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Amanda Congdon Crosses America, Crosses Over
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Alexandra Delyle
November 14, 2006
It's official -- after weeks of speculation, Business Week reports that Amanda Congdon, former host of wildly popular podcast Rocketboom, will join ABC as a regular contributor.
From BW:
Congdon will regularly appear on the network's 24-hour digital channel ABC News Now and occasionally appear as a correspondent on the network's TV news broadcasts. She will also host a weekly video blog, or "vlog," on abcnews.com focusing on topics such as new media, politics, and the environment. "She certainly has the eyes and ears of a great many people who may have only trafficked in Internet information," says Michael Clemente, executive producer of ABC News Digital Media. "I would love to see her talking to [Illinois Senator] Barack Obama, new people with new products, and all sorts of things."
The vlogger is also developing a comedy for HBO, though specifics on this deal remain vague.
Congdon isn't the first online celebrity to cross over to mainstream media, but she's certainly among the most popular -- Rocketboom clocks some 200,000 viewers daily.
