BIG GEEK UPS to Shira Lazar for writing and producing this! And if you’re in LA, perhaps I’ll see you tonight at GeekOut ’09.
Who Will be the New Host of Mahalo Daily?
Mere hours after I interviewed Veronica Belmont last month, news broke that she was leaving the daily video podcast she helped launch — Mahalo Daily.
Soon enough, Jason Calacanis, founder of Weblogs, Inc. and CEO of the human-powered search engine Mahalo, announced an American Idol-esque contest to find the next host of the Mahalo Daily vlog.
As dozens of potential hosts lined up to audition in side Mahalo HQ in Santa Monica, we grilled Calacanis (and his bulldogs) to find out exactly what kind of host was desired and how she might be found.
We interviewed three of the top Mahalo Vlog Idol contestants (Sarah @w00d, Bonny Pierzina, and Lisa Brewster) shortly before they took their big turn in front of the judges (and “webebrities” in their own right) Calacanis, Loren Feldman, and Alex Albrecht:
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Veronica Belmont Interview
I interviewed Veronica Belmont Saturday after Community Next. We discussed her 7-month stint at Mahalo. Yesterday she announced on her blog that she’s moving on after having launched Mahalo Daily. I’ve been a fan since she started speaking up on Buzz Out Loud… what will she get up to next?
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