OLD Media Moves

Carney on his new job at CNBC.com

May 13, 2010

Steve Krakauer of Mediaite interviewed John Carney, who is joining CNBC.com as a senior editor and will appear regularly on CNBC as well.

Here is an excerpt:

Mediaite: You haven’t always written the most positive things about CNBC. How do you think the transition will be to the new role?

Carney: That’s true! But the folks at CNBC never seemed to hold a grudge about it. So I won’t hold one against them either.

Mediaite: Were there other offers you considered at positions similar to your previous job?

Carney: There’s a really great expansion going on in online business journalism right now. I talked to lots and lots of people about some really exciting plans. It was like an informal survey of the state of the financial blogosphere. And here’s my conclusion: I’m going to have to kick ass at CNBC to stay competitive with all the other awesome bloggers and sites out there.

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