As a…*shudder*…blogger (why do I still dislike that term?) that has been around for well over 3 years now, I guess its my duty to say something about this whole RocketBoom craziness. (If you don’t know about this story go anywhere and you’ll run face-first into it.) I was never 100% into RocketBoom like some people but I loved that it was there. A daily video-blog news report thats completely unattached from a big media company was and I guess is still needed. The key to RocketBoom, and in turn, Amanda’s popularity was that they weren’t tied to MSNBC or Fox News, it was on its own. Amanda is cute and has a nice style, though somewhat over the top at times, but she isn’t so amazing that I would watch her show on CNBC. She was popular because of the setting she was in and the aura it gave off. Deservely so or not, Amanda has become the face of videoblogging and independent news and she would be wise to now sour it by giving in to Jason Calacanis’ offer to be the face of Netscape. She should stay away from jobs like that or risk souring her independent ‘cred. She would be wise to do her own thing and visit the big-money-making sector only at the right place…say she does her own RocketBoom type show, and then does apperences on The Daily Show? Gigs like that would allow her to stay in the vision of the audience that loves her and still be able to afford more glamour shots like above. Thats the trick though, if she wants to stay in this line of work, she needs to keep the geeks focused on her. Jump to a bigger corporate market and I don’t see her lasting very long. She was a fun host here, but she is a novelty that gets old quick to the offline masses.

As far as Rocketboom the show? Its 50 / 50 on where it goes from here.The quicker they get settled and going forward with a new lead will be in direct relation to how they do in the post-Amanda phase of their existance.

All thats left now is for the rest of the breakup story to come out.