Bowen resigns post of EMI Christian music group
CITING his recent bout with cancer, Jimmy Bowen has resigned his post
as co-chairmen of EMI's Christian Music Group and is retiring to
Hawaii. EMI Music president/CEO Jim Fifield will assume Bowen's
responsibilities along with co-chairman Billy Ray Hearn. Bowen was the first
mainstream music mogul to become involved in the Christian music field
through EMI's purchase of Sparrow in 1992.