Amanda Congdon returns to the blogosphere
Don Day May 20th, 2008
Former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon is back on the Internets, after a quick foray into the MSM realm at ABC News. Congdon is now on “Sometimes Daily.”
Congdon told the New York Times’ Brian Stelter the ABC News gig started great - but didn’t quite fit:
ABC News felt right at first, she said; looking back, she calls it “the most innovative network news site at the time.” But she found producers at ABC to be unresponsive to her ideas, calling it a “slow and messy process.” It didn’t help that online reporters discovered her freelance commercial work for the chemical company DuPont, raising conflict-of-interest questions that ABC skirted by calling her an independent contractor. (Last fall, when Ms. Congdon left, ABC characterized her tenure as “a great experiment for both of us.”)
(Thanks, Rob)
13 Comments Add your own
1. WiggyWack | May 20th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Ah, good. I was running out of things online to waste my life with.
2. skeptic | May 20th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Is that noise I’m hearing the sound of someone’s 10 minutes of fame drawing to a close?
3. Olsen | May 20th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Was leaving Rocketboom a worse decision than Shelley Long’s to leave Cheers? And if so, does that make Joanne Colan the Kirstie Alley of the Internet. And if so, should we expect Joanne to get really fat? This post has given me a lot to think about.
4. Brink | May 20th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Just another person who had it good, then thought she was bigger than her “show” and is finding out the hard way that she isn’t.
5. Anonymous | May 21st, 2008 at 2:58 am
I met somebody I would’ve never known about otherwise!
6. Hussman | May 21st, 2008 at 5:43 am
who are we talking about?
7. Gorman | May 21st, 2008 at 7:10 am
You know, I liked her on Rocketboom, and when I caught her ABC project. I’m not a hater or fanboy.
I tried watching the beginning of a couple of bits of SometimesDaily, and couldn’t help but think that I needed to be high just to get the jokes. It’s just… bad. Points for trying, but not much else.
8. wtf Rocketboom? | May 21st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Amanda is proof that internet pretty
9. wtf Rocketboom? | May 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
is no comparison to TV pretty…
On air, she might be cute enough to roll prompter.
10. Safran | May 21st, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Pretty simple story - as old as pop culture itself.
Lightning strikes.
Band has a hit.
Band argues over X (money, talent, girls, boys, etc.)
Band breaks up, insists it can do better without aggrieved party,
Products that result from each party are far weaker, leaving the viewer wish for good old days,
Talks of an inevitable reunion are always in the air, making current “lead singer” always understand she’s a placeholder.
Lightning doesn’t strikes twice. Web moves on to the Next Big Thing. See: “That Thing You Do!” for cultural zeitgeist precedent.
11. George | May 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 am
14:59:49, 50, 51…
12. Rosenblum | May 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
On the nose Steve, as usual.
Ever see ‘The Commitments”?
great film
same story
13. Anonymous | May 26th, 2008 at 5:42 am
The American guy takes everyone to bed too?
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