid techie herself; so she talks about her own experiences with certain software, gadgets, etc. that’s not just some pre-written “story” for her to read into a camera.

    In fact, I think she’s better educated on the Tech industry than many guys that are blogging or ‘trying’ to talk about Tech. Her looks are merely a bonus. Just listen to some past episodes of CNET’s Buzz Outloud podcast and you’ll quickly discover how much of a smart cookie she really is.

  10. Jesus H Christ

    April 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    I think Jason it pretty pissed that she left the way she did. ohh well. Why does Mahalo need a show anyway?

  11. matt

    April 9th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    we need a veronica puppet!

  12. Carl

    April 9th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    Congrats in the new gig Veronica!

    God knows working Revision3 will be more fun than Calacanis.

  13. blahblah

    April 9th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    And the KRose/Calcanis feud continues :)

    That might have contributed to the cold send off!

  14. Irene Smith

    April 9th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    Granted Veronica knows her stuff tech wise BUT would she be this popular and successful if she did not have an attractive appearance? Definitely not. As much as people would like to dispute this point, appearance counts for as much or more as tech knowledge in this industry.

    Irene
    Irene Green lasers rulz

  15. Sarah Atwood

    April 9th, 2008 at 11:34 pm

    @Irene…You are absolutely correct. This bias isn’t limited to the tech industry. Women can be 100% knowledgeable of their craft but if they aren’t attractive they wont get very far. And if we are talking in front of the camera, then they wont be considered at all.

  16. Alexk

    April 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am

    who gives a damn of vernonica belmont? you guys should avoid wasting time, bandwidth and space by posting stuff nobody cares about.

  17. Alex

    April 10th, 2008 at 3:23 am

    who gives a damn of vernonica belmont? you guys should avoid wasting time, bandwidth and space by posting stuff nobody cares about.

  18. Adam Jackson

    April 10th, 2008 at 5:57 am

    Veronica rocks! She’s extremely talented and does fantastic work on camera and off. I’ll watch her content no matter what the show is called. Rock on Ms. B.

  19. Nancy Nally

    April 10th, 2008 at 6:09 am

    Veronica knows her stuff backwards and forwards, is great on camera and bottom line, is great at what she does! She is the tech geek I want to be when I grow up (and I’m older than her). LOL I’m thrilled that she’s coming to Tekzilla to work with Patrick. I think they’ll be an awesome combo for that show! Can’t wait to see it!

  20. Darrell

    April 10th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    Congrats with new Job…
    Where can I get a decal like that for my MBP?

    - Cheers..

  21. Brian Megilligan

    April 11th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    I like Veronica a lot, and I will continue to follow her, my strongest suggestion for Mahalo daily, however, would be Amanda Congden. I don’t know what in the world happened to her, but I’ll say that I stopped watching RocketBoom after she left.

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