Rocketboom has announced a big distribution and advertising deal with Sony Pictures, giving the daily video blog exposure and promotion across all of Sony’s IP universe: via PS/3, Bravia TV and Crackle.
We talked with Rocketboom creator Andrew Michael Baron about the deal, the future of Rocketboom and more.
Rocketboom host Joanne Colan is leaving the show, according to a report in Valleywag:
According to a source at the Creative Artists Agency, host Joanne Colan is leaving Rocketboom, one of the Internet’s first prominent news videoblogs. During her tenure, Colan never managed to transform the show (directed by creator Andrew Baron) from a quirky but [...]
Former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon gets profiled in the New York Times, and somehow the NYT doesn’t even cough up a link to her new video blog, Sometimes Daily.
“It’s weird,” says Congdon.
The Times article also seems fairly dismissive of everything that Congdon has done:
Ms. Congdon, 26, became the closest thing to an Internet sensation by [...]
Former Rocketboomer and ABC onliner Amanda Congdon‘ has a new gig - SometimesDaily:
The teaser proves Congdon’s still got a pair of fans - but will more tune in after her long absence from podcasting? And is Jason Calacanis still ready to fight for her like a rabid dog?
We’ll see when SometimesDaily kicks off May 5th.
Gawker is reporting that pioneering video blogger Amanda Congdon and ABC will be parting ways:
We hear that ABC News vlogger Amanda Congdon’s contract won’t be renewed. Congdon, who came to fame at RocketBoom, started contributing to their website late last year. She has been quite productive recently���taking tours of homes in Santa Barbara and talking [...]
Forbes has posted their take on the Web Celeb 25, a list of who they consider to be the biggest, brightest and most influential people on the Internet.
Their pick for the No. 1 Web Celeb?
Faux jailbait vlogger Lonelygirl15.
Vloggers and video podcasters are well-represented on the list. Other Internet videographers to make the cut include video [...]
PC World has released its list of The Top 21 Tech Screwups of 2006.
Rocketboom made the list for its controversial handling of Amanda Congdon’s exit:
She was the first star of the video blogging revolution. But last July, Rocketboom.com’s quirky-yet-perky Amanda Congdon parted ways with co-boomer Andrew Baron.
The reasons behind the breakup were never really made [...]
What do you get when you mix Amanda Condgon, body oil and video chat?
Starring Amanda Congdon, a new video blog, featuring the video blogger and former Rocketboom host scheduled, to debut today on Blip.tv. The show is one of the first video blogs to debut with the support of major sponsors, Dove Cream Oil [...]
Remember Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron’s recent critique of ABC’s new Amanda Congdon video blog? One of his chief complaints was the show’s “irrelevant pre-roll ads that outlast many people‚Äôs curiosity.”
While Baron’s critique may not be completely impartial, his experience as a video podcasting pioneer gives him insight into what works and doesn’t work in video [...]
Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron has a few choice words about ABC’s new video blog featuring former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon. He’s also got some interesting points to make about mainstream media’s attempts to clone the success of indie vlogs:
“I’m going to set aside all of the technical problems everyone has already mentioned with the video [...]