Amanda Congdon
{{short description|American former video blogger|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_name = Amanda Thornton Congdon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|8|4}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| notable_works = Rocketboom
| known_for = Video blogging
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Amanda Thornton Congdon (born August 4,{{Cite web |url=http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_05_aug_04 |title=Rocketboom : thursday august 04, 2005 : special feature |access-date=March 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202111822/http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_05_aug_04 |archive-date=December 2, 2007 |url-status=dead }} 1981, in New York City) is an American former video blogger. She began her on-screen career as the first anchor of the online daily news show Rocketboom which she hosted and produced until June 23, 2006.
Involvement with Rocketboom
Congdon began as Rocketboom's anchor with the show's October 26, 2004, debut.
The show went from an initial 700 viewers in 2004 to 70,000 viewers in the first ten months. BusinessWeek labeled it "the most popular site of its kind on the Net".{{Cite news |work=Business Week|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_36/b3949087_mz063.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923095433/http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_36/b3949087_mz063.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2005|title=Rocketboom's Powerful Lift-Off }} More viewers visited Rocketboom after a June 11, 2006, interview with Congdon on CNN.{{cite news |publisher=CNN |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/11/rs.01.html |title=Transcript of Howard Kurtz interview with Amanda Congdon |date=2006-06-11 }}
Rocketboom's audience continued to increase, going from 100,000 vlog viewers at the end of 2005 to 300,000 by the spring of 2006.
Image:Time 100 Jimmy Wales stares and grins.jpg at the Time 100 Most Influential People Gala, 2006]]
On July 5, 2006, Congdon released a video statement on her blog, announcing her departure from the show.Amanda UnBoomed - "[http://amandaunboomed.blogspot.com/2006/07/amanda-unboomed_05.html Announces retirement from RocketBoom]" Andrew Baron, majority stakeholder of Rocketboom, stated she was leaving the show to "pursue opportunities ... in Hollywood"{{cite news |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002800110 |work=Mediaweek |first=Mike |last=Shields |date=May 7, 2006 |title=Congdon Flames Out at Rocketboom |access-date=July 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719040333/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002800110 |archive-date=July 19, 2006 |url-status=dead }} and Joanne Colan stepped in as Congdon's replacement. Congdon claims that she was fired.[http://amandaunboomed.blogspot.com/2006/07/for-record.html Amanda UnBoomed: For the Record]
Amanda Across America
Congdon's first endeavor after Rocketboom was AmandaAcrossAmerica.com, a blog based on Congdon's travels through America in a hybrid vehicle. The journey took a circuitous route with stops in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., Missouri, Wisconsin, Arizona and California.
Now living in California, Congdon and her husband, Mario Librandi, opened a restaurant called Vegan Mario's. The restaurant serves vegan food for lunch daily, upon which Congdon initially planned to create a website series.{{cite news |url=http://www.noozhawk.com/article/042911_the_working_life_amanda_congdon |title=The Working Life: Amanda Congdon a Virtual Expert in Video Blogging |date=2011-04-29 |accessdate=2015-11-06 |publisher=Nooz Hawk}}
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Category:American women comedians
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:Northwestern University alumni
Category:American reporters and correspondents
Category:American video bloggers
Category:American women video bloggers
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Category:American women non-fiction writers
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