Elton John-Backed Country Music Fan Club App Teams With ‘Rocketman’ Investors
Naman Ramachandran Countryline, the U.K.-based country music fan app backed by Elton John, has announced a strategic partnership with L.A.-based Starlings Entertainment, one of the companies that invested in Oscar-winning biopic “Rocketman.”Starlings is making a cash investment into CountryLine and the companies have agreed a first-look deal to develop film and TV projects that leverage country talent and IP from song to screen.CountryLine has appointed Martha Brass, former CEO of international at Endemol Shine Group, to its board, and hired Liesl Chappell, former head of content development and production at WildBrain, as its first head of operations.In March 2020, CountryLine acquired the U.K.