As most of Paris prepares to shut down for the summer, there's one man who won't be joining the rest of the French elite in taking an extended six-week holiday on the Côte d'Azur.
EMI is the company behind acts such as the Beatles (pictured).
Jean-René Fourtou, the boss of Universal Music's French parent company, is
working against the clock to persuade European competition officials that
the recording giant's proposed £1.2bn takeover of EMI from Citigroup will be
in the best interests of the embattled music industry.
In an unusual intervention, Mr Fourtou, chairman of Vivendi, has taken charge
of Universal's campaign in Europe to secure the recorded music division of
EMI, the iconic British business behind the Beatles, Coldplay and Katy Perry.
Universal Music, which is French-owned but based in Los Angeles, has less than
eight weeks before the European Commission delivers its verdict on the
controversial tie-up, which is stringently opposed by rival and independent
music labels.
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