I.B. on WMG/Platt

THE BUNNY'S HOPS: During Lyor Cohen’s tenure as WMG Recorded Label Chairman, Warner Bros. Records was devastated, its marketshare shorn in half. But the label is beginning to register a pulse following several dark years behind recent successes including Macklemore, Passenger, Avenged Sevenfold and Cher. The hope inside WMG is that WBR will undergo the same transformation as Warner/Chappell, which has made a dramatic turnaround in the last three years to regain its former lofty status. Just this week, WCM was named ASCAP’s Country Publisher of the Year. The pubco strengthened itself considerably last year with the hiring of Big Jon Platt, one of the top creative executives. Are further positive changes afoot for Platt? So asks our own I.B. Bad in his latest column; read it in its entirety here. (11/8p)

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