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'Rocketboom' Case Heading To Court?

Written by TeevBlogger
Published July 19, 2006

If scandal is the hallmark of legitimate entertainment, then video blogging has arrived. It seems the Rocketboom saga is far from over and it just might take a judge to decide the outcome.

There's still an issue over former anchor Amanda Congdon's 49 percent ownership in the popular video blog.

Amanda says she retains those rights. Rocketboom creator Andrew Baron, on the other hand, maintains Congdon forfeited the ownership by jumping ship to move to Los Angeles, leaving the show high and dry without an anchor.

According to Valley Wag, neither Congdon nor Baron are willing to back down from their stands. Baron, it seems, believes it's "a case for a professional mediator or a case for the courts."

For her part, Amanda is refusing to give up her share. She's been quoted as saying: "I won't wave [sic] any of my rights," she replied. "I am moving forward. I hope Andrew will too."

It appears the show pulls in about $80,000 a week in advertising, so it's unlikely 49 percent is something Congdon (or anyone for that matter) would simply walk away from.

And while it appears Congdon and Baron are headed for court, Rocketboom is back on the air with a new anchor. As suspected, Joanne Colan has taken over the anchor chair for the daily news report.

How all of this will turn out is anyone's guess, but it does seem as if the Rocketboom fireworks are far from over. On the upside, the popularity and success of Rocketboom gives hope to others that wish to follow in the show's footsteps. It does appear as if there is a viable market to be tapped and this format of news and entertainment is reaching a new level of legitimacy.

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'Rocketboom' Case Heading To Court?
Published: July 19, 2006
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#1 — July 21, 2006 @ 08:49AM — BruceT

Might want to do more reading up on Rocketboom's ad revenue. $80K/week is misleading.

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