Archive for July, 2006
Posted: Fri 7.7.06 @ 7:38pm EST in Blog News, Scandals, Special
Like a guy on the rebound from losing his girlfriend, Andrew Baron has already chosen a new anchor for the now infamous Rocketboom news vlogging show. It can’t be 100% confirmed yet, but the Huffington Post is reporting that former MTV Europe VJ Joanna Colan will take the anchor chair vacated by Amanda Congdon earlier this week. “Sources familiar with the hire say Colan, formerly the music/DJ curator at Table 50, will begin on Monday, July 10th, when Rocketboom is scheduled to go live again…” Read more »
Posted: Thu 7.6.06 @ 5:07am EST in People
My sincere congrats goes outto Darren Rowse of Problogger.net and his wife (known only as “V”) on the birth of their son Xavier this morning. You just HAVE to check out the pics of the little guy in this post on Darren’s blog. Makes you realize that blogging and the web ain’t the most important things on the planet right now doesn’t it?
Problogger Junior, Xavier, Darren Rowse
Posted: Wed 7.5.06 @ 6:04pm EST in Blog News, Special
A bit late on this one, but it seems that internet tv sensation, Amanda Congdon, is leaving Rocketboom to persue bigger and better things in L.A. Here’s a link to her video from earlier today. And here’s a link to the official announcement from Rocketboom.com (c/o Dave Winer at Scripting.com)
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Posted: Wed 7.5.06 @ 9:37am EST in Blogging, Journalism, Networks
Jeff Jarvis over at Buzzmachine brings up a great point in his post called Networked Journalism, where he says:
…this isn’t about citizens or amateurs vs. professionals. We’re all in this together. Journalism is a collaborative venture. Journalism is a network.
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Posted: Tue 7.4.06 @ 2:51am EST in Blog News
Thought I’d take a break for a few days, with it being Canada day here on July 1 and Independence day in the US on July 4, but looks like I missed out on reporting a lot of really cool news.
Oh well, the time off is doing me good after all the extra work I’ve been doing. There’s nothing like a 4 day bender few days of relaxation to rejuvinate one’s blogging prowess.
Posted: Tue 7.4.06 @ 2:46am EST in Special
I’d like to wish all our US readers a happy Independence day. Enjoy!
