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Carson Daly explains crossing the picket line

Nicholas Carlson — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:02:42 EST

Late-night host Carson Daly, somehow still on television after making his name on MTV's TRL, here explains his decision to cross the writers'picket line. Hollywood writers are refusing to work because they want to be paid for content distributed over the Internet. A question: Would anyone even be able to tell the difference if Daly's show lacked professional writers? Did it even have them before the strike?

Carson Daly crosses picket line; writers say, "who?"

Nicholas Carlson — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:53:28 EST

Amid fears that late night stars David Letterman and Jay Leno — or worse, Comedy Central stars John Stewart and Stephen Colbert — would cross picket lines, TV and film writers striking over Internet pay have reason to relax. It's just Carson Daly. Yeah, that guy who was on MTV ten years ago. Here's a clip to refresh your memory. It's from a site that Daly would apparently call "the YouTube."

UnBoomed unwound

Nick Douglas — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:30:45 EDT

I am as tired of Rocketboom split-up news as you are.

I lied.

The story of Amanda Congdon and Andrew Baron (and guest star Steve Jobs!) told in panels. EVERYTHING'S FUNNIER WITH COMICS! [Transparent Agenda]
Blaugh, the un-comic by bloggers Chris Pirillo and Brad Fitzpatrick, puts an image in our brains that can only be worked out with years of therapy and Ze Frank shows. [Blaugh]
Marketwatch reporter Frank Barnako is so over Amanda Congdon. Apparently she's hot? And apparently that's part of the reason a viewer base made of middle-class men watched her? This is all news to me. [Frank Barnako]
Reading over everyone's suggestions for the next Rocketboom host...starting to see a trend...can't put my finger on it... [Michael Parekh]
Elsewhere in vlogging, Carson Daly makes the first "saw you on YouTube" hire. She's cute, she's probably 16, Carson called her an "exciting package," and that's not at all creepy. [Video Podcasting News]