Andrew Baron responds — and so does Amanda

that Amanda Congden and Andrew Michael Baron are splitting and that she’s no longer a part of the ‘boom. Hard to believe, but if true, Amanda is going to make some online (or offline) property very happy. Amanda’s video. Lost Remote Steve Rubel UPDATE: Mathew Ingram talks with Baron. She wanted to be in L.A. He didn’t want to move that fast. Sounds like typical anchor/management stuff to me. Posted by Terry @ 12:29 PM CST [No Comments] Permalink

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on this one and the peer pressure is like being swept up in the devil’s own United Way campaign. The gist of the story is that Amanda Congdon, the appealing public half (or 49 percent) of the popular video blog, has parted ways with co-founder Andrew Baron under circumstances that are in ever more public dispute. But keep “popular video blog” in perspective. Take whatever fraction of the country that is deeply concerned about the comings and goings of Star Jones and Katie Couric, divide it by a googol,

Resignations, job offers …the works ! What is truly amazing here is that all of this?Congdon’s weird online announcement (to both the world and to her former partner Andrew Baron ) that she will no longer work at Rocketboom, as well as Calacanis’ opportunistic and very public job offer?is unfolding online. The jockeying for career that used to happen behind closed doors (or, for big network TV stars, through well-placed stories

. Will the show, and the company, survive her departure? It’s unclear as yet what exactly has gone on with the IPTV startup. Amanda’s own video statement suggests that she has been fired by the company, but Andrew’s response suggests that she has departed under her own steam. With commentary flying back and forth from the great and the good, both supporting Amanda and supporting Andrew, it’s shaping up to be an interesting fight. I hope it works out in favour of the

is limitless. Talent? Well I’ve known lots of people in my time who were talented but didn’t have distribution. Today they can all have distribution if they want it. It’ll be fascinating to see how this all pans out over the next decade.  UPDATE: Andrew Baron’s (her partner) statement on why she left.

editor at your disposal (i.e. they can go with you anywhere). Also, we’ll set up a travel budget so you can go cover whatever stories you want. What is truly amazing here is that all of this—Congdon’s weird online announcement (to both the world and to her former partner Andrew Baron) that she will no longer work at Rocketboom, as well as Calacanis’ opportunistic and very public job offer—is unfolding online. The jockeying for career that used to happen behind closed doors (or, for big network TV stars, through well-placed

move on to Hollywood to become a star. Because Congdon was Rocketboom, the former is probably closer to the actual truth. Either way, her future is bright—she already got a pretty peachy job offer from Jason Calcanis—and Rocketboom is probably toast, destined for the second tier of

, apparently in response to being fired by business partner Adam Baron. That soon got responses from Valleywag and Techcrunch. The incident soon got dugg, and a lot of other bloggers jumped on the wagon.Adam responded to requests asking “What the fuck?” and later put a message up on Rocketboom.com, which immediately caused Valleywag to raise the eyebrow, because he says that SHE left HIM! Now there’s severe crisis on the way. Amanda

Andrew Baron responds – and so does Amanda

vlog she hosted. TechCrunch posted that she was fired but Rocketbook producer Andrew Baron says Amanda left to explore opportunities in Hollywood. Amanda Congdon then responded to this statement with a long post (viaMatthew Ingram) accusing Andrew Baron of spreading misinformation. The post also includes a letter Amanda wrote to Andrew before he “pulled the plug on Rocketboom.” In the letter Amanda states the she still owns “49% of Rocketboom.”

ways at this time. While we continue to remain with open arms, Amanda has in fact quit and left Rocketboom. So sadly, we bid Amanda adieu and wish her all the best. Amanda’s sad goodbye is here. The transcript is here. Andrew Baron’s response ishere. (He says he first heard she was leaving in her video.) Jason Calacanis wants to hire her over at Netscape, “You’re a star baby… it’s time to be treated like one.” She certainly appears to have acted like one, a petulant one at that.

Andrew Baron responds to Amanda’s video » mathewingram.com Man, disappointing, but interesting to see how this unfolds. For instance,

a he said, she said thing. I think publicly exposing this situation on video is either spiteful (in which case she really was fired), or she’s using this situation to draw attention to where she’s going to, which is even worse. At least some bloggersgot it right in how they approached it, but they understand the need for verifying the story. In any case, it’s going to get ugly, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a lawsuit in the making by Andrew, because not did she hurt his investment, but endangered the

RocketBoom saga is spreading – predictably – across the web like wildfire. While we don’t pretend to have any insider scoop on what’s going on.. it would seem that speculation is the the point. Lets face it folks, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then

editor at your disposal (i.e. they can go with you anywhere). Also, we’ll set up a travel budget so you can go cover whatever stories you want. What is truly amazing here is that all of this—Congdon’s weird online announcement (to both the world and to her former partner Andrew Baron) that she will no longer work at Rocketboom, as well as Calacanis’ opportunistic and very public job offer—is unfolding online. The jockeying for career that used to happen behind closed doors (or, for big network TV stars, through well-placed

(con un 51%). Y parece ser justamente por un desacuerdo entre ambos que todo acabó. Amanda publicó en su blog personal un video donde decía que dejaba Rocketboom porque estaba siendo maltratada. Andrew ha respondido en el blog de un amigo que el problema fue causado porque a la conductora se le presentaron oportunidades en Los Angeles y decidió mudarse sin aviso. Digno de Magaly TeBloggea. Pero bueno, al menos queda demostrado una vez más que en este

, is no longer interested in being my partner. And since he owns 51% and I own 49%, I have to live with that and kind of accept it.” Here’s the video. Baron was not immediately available for comment. (Update: He did offer some comments to Mathew Ingram. He says Amanda’s exit was her idea, and he found out about it from the video clip on her blog!) She said she is “going to be back, but probably not tomorrow,” as the centerpiece of something called

but Amanda is Rocketboom and Rocketboom is Amanda. Wanna start some idle speculation about Amanda’s replacement: how about Canadian Amber MacArthur (right), who appears on G4TechTV’s Call for Help, Gadget & Gizmos and Torrent shows? Update: Mathew Ingram had an e-mail chat with Andrew, who explained that Amanda wanted to move to Los Angeles but she was not willing to wait until Rocketboom had put together a transition plan. All in all, it sounds messy. As for Rocketboom’s future, I disagree with

’ve already unsubscribed. A Rocketboom without Amanda is not a Rocketboom I want to watch. I can get the same tech news and noise elsewhere. UPDATE: As always, there appears to be more to the story. Mathew Ingram writes in his blog that Baron wrote back to him about the situation. It appears Congdon wanted to move to Los Angeles right away to pursue other opportunities, but Baron wasn’t ready to move the vlog from New York City. So he cut her loose.

the video that Baron was no longer willing to work with her, it seems Baron, who owns 51 percent of the venture to Congdon’s 49 percent stake, was taken by surprise by both his partner’s abrupt departure, and her video. He has since said so in at leastone interview, leaving a gossip-hungry blogosphere to bicker over the assignment of blame. Meanwhile, opportunistic blog-mogul-turned-AOL-exec Jason Calcannis has leapt into the fray, publicly offering Congdon a job at the relaunched

Rocketboom partner: Congdon ‘demand’ to move to LA forced split by Steve Safran | read more in Online media The Globe and Mail’s tech writer, Mathew Ingram, has the scoop from Rocketboom co-founder Andrew Baron – who says he found out about Amanda Congdon’s decision to leave RB from Amanda’s Wednesday podcast. Baron says the split was over Amanda Congdon’s desire to move to Los Angeles

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Resignations, job offers …the works ! What is truly amazing here is that all of this—Congdon’s weird online announcement (to both the world and to her former partner Andrew Baron ) that she will no longer work at Rocketboom, as well as Calacanis’ opportunistic and very public job offer—is unfolding online. The jockeying for career that used to happen behind closed doors (or, for big network TV stars, through well-placed

fans though so I think she’ll land on her feet famously within days, maybe a co-starring role with Jim Carey himself. She’ll have to choose between the videocasting business and the movie industry though. I wish her luck. Update: well, after reading this I don’t think she deserve any good luck wishes from me. Tsk tsk. I would also advise Scoble and Jason to stay clear because I think her irresponsible unboomed videocast will create quite a mess that could take the shine off her fame real soon.

[IMG RocketBust Soap Opera Playing the Game] The RocketBoom saga is spreading – predictably – across the web like wildfire. While we don’t pretend to have any insider scoop on what’s going on.. it would seem that speculation is the the point. Lets face it folks, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then

right now, as the majority of people have no idea what I’m talking about already, but a few thousand folks are already waiting for me to skip to the chase) got fired (here’s her account of the story and here’s some of his). She was quickly replaced (very funny link), but then her replacement was sacked too. Apparently they were supposed to relaunch this week.  It’s been a big topic of discussion for a lot of people

veut s’installer à Los Angeles et il ne peut pas transférer la production d’une côte à l’autre. Mouai. [IMG The image “http://www.hectormilla.com/images/529.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.] Les deux versions sont ici et là. Mais nous on préfère croire Amanda parcequ’elle est plus jolie.

the team behind the smash hit 3-minute daily tech news show split up. Perky hostess Amanda Congdon, in a now-infamous video message, inferred that she was fired by her partner Andrew Baron, saying, “I apparently have been un-boomed.” Andrew shot back, denying that he had fired Amanda and insisting that she left on her own to pursue a career in Hollywood. Amanda then blamed the whole thing on Andrew and his poor communication skills. Half a year later, they’re

[...] Update: from Matthew Ingram’s blog I read Andrew’s response: According to Andrew, Amanda wanted to move to Los Angeles, but Andrew and the rest of the Rocketboom team wanted her to wait until they figured out how that would affect the show. “Amanda decided she was not able to stay in NYC any longer and informed me, the Rocketboom business and the rest of the team via her videoblog post this morning that she was moving on,” he said in his email to me. [...]

Really says something about Amanda.

[...] UPDATE Wed 5 Jul 2006 @ 12:35pm : More info has started to come out. There are reports that Andrew found out Amanda was leaving by watching the unboomed video. Other details include that Amanda wanted to move Rocketboom to L.A., but that Andrew and company weren’t up for that yet. [...]

[...] Andrew Baron responds to Amanda’s video » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work: this is looking to be a bigger blowup than Star Jones leaving the View. In my mind too, Amanda WAS rocketboom, and at this point she should just put her feelers out to VHI1, Bravo, etc and get a nice cushy broadcast/podcast job in LA. I wish you luck Amanda. [...]

Rocketboom just lost it’s boom….

Amanda Congdon, popular frontwoman for Vlog Rocketboom, has left the show citing personal reasons…….

[...] all (sarcasm). Something isn’t adding up here. save/share/explore: del.icio.us | digg it! | Sphereit [...]

It’s beautiful right now in LA. Venice beach, Santa Monica and roller blades! And you guys are stuck in NYC baked in a concrete jungle, with stabbings, gunshots and sour grapes. You should have moved to LA while you had the chance.

[...] http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/05/andrew-baron-responds-to-amandas-video/ [...]

[...] Calacanis makes an offer to Congdon (own your creative, just give us a 6 month exclusive, etc.). All of it, departure, rebuttal and offer, played out in the ’sphere. Pass the popcorn. (Can it be very long before agencies represent high-profile bloggers and vloggers?) Related Posts [...]

Great scoop! Thanks for sharing it with Lost Remote. Glad to see you could put it in your blog immediately. The Globe and Mail is smart to allow you to publish your stuff as soon as you get it – especially on a story like this. Let us know any time you’ve got something Lost Remote readers would like to know.

-Steve and Cory

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The big story of the morning in the Videoblogging World is the exodus of Amanda Congdon from Rocketboom.
Congdon’s explanation suggests that Andrew Micheal Baron, the show’s producer, fired her although there are some discrepencies in the …

Thanks for the comment, Steve — and for the compliment. I’ll pass on your comments to my superiors at the Globe :-)

Mathew

[...] UPDATE: Andrew Baron’s (her partner) statement on why she left. [...]

[...] UPDATE: Andrew Baron’s (her partner) statement on why she left. [...]

[...] Siehe dazu Amandas Eintrag auf ihrem Weblog: Amanda Unboomed. Andrew zeigt sich etwas überrascht, nun ja. Soweit ich das bisher aus verschiedenen Quellen herausgelesen habe (wird auch so auf Rocketboom direkt dargestellt) muss Amanda in der Tat ein lukratives Angebot aus Hollywood vorliegen haben. Ich lass mich überraschen. [...]

The above story is entirely one side from Andrew Baron, who is spreading misinformation regarding the seperation. For anyone that cares to learn the truth and not listen to slander against congdon from baron, here is a link. : http://amandaunboomed.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-record.html

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Does anyone know what’s happened to http://www.amandacongdon.com/? There’s strange things afoot at the circle K. There’s nothing there but a bit of PHP code…

Has someone hacked amandacongdon.com?…

Update: Well whatever happened it’s now be fixed up, the site is back the same as before, no mention of the Rocketboom departure.
With all the talk about what’s happened on Rocketboom with Amanda Congdon, I tried to open her domain site and…

[...] Rocketbust: Baron response to Congdon announcement with comments per Matthew Ingram.  [...]

No one cares. Have we captured Bin Laden yet?

Terry.. haha, always loved your way with words and cutting through the crap..

[...] Rocketboom, one of the pioneering video podcasts and one of the few to have achieved financial success, currently appear on shaky grounds. Over the past week, the blogosphere has been abuzz with the split between the co-founders Andrew Barron and Amanda Congdon. She said, he said. It’s unfortunate that this high-profile fight has broken out just as video podcasting is going mainstream. With the future of Rocketboom uncertain, should we Ask A Ninja what’s next? Video Podcast [...]

[...] Quick catchup here: last week Amanda from RocketBoom (yes, it is okay to be wondering ‘uh, who’s that’ right now, as the majority of people have no idea what I’m talking about already, but a few thousand folks are already waiting for me to skip to the chase) got fired (here’s her account of the story and here’s some of his). She was quickly replaced (very funny link), but then her replacement was sacked too. Apparently they were supposed to relaunch this week.  It’s been a big topic of discussion for a lot of people, but I don’t get it.  This guy watched daily, and I guess it was probably somewhat entertaining, but here’s the thing I don’t get: [...]

[...] Over the past week, the blogging community (Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington, Matthew Ingram, Valleywag, et al) has been “booming” over the drama surrounding Amanda Congdon’s departure from Rocketboom. In fact, unofficial lipreading sources say that Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi were chatting about it prior to the now famous headbutt at the World Cup Final. [...]

[...] From The Rugs Don’t Work: Over the past week, the blogging community (Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington, Matthew Ingram, Valleywag, et al) has been “booming” over the drama surrounding Amanda Congdon’s departure from Rocketboom. In fact, unofficial lip-reading sources say that World Cup participants Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi were chatting about it prior to the now famous headbutt at the World Cup Final. I’ve decided to join the fray by dedicating Volume 3 of the Over In About An Hour mixtape series to Amanada and Andrew Baron. The playlist titles capture some of the back and forth of the past few weeks. All the tracks can be found on Yahoo Music Unlimited. [...]

[...] http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/05/andrew-baron-responds-to-amandas-video/ [...]

[...] Amanda Congdon vs. Andrew BaronThe videoblog Rocketboom imploded in July 2006 when the team behind the smash hit 3-minute daily tech news show split up. Perky hostess Amanda Congdon, in a now-infamous video message, inferred that she was fired by her partner Andrew Baron, saying, “I apparently have been un-boomed.” Andrew shot back, denying that he had fired Amanda and insisting that she left on her own to pursue a career in Hollywood. Amanda then blamed the whole thing on Andrew and his poor communication skills. Half a year later, they’re still arguing in public. [...]

[...] between Jason and Andrew, although I know that Jason offered Amanda Congdon a job after her acrimonious departure as the host of Rocketboom, and he also made some fun of Rockeboom (in what I thought was a kind-hearted way) in [...]

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