more than 500 players called Vincent Bolloré after the loss of Zaho de Sagazan from the air Lagardère – Libération

2024-07-25 16:15:40

After criticizing the editorial line of a Cyril Hanouna show, Zaho de Sagazan saw that his songs disappeared from the airwaves of Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM, three radio stations belonging to Vincent Bolloré’s group. An open letter signed by more than 500 artists in “Le Parisien” demands details from the media mogul.

They don’t want to be silent on this topic. Inside pillar of Parismore than 500 artists have signed an open letter written to Vincent Bolloré, boss of the groups Canal + and Lagardère, asking him for details about the suspension of the broadcasts of Zaho de Sagazan’s songs on the radios of your media empire.

If the 24-year-old singer has known since the release of his first album, A symphony of lightningA great success, which won its four Victoires de la Musique awards in 2024, suddenly disappeared from the air of the Lagardère group – Europe 1, Europe 2 and RFM – at the beginning of July, as revealed by the journal Adhere to. Why? On July 2, he shared his Instagram story video research of Monde on the shenanigans of the Europe 1 show We walk on the head, animated by Cyril Hanouna. He followed his publication with a “big but very big, big shout out to Cyril Hanouna” and said the “The demonization of the left and the demonization of the right by the media, for weeks, is absolutely disgusting.”

And since then, it has been radio silence. According to one study of Parisflag song of Sagazan, A symphony of lightningwent from fourteen to one broadcast a week on RFM, from two to none on Europe 1 and fell from the 20th most played title in Europe 2 to one “evaporation”.

A response that attracted more than 55 players from all groups, including Angéle, Renaud, Feu! Chatterton, Barbara Pravi, Juliette Binoche, Julie Gayet, Annie Ernaux, Virginie Despentes, and even comedians Blanche Gardin and Thomas VDB, to sign a public letter, addressed to Boss Lagardère, to share their concern. “We refuse to imagine a world where such a return to freedom of speech could happen,” they wrote after emphasizing that it was difficult not to see him “The wall and the path of connection” This is worse than the distribution of Zaho de Sagazan.

«We will always refuse to be intimidated by this kind of behavior. In the name of freedom of expression, we think that if there is indeed talk of a boycott on the part of your media, the situation is unacceptable,” they continued. And to finish: “We will not be silent and we will attack in a systematic attack any ban of an actor whose ideas and comments are not good for the control of the cultural media.”