14 November 2006

From RocketBoom to ABC...

Vous avez peut être plus entendu parler récemment de l'histoire de LonelyGirl15, mais Amanda Congdon était là bien avant. Quoiqu'il en soit, les vlogs mènent quelque part et même chez ABC !

Amanda Congdon is moving from online to on air. On Nov. 14, the former anchor of hit Internet video blog Rocketboom announced a new gig (...thanks to the popularity she gained from the show and a subsequent cross-country trip documented on blip.tv...) as a correspondent and weekly video blogger for the ABC network. Congdon is also developing a comedy for HBO to be broadcast over the cable network’s television and Internet channels. Congdon's new jobs make her the latest Internet celebrity to leverage online notoriety to launch an off-line career. But even for Congdon, online celebrity is not just about gaining enough of an audience to pry open the doors to traditional media. Some Internet notables are using their online followings to open financial doors and earn a living off of their short videos


(BusinessWeekOnline)

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