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Pat Handlin, VP of A&R, and son of former Sony Music Australia and New Zealand chairman and CEO Denis Handlin; along with Mark Stebnicki, senior VP of strategy, corporate affairs and human resources, are no longer with the company.

Share Samantha, who has been engaged to Pat for two years, went on to discuss the pairs first kiss. I feel like it was in an Uber, I dont remember... she said, causing Kyle to respond: You guys were macking on, and the Uber driver was just sitting there? She added that while many girls panic about getting ghosted after a first date, she had no such issue. He was so sweet - hes great on text, she added. He was always a great texter in the beginning. I think thats good for a guy. I was lucky I di...

Im a romantic, she admitted, describing herself a relationship girl. Pat was one of two Sony Music Australia executives to be stood down last month following the abrupt departure of long-serving chairman Denis Handlin. Chaste: Samantha refused to divulge the exact number, but confirmed it was less than seven Pat, who is Denis Handlins son, was the vice president of artists and repertoire. He was placed on indefinite leave, along with the senior vice president of human resources Mark Steb...

One of the executives who complained said Handlin would call them in the early hours of the morning to accuse them of not doing their jobs properly, required them to attend meetings and take phone calls on their holidays, and demanded his promotions staff ensure artists thanked him at awards ceremonies and manufacture standing ovations. Sony Music’s president of international Bob Bowlin wanted Handlin to stay in the top job. A new code of management conduct was developed and Handlin remained ...

Rob Stringer-led company meets demand from artist advocates – a policy that some believed a major record company would never openly adopt…

The home was sold after just 11 days on the market, according to realestate.com.au.

From Sony’s big spending to BTS streams on Spotify: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up May 28, 2021 Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximise their income and reduce their touring costs. How hot is the music rights business as a market right now? The empirical answe...

Music Business Worldwide May 27, 2021 Sony Music Group Chairman, Rob Stringer Last month MBW estimated that Sony Music Group (SMG) had spent around $1 billion dollars on three recent music deals. Those deals included the $430m acquisition of AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights, the $255m acquisition of Brazilian label Som Livre, and Sony Music Publishing’s buyout of Paul Simon’s song catalog for an undisclosed (but definite nine-figure) sum. Now we know exactly how much Sony spent on...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Music Industry Moves: Country Music Hall of Fame Ups Michael Gray and Four More; Brooke Primero Exits ACM Jem Aswad, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Michael Gray (pictured above), who, after 19 years with the museum, assumes the role of executive senior director of editorial and interpretation. In his new function, Gray will head up the editorial team and direct major exhibitions, recorded music releases and other special initiatives. Gray became a Gram...

Sony Music Group’s $100m Global Social Justice Fund supports 90 new organizations May 10, 2021 Sony Music Group (SMG) has announced that more than 90 new international, national and regional community organizations will receive funding from SMG’s $100 million Global Social Justice Fund. SMG said the rollout was part of its “global commitment to take action against inequality and injustice around the world”. Today’s announcement represents the third round of funding from the SMG Global...