Amanda Congdon today announced that she is leaving Rocketboom, the wildly popular videoblog, because ‚Äúapparently my partner, Andrew Baron, is no longer interested in being my partner.‚Äù‚ÄúI have just learned of this myself from watching Amanda‚Äôs video,‚Äù said co-creator Andrews Baron when he heard the news. ‚ÄúI guess it is in fact over.‚Äù Rocketboom, R.I.P.?Though […]

Rocketboom has posted an official response to Amanda Congdon’s announcement that she was moving on.While many in the blogosphere have been characterizing Congdon’s announcement as if she was fired, the official Rocketboom word is that she quit the show. “We wanted to meet her demands to move production out to L.A., however, we are a […]

Brooke ‚ÄúBrookers‚Äù Brodack, aka the Crazed Numa Fan, is reported to be the first YouTuber to get a TV Deal from her vlog. Brodack was signed earlier this month to an 18-month talent and development deal with Carson Daly Productions. ‚ÄúThe Internet has become a new platform for identifying emerging artists such as Brookers. I […]

A new site is promising digital media producers a chance to make money with their video, audio and photo content. The site, eefoof, has the tagline, ‚ÄúMake It. Post It. Profit.‚Äù According to the site: When you upload a piece of media for submission to eefoof, your first hit immediatly starts generating income. Each month, […]

Remember when media outlets couldn’t seem to figure out podcasts, so they dismissed them? Now that podcasting is rapidly being adopted by mainstream publishers, the technology critics appear to be moving on to abusing vloggers. The Washington Post describes vlogging as the Amateur Hour On Video. That appears to have been too generous for Valleywag, […]

Vloggercon has published the Video Archive of events at the recent video blogging conference.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, being held June 9th through July 9th, is proving to be a popular topic for podcasters.World Cup podcasts are being produced by news organizations, football (soccer) fans and even the Chancellor of Germany. The World Cup, the most important event in international football (soccer), brings together teams from member […]

Vloggercon 2006, being held June 10-11 in San Francisco, has sold out. The conference is a two-day collection of roundtable discussions about the emergence and the future of vlogging.For those that can’t make it in person, the organizers promise video streaming of events on Saturday and Sunday, and the conference will be vlogged to death. […]

An apartment in Berlin Wilmersdorf will be the meeting point for bloggers, vloggers and podcasters from all over Europe, meeting to cover the 2006 FIFA World Cup, June 9th until July 9th. The weblog WeAllSpeakFootball.com is described as “a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of football fans around the big upcoming event.” “We have a 220 square meter […]

A Purdue University professor is taking podcasting beyond the typical course lecture audio by using a variety of movie making techniques – and comedy borrowed from South Park, Will Ferrell and Jeff Foxworthy – to increase students’ ability to learn in the classroom. Laurie Iten, an associate professor of biology, produces 5-10 minute online video […]