Lars Brandle

When Denis Handlin was exited from Sony Music Australia on Monday (June 21), a company he had led since the 1980s, the veteran executive admitted that he and his boss Rob Stringer had decided it was…

Feeling the weight from the pandemic? The AAWE needs your thoughts. The Australian Alliance for Wellness in Entertainment is calling on professionals from the entertainment industries for their…

Anyone who has called London home will be familiar with the unusual flow of buses. You wait half an hour, then three come at once. Right now, Australia’s music industry is a bit like those red…

Several Australian artists are flying on the midweek U.K. charts, where one major prize is up for grabs. Nick Cave has never had a U.K. No. 1. Right now, he can almost taste one. Cave and his Bad…

It’s the end of an era at Sony Music Australia, as Denis Handlin departs with 51 years on the board. Before the dust settles, the music major’s top brass in New York City will trigger the recruitment…

Sweeping changes continue at the Australian HQ of Sony Music, where Pat Handlin and Mark Stebnicki have been stood down from the company, various sources tell TIO. Handin, Sony Music regional VP of A…

Denis Handlin’s departure from Sony Music will also trigger his exit from the ARIA board and bring to an end his longstanding reign as Chairman. Earlier today, news broke of Handlin’s exit from Sony…

Experienced U.K. music lawyer Nick Weaser is setting up shop in Australia. Splitting his time between London and Melbourne, Weaser will run his Australian legal activities through Keypoint Law, the…

For many music industry professionals, Denis Handlin has been the face of Sony Music in these parts for a lifetime. Indeed, Handlin is the longest service executive with Sony Music’s network of…

Shazam is playing in the billionaire club, each and every month. The onomatopoeically-named music identification app hits two new milestones, as users fire off one billion Shazams each month and…

The Mushroom Group is growing. With Matt Gudinski now settled into the top job, the independent music powerhouse strikes a new partnership with management company Foreign Echo. Launched in 2019,…

In love, it is said, absence makes the heart grow fonder. In real life, the absence of music makes the head hurt. A U.K. study found that the pandemic has created a pent-up demand for live music, an…