Former U.S. press secretary Jay Carney's name NOT 'bandied about' for Apple PR job [Updated]

By Rene Ritchie
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Apple's long-time vice president of PR, Katie Cotton is gone and that means someone is more than likely going to replace her. Rumor has it Apple is looking to bring someone in for the job, and now a compounding rumor has it former Obama White House press secretary Jim Carney could be a potential candidate. That according to a one-liner in Kara Swisher's Uber piece today From Re/code:

[Uber CEO Travis Kalanick] is still looking [to hire a big-gun communications and public relations strategy person for the transportation logistics juggernaut], having talked to other political players such as former Obama White House press secretary Jay Carney (whose name is also being bandied about for the other big job opening in tech PR, at Apple)

A name drop is a long way from a report, and a bandy is a long way from a signing, so there's not a lot to go on beyond this: Apple is looking for a new VP of PR.

Update: No such bandying, according to Jim Dalrymple of The Loop. No such bandying at all:

Nope.

Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.