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EMI France takes slice of French multi-stream firm
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 13 January 2012
EMI Music France has taken a “significant” stake in a French multi-stream music company called PlayOn, which works in production, publishing, artist management and live events. Set up by Sébastien Duclos and Julien Godin in 2006, the company has worked with various home grown talents and also represented international artists in the French market.
Confirming the new alliance with EMI, Duclos and Godin said in a statement: “With this partnership, PlayOn will be able to speed up its international development and more generally synergise its diverse activities with EMI Music, working in close cooperation with EMI Music Publishing”.
EMI France chief Olivier Montfort added: “With many success stories behind it, PlayOn has become in a short space of time, a leading actor in France’s independent production sector. PlayOn has also broken into the international market thanks to the worldwide development of the artist Zaz. The partnership with EMI will strengthen PlayOn’s development in France as well as abroad”.
It seems the new deal will see PlayOn working with both EMI’s recorded music and publishing businesses, which is interesting given they will likely be owned by different people by the summer.
