Amanda Congdon logs off abcnews.com
Michael Gay September 21st, 2007
TVNewser has the sad news that Amanda Congdon is no longer working with abcnews.com. Congdon joined the site almost a year ago after her successful video blogging experience at rocketboom.com. According to TVNewser, ABC News released this statement:
“It’s been a great year with Amanda — a great experiment for both of us. We thank her for her many contributions and know that she’s about to embark on new endeavors and expect there will be times in the future that we can again work together.”
Sorry guys.
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1. John Proffitt | September 21st, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Sorry? What’s to be sorry about? RocketBoom was the only thing she’s done that deserves any kind of credit. And much of the RocketBoom charm was because she was (a) pretty, and (b) a little odd.
2. Cory | September 21st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
There’s an interesting study here on why some web phenomenons don’t translate when folded into a traditional online media environment.
3. "John Galt" | September 21st, 2007 at 12:55 pm
But it does prove that someone with limited talent can get many more than the vaunted 15 minutes of fame.
4. tdc | September 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
she’ll do ok.
she’s still young and so is the net.
5. discreet_chaos | September 21st, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I thought she did pretty well with those Amercan Express video ads, so as long as she can keep something in front of the public eye, she’ll probably do fine. My “issue” with what I saw of her work for ABC is much the same as my “issue” with Yahoo!’s “9″ — It’s fun and interesting for a while and there’s nothing wrong with occasional viewing, but as far as I’m concerned, neither qualifies as “Must See TV”.
6. Steve Safran | September 22nd, 2007 at 6:36 am
It’s more of a case of what happens when a band breaks up. I wrote at the time that Rocketboom wasn’t Amanda or Andrew - it was the whole combo. R-Boom isn’t the same now, and Amanda’s stuff wasn’t the lightning in a bottle that it was with R-boom. This isn’t to disparage either, mind you. As much as they didn’t get along, Lennon and McCartney’s solo stuff wasn’t nearly as interesting as The Beatles.
7. GD | September 22nd, 2007 at 11:12 am
Please tell me you didn’t just compare Rocketboom to the Beatles.
8. discreet_chaos | September 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 am
…and though the Beatles were groundbreaking, both Lennon and McaCartney’s solo work has been pretty damn interesting. In fact, I’m sure that if you were to ask random people on the street to name a Lennon song, half or more would name something from his solo career.
9. Safran | September 22nd, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Choice of metaphor withdrawn, intent kept. Fair enough?
10. Howard Owens | September 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 am
I’d compare Rocketboom to Van Halen …
FWIW, Amanda has a post on her blog where she says is returning to ABC next week.
She has a year contract and that contract isn’t up yet, but she is leaving ABC to start a new project. So she says.
And she links to an NYT article she says is accurate.
11. Gorman | September 24th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Spot on, Howard. Makes me wonder who will fill in the Gary Charone role for RB in a few years…
12. michael | September 24th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Which begs the question, where will web talent come from? Will the web grow their own? Will broadcasters ever willingly make the switch to online only.
The paradigm of “on air talent” is very different on the web vs. TV. We are seeing web talent listings on our site (www.collectivetalent.com) that were not there a year ago. But our talent subscribers seem unwilling to make the switch. Money and visibility.
13. james | September 24th, 2007 at 10:13 am
What’s that? The sound of her 15 minutes passing? Actually I think you got 20 minutes, girl. Times up!
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