Nearly 600 artists challenge Vincent Bolloré after the “eviction” of Zaho de Sagazan from his radio stations

On her social networks, the artist had criticized the editorial line of the media owned by the billionaire and attacked its star presenter Cyril Hanouna. According to several media outlets, she has not been broadcast on these same media since.

“We will always refuse to be intimidated by this kind of practice.” Nearly 600 artists, including Angèle, Juliette Binoche and Virginie Despentes, have appealed to billionaire Vincent Bolloré in an open letter on the subject of“eviction” by Zaho de Sagazan from the media of his group, Europe 1, Europe 2 or RFM.

Newspapers, like The Parisian And The Inrocksclaimed that the singer, who won four Victoires de la Musique awards, was no longer played on the billionaire’s radio stations, after attacking Cyril Hanouna, star presenter of the C8 channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré.

On his networks, the artist had sent the host a “big fuck” and denounced the “demonization of the left and de-demonization of the far right by the media for weeks.” “It’s hard not to see a cause and effect link between her positions and the end of your radios’ support for this artist”write the signatories of the open letter published by The Parisian.

“My reaction to all these artists is that all the speculations that can be given to this situation are somewhat contradicted by the fact that we have a remarkable magazine in the group (…) which has made a very nice cover with the artist in question”replied Arnaud de Puyfontaine, chairman of the board of Vivendi, regarding the front page of Harper’s Bazaar from July 25, featuring the singer.

Among the signatories of the letter are, for the song, Catherine Ringer, Renaud, Olivia Ruiz, Gaël Faure, Alain Chamfort, André Manoukian, Bernard Lavilliers, Vincent Delerm, Dominique A, Jeanne Added or Aldebert. For the cinema, Ariane Ascaride, Juliette Binoche, Romane Bohringer, Elodie Bouchez or Julie Gayet are paying. The comedians are represented by Blanche Gardin, Guillaume Meurice or François Morel.