Apple’s Phil Schiller will step down from his role as VP of marketing

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  Apple's Phil Schiller discussing new iPhones on stage at one of the events he will continue to oversee. [credit: Apple ]

In addition to announcing new iMac models this morning, Apple took to its newsroom PR blog today to announce that prominent executive Phil Schiller will step down from his role as VP of Worldwide Marketing. However, he will continue on as an "Apple Fellow," and Schiller will still oversee various aspects of the App Store and Apple's events. Schiller has worked at Apple since 1987.

Greg Joswiak, one of Schiller's lieutenants and a 20-year Apple veteran, will assume Schiller's prior role and title. He is known as "Joz" to his colleagues, and he previously led marketing for some specific Apple products, such as the first iPhone.

Apple executives provided two public statements. First, CEO Tim Cook said:

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