From this morning's Tom Taylor column, this little tidbit about former Westwood One exec Norm Pattis...
Norm Pattiz is accused in a wrongful termination suit of waving around a gun in the office and bullying a former employee at his PodcastOne – an employee who alleges that he’d been “instructed to inflate download numbers,” says Variety. Raymond Hernandez claims he was fired last year in retaliation for complaining about the owner’s behavior. For his part, Pattiz says in a statement “I’ve never meet alone with him. I didn’t hire him or fire him. I barely know who he is.” He says he’s authorized to carry a gun because he’s a reserve sheriff’s deputy. Pattiz’ attorney Marvin Putnam says Hernandez “was fired for stealing intellectual property from PodcastOne, a theft he has admitted to committing.” Pattiz views PodcastOne as the kind of early mover in its industry that his Westwood One once was, for radio syndication.
