ITunes match playlists across multiple devices

my wife has a PC (due to business reasons), my kids each have an iMac, we all have iPhones.  we all use a single "household" apple id so that as my children begin buying more things we'll be able to track their purchases.  if i sign up for iTunes match, I understand that all those devices can be registered to the single iTunes match account, but I'm wondering if the four individual users (using the one apple id) will be able to create their own playlists using iTunes match.

Hi,
Yes, you can create playlists on each computer. However, a playlist created on one machine will appear on all machines.
Jim

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