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July 5, 2006

Amanda Leaves Rocketboom

Amanda Congdon announces her departure from Rocketboom.

Yesterday, Amanda Congdon announced on her personal video blog that she is leaving Rocketboom. I am so sorry it has come to this. Amanda and Rocketboom producer Andrew Baron had spent the last two weeks struggling to repair their strained relationship. The rift had been growing for some time, and when it came to a head last month, I feared there was no way of repairing it. The two of them tried to solve their differences with the assistance of friends, family and colleagues mediating the conversation. Emails flew back and forth on the Rocketboom field correspondents list. They even decided to put Rocketboom on a summer hiatus to try to work things out, at the urging of many of us on the list. In the end, though, nothing could be done to mend the breach.

Amanda and Andrew are two of the most creative, hardest working people I've had the pleasure of knowing on the Internet. They turned their low-budget video blog into a force to be reckoned with. And now the future is uncertain. Amanda's moving to LA, while Andrew will push forward with Rocketboom. I know both of them will be successful with whatever endeavor they choose to embrace; I am just saddened they won't be doing it together anymore. -andy

Posted by acarvin at July 5, 2006 1:35 PM

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