Ex-Sony Music executive Pat Handlin plots a comeback with Kyle Sandilands and Samantha Jade
Samantha Jade and The Veronicas lead exodus of artists from Sony Music after workplace misconduct scandal – as former executive Pat Handlin plots a comeback with Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands could also be about to enter business with Sony Music’s former vice chairman of A&R, Pat Handlin.
Handlin, who’s engaged to pop star Samantha Jade, was stood down from Sony Music Australia final year after an HR investigation into ‘poisonous workplace’ allegations.
But the ousted executive is beginning a new enterprise with Sandilands, and Jade ‘may very well be among the many first signings’, stories The Music Network.
Making strikes? Kyle Sandilands (pictured) could also be about to enter business with Sony Music’s former vice chairman of A&R, Pat Handlin
The Veronicas, who lately parted methods with Sony, may additionally be on the duo’s hit checklist, in accordance with the trade publication.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sandilands’ supervisor for remark.
Sandilands beforehand defended Pat’s father, former Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin, following a Four Corners investigation into a ‘poisonous’ tradition on the label.
First up: Singer Samantha Jade (pictured in December final year) ‘may very well be among the many first signings’, stories The Music Network. She is engaged to Pat Handlin
The former CEO denied the allegations, and Sandilands later defended Handlin Snr on his Sydney breakfast radio present.
Samantha introduced her engagement to Pat in January 2019, after they reportedly began courting round mid-2017.
Pat was one in all two Sony Music Australia executives to be stood down final June following the abrupt departure of his father Denis.
Targets: The Veronicas (pictured in June 2019), who lately parted methods with Sony, may additionally be on the duo’s hit checklist, in accordance with the trade publication
Allegations: Pat Handlin (proper, with fiancée Samantha Jade) was was stood down from Sony Music Australia final year following an HR investigation into ‘poisonous workplace’ allegations
A New York-based spokesperson for the label confirmed to The Music Network final August he was ‘not with the company’.
He had joined the company in 2006 as an intern earlier than rising up the ranks to vice chairman of artists and repertoire.
Pat was positioned on indefinite go away on June 22, 2021, alongside with the senior vice chairman of human resources, Mark Stebnicki.
Gone: Pat was positioned on indefinite go away on June 22, 2021, alongside with the senior vice chairman of human resources, Mark Stebnicki
Denis Handlin had resigned a day earlier after the company launched an investigation into its different staff over allegations of bullying and harassment.
Handlin Snr was probably the most highly effective and influential figures within the music trade, serving to stars like Delta Goodrem and Jessica Mauboy obtain international fame.
Sony Music is investigating claims of bullying and harassment in its Australian office with the HR probe being led from the company’s U.S. headquarters.
Family business: Denis Handlin had resigned a day earlier after the company launched an investigation into its different staff over allegations of bullying and harassment. (Pictured with Delta Goodrem in August 2004)
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