Big Jon Platt Upped At EMI Music Publishing October 26, 2009
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By Ed Christman, N.Y.
EMI Music Publishing has promoted Big Jon Platt has been promoted to president of North American creative. In this new role, he will oversee EMI Music Publishing's North American creative team, with responsibility for overall creative strategy across the company's offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Atlanta and Canada.
Platt, previously president of West Coast creative and urban, already heads a team representing songwriters, who have topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart for 60 of the last 62 weeks, according to the company's announcement.
At the same time, EMI Music Publishing promoted Dan McCarroll, who leads EMI Music Publishing's East Coast A&R operations, to a new position as executive VP of North American creative.