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guardian.co.uk - 6/29/2009

Can Cowell back a global winner?

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The creator of Britain's Got Talent is planning a new joint venture with the retailer Sir Philip Green. Maggie Brown examines what the partnership might involve and its potential impact on the future of ITV There was no better testament to the superstar status of Simon Cowell than to watch the ...

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nypost.com - 6/30/2009

SIMON COWELL OFFERED $144 MIL A YEAR TO STAY ON 'AMERICAN IDOL' - New York Post

— nypost.com — Last updated: 11:36 am June 30, 2009 Posted: 12:30 am June 30, 2009 EARLY salary figures from... Simon Cowell's "American Idol" contract negotiations are leaking out and they're eye-popping. Cowell, who reportedly made $36 million last year for judging ... SIMON COWELL OFFERED $144 MIL A YEAR TO STAY ON ...

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weblogs.newsday.com - 6/30/2009

Is Simon Cowell Worth $144 M (A Year?)

— weblogs.newsday.com — King o' the world? (Getty) I see the press has its tighty whities all in knot over... the report out the U.K. yesterday that Simon Cowell - SiCo - has been offered $144 million a year to continue on... Is Simon Cowell Worth $144 M (A Year?)

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mjsbigblog.com - 6/30/2009

Simon Cowell Offered Big Money to Stick with Idol

— mjsbigblog.com — The New York Post reports this morning that Simon Cowell, who is in the midst of renegotiating... his American Idol contract beyond the 2010 season, has been offered between $100 million and $144 million per year. The figures come from London newspaper, The Guardian: A source close to Fuller ... Simon Cowell Offered Big Money to Stick with Idol

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Idol Headlines for 06/29/09
mjsbigblog — ... a new joint venture with the retailer Sir Philip Green. Maggie Brown examines what the partnership might involve and its potential impact on the future of ITV There was no better testament to the superstar status of Simon Cowell than to watch the crowds milling around the ExCel stadium in London’s Docklands on a balmy evening last week. Inside, scores of hopeful contestants for the autumn series of The X Factor auditioned in front of a 2,000-strong audience. Guardian.co.uk Sir Philip Green: man with a fine attention to retail ...

Is it worth $144 million to keep Simon Cowell on American Idol?
Seriously? OMG! WTF? — ... The Guardian is reporting that Simon Cowell was offered somewhere between $100-$144 million to stay on American Idol for season 10 and I don't think in these economic times anyone is worth that amount of money.  ...

Simon Cowell Offered Big Money to Stick with Idol
mjsbigblog — The New York Post reports this morning that Simon Cowell, who is in the midst of renegotiating his American Idol contract beyond the 2010 season, has been offered between $100 million and $144 million per year. The figures come from London newspaper, The Guardian: A source close to Fuller says that Cowell has already been offered three to four times the $36m he was paid for American Idol in 2008 - but then, he is the most important person on the show and the series makes $900m a year and attracts audiences of 25 million. ...

Simon Cowell To End Up Richer Than You No Matter What
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — ... The point is that Cowell makes nothing more than this admittedly large performance fee and that’s the gap the Green deal hopes to fill. That would ballpark the figure between $108 million and $144 million. Newsday TV critic Verne Gay thinks the figure is crap, but even if the offer on the table is for “only” two times Cowell’s current salary? That’s a pretty high per-barb rate for anyone. [Guardian; HT NYP]

Simon Cowell Getting a Bajillion-Dollar Raise?
American Idol - AOL Television — ... The Guardian is reporting that Cowell, who already makes $36 million a year for judging 'Idol,' might get a huge salary bump -- up to $144 mil. According to "a source close to [Simon] Fuller" (the show's creator), "[Cowell] has already been offered three to four times the $36 million he was paid for 'American Idol' in 2008 -- but then, he is the most important person on the show and the series makes $900 million a year and attracts audiences of 25 million." ...

News: Idol Rich: Is Simon Cowell Worth $144 Million a Year?
TV Guide: American Idol — ... Cowell, who serves as the most polarizing — and thus the most entertaining — judge on the Fox hit has been offered "three to four times" his current annual appearance fee of $36 million, a source close to Idol executive producer Simon Fuller tells the U.K.'s The Guardian. ...

Cowell reportedly offered $108 to $144 million to stay on Idol, but critic calls that "impossible"
reality blurred — ... for a while now. Stoking the flames and/or his value to the series is a report in The Guardian that "[a] source close to Fuller says that Cowell has already been offered three to four times the $36m he was paid for American Idol in 2008 -- but then, he is the most important person on the show and the series makes $900m a year and attracts audiences of 25 million." ...

Idol Rich: Is Simon Cowell Worth $144 Million a Year?
TVGuide.com: Breaking News — ... Cowell, who serves as the most polarizing — and thus the most entertaining — judge on the Fox hit has been offered "three to four times" his current annual appearance fee of $36 million, a source close to Idol executive producer Simon Fuller tells the U.K.'s The Guardian. ...