It's never fun when a successful partnership implodes, and it's really no fun when it does so in a very public manner. The ongoing RocketBoom story is the talk of the blogosphere today, with public airings of private letters, charges, responses, and even offers of employment running around.

As someone involved in the business of representing talent (both production and on air, which reside in equal portions at RocketBoom), I'd say the lessons here are worth mentioning: Take a deep breath, don't say anything you might regret, and for goodness sake, don't leap at the first (or even tenth) offer made by anyone.

Andrew and Amanda are both talented individuals who built a very valuable brand, and who own it outright. Thanks to the way the media world is reshaping, both of them can do it again, should their current disagreement fail to resolve. There's no need, anymore, to presume the only way to make a living is to work for someone else. Especially when you have already proven that very fact once.