Amanda Congdon
| Amanda Congdon | |
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August 4, 1981 New York City |
| Notable work | Rocketboom |
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Amanda Congdon was a video blogger. She began her on-screen career as the first anchor of the online daily news show, Rocketboom, which she hosted and produced until 23 June 2006.
Involvement with Rocketboom
Congdon began as Rocketboom's anchor with the show's 26 October 2004 debut.
The show went from an initial 700 viewers in 2004 to 70,000 viewers in the first ten months. BusinessWeek labeled it "the most popular site of its kind on the Net".[1] More viewers visited Rocketboom after an 11 June 2006 interview with Congdon on CNN.[2] Rocketboom's audience continued to increase, going from 100,000 vlog viewers at the end of 2005 to 300,000 by the spring of 2006.
Departure from Rocketboom
On 5 July 2006, Congdon released a video statement on her blog, announcing her departure from the show.[3] Andrew Baron, majority stakeholder of Rocketboom, stated she was leaving the show to "pursue opportunities ... in Hollywood"[4] and Joanne Colan stepped in as Congdon's replacement.
References
- ↑ "Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off". Business Week.
- ↑ "Transcript of Howard Kurtz interview with Amanda Congdon". CNN. 2006-06-11.
- ↑ Amanda Unboomed - "Announces retirement from RocketBoom"
- ↑ Shields, Mike (2006-07-05). "Congdon Flames Out at Rocketboom". MediaWeek.