Written by Liz Gannes
Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 10:38 AM PT

 

Veronica Belmont to Leave Mahalo Daily

Veronica Belmont announced on her blog today that she is leaving web startup Mahalo, where she hosts the Mahalo Daily video show. Belmont would not yet specify what her “exciting new projects” will be, but we’ll get back to you when she does.

Update: Belmont tells us via email:

“Unfortunately, there isn’t much more I can say about the projects themselves. They will be in the technology space, however, and based in the San Francisco area (which is definitely a plus – traveling back and forth was putting a bit of a strain on me). Mahalo Daily will continue to be produced with new hosts, and there’s certainly no bad blood there!”

Mahalo Daily had only launched in November; we broke the news last summer that Belmont was leaving CNet to join Mahalo. We’ll try to round up some viewership stats, but from where we sit it seems like the show’s efforts to condense footage from events like Steve Jobs’ Macworld keynote and the Academy Awards (e.g. “The Oscars in 60 Seconds“) have been among its most successful episodes. It’s a good public service that doesn’t require a charismatic host.

Regarding the viewership stats, Belmont tells us (again, via email) daily episodes receive 35,000 to 50,000 views through blip.tv, and up to 7,000 views on YouTube.

Mahalo Daily was meant to complement Mahalo’s larger project, a searchable guide to the web.

 

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  1. Wow!

    I wonder if Yahoo got to her?

    Tim Street on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:19 am - Permalink

  2. congrats to veronica for showing the world she kicks ass and kudos to whomever gets the honor to work with her next!

    drew olanoff on April 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 am - Permalink

  3. Let’s just hope she isn’t going to a network.

    Pumpkin Escobar on April 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pm - Permalink

  4. My guess is she’ll be joining Leo Laporte with his new Live video shows on the TWIT network.

    Brian Andrews on April 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm - Permalink

  5. Im sure Calcanis had his pants by his ankles like that creepy American Apparel owner. Calcanis gives up a similar vibe.
    She on the other hand looks like every underage chick that comes into the valley trying to make it in ’showbiz’ and get to meet swell guys like Ed Powers and max Hardcore to bukakke her.
    She plays the waif for the horny geeks to a T. Even better than Morgan whasthername….
    Her ‘following’ is a bit creepy. I mean its creepy that all these people follow laporte,.scoble and others but Belmont Nation seems to crossover into Jordan Capri Nation as well.
    Very ick.

    RE

    Roberta Enderle on April 2nd, 2008 at 10:04 pm - Permalink

  6. it definitely makes it seem like Mahalo Daily as just a pit stop for her… kinda weird if you ask me.

    Stefan Hayden on April 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm - Permalink

  7. Having just watched the latest dl.tv and Tekzilla, my bet is that she’s joining Revision3…

    D0sh on April 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm - Permalink

  8. I noticed a commercial for dl.tv on the latest Cranky Geeks showed her looking very much like a perm dl co-host.

    Interesting Calacanis is getting some pushback from feminists about the casting talk on his stream. Good. See queenofspain.com

    Amyloo on April 6th, 2008 at 12:16 pm - Permalink

  9. She plays the waif for the horny geeks to a T.

    You’re wrong Roberta. That’s probably fair to characterize others like that (Cali Lewis, Kendra Arimoto, and Justine Ezarik come to mind). But, Veronica Belmont is clearly not in that group though.

    Shayne on April 6th, 2008 at 4:16 pm - Permalink

  10. I am thinking she will show up on Techzilla @ Revision3

    Ross Vegas on April 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm - Permalink

  11. [...] Belmont will cohost Revision3’s Tekzilla, the company announced today. Belmont had last week announced she was leaving Mahalo, where she was the host of Mahalo Daily. Commenters had speculated she would [...]

    Veronica Belmont Joins Revision3 « NewTeeVee on April 9th, 2008 at 1:30 pm - Permalink

  12. [...] Mahalo Daily Host, No Dudes Need Apply Since Veronica Belmont said “aloha” to her Mahalo Daily podcast, the company wants to say “aloha” to a new host, and it’s looking on [...]

    NTV Moneymaker: Mahalo Daily Host, No Dudes Need Apply « NewTeeVee on April 15th, 2008 at 4:05 pm - Permalink

  13. thansk you

    rüya tabirleri on May 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 am - Permalink

  14. thanks you supermıs baby

    rüya tabirleri on May 8th, 2008 at 3:49 am - Permalink

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