NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Sony BMG is expected to name Tim Bowen, who oversees many of the company's international operations, its chief operating officer, The New York Post reported in its Thursday editions.

Bowen, who currently runs SonyBMG's operations in the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, will take the job that was vacated late last year by Michael Smellie, the former BMG exec who took the COO job after Sony Music and BMG merged in 2004.

The announcements about Bowen and the role swap between Schmidt-Holtz and Lack is likely to be announced next week.

The Post reported that a spokesman for Sony BMG declined comment.

Sony BMG is a joint venture of Japan's Sony Corp. (SNE) and Bertelsmann AG (BRT.YY) of Germany.

I thought that said Jim Bowen for a second!



Kev
www.soundsunique.co.uk

He's a decent guy who appears to have risen without trace!
Good luck to him.
I assume he'll be relocating to the USA.