Amanda Congdon

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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
...went ka-boom! Anyone up to speed on the latest?

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    hardeeharharhardeeharhar Posts: 4,841member
    Who?
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  • Reply 2 of 11
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by hardeeharhar

    Who?



    From the video blog, Rocketboom.
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  • Reply 3 of 11
    hardeeharharhardeeharhar Posts: 4,841member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by SpamSandwich

    From the video blog, Rocketboom.



    Do people actually watch such things?
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  • Reply 4 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Something like 300,000 a day, at least at its peak with Congdon.



    There are quite a few video casts (or just web video, the "cast" thing is just the latest wrinkle) that are doing booming business, and it looks like a segment that will continue to grow exponentially.



    There are a lot of talented people out there who either lack the resources to do "real" TV or whose sensibilities are too quirky to make it past the mainstream media filters, and a lot of viewers hardily sick of the same old same old from network and cable TV.



    They are apparently finding each other.
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  • Reply 5 of 11
    hardeeharharhardeeharhar Posts: 4,841member
    Strange... I spend too much time as is Reading on the internet...
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  • Reply 6 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by hardeeharhar

    Strange... I spend too much time as is Reading on the internet...



    Tell me about it.
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  • Reply 7 of 11
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    I saw their new replacement for Amanda. Not impressed. Lacking in natural quirkiness.
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  • Reply 8 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Yeah, she's like a british woman "playing" quirky.



    Hard to say yet, but I'm betting that Congdon takes the brand with her and Rocketboom starts losing viewership.



    From the various accounts, first hand and otherwise, I can't tell at all who left who, so I have no rooting interest, but I suspect the partner underestimated the appeal of his "anchor" and thought of Rocketboom as "his".



    Have to give him props though, for the the bit in the first episode sans Congdon, where a quick cut shows him on the floor in a fetal position babbling incoherently.
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  • Reply 9 of 11
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    What the hell are all you young people talking about with your internet pods and downcasting?
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  • Reply 10 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    You may have something in the term "downcasting"-- it's downloadable media that bums you out!



    Copywrite this immediately, register www.downcasting.com, profit.
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  • Reply 11 of 11
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Whoops, too late. Downcasting.com links to "podsumer.com"
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