Brian Damage
12-23-2009, 01:07 AM
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/talk-of-cowell-leaving-idol-from-cowells-brother/
Tony Cowell, the author and radio journalist-brother of Simon, says this season will be Simon Cowell’s last on “American Idol,” The New York Times reports.
On his Dec. 19 podcast, Tony Cowell said “a press statement is being prepared which will confirm what everybody expected: Simon will leave ‘Idol’ at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of ‘X Factor’ to U.S. TV in 2011.”
Simon Cowell, also interviewed in the podcast, didn’t comment.
Tony Cowell, the author and radio journalist-brother of Simon, says this season will be Simon Cowell’s last on “American Idol,” The New York Times reports.
On his Dec. 19 podcast, Tony Cowell said “a press statement is being prepared which will confirm what everybody expected: Simon will leave ‘Idol’ at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of ‘X Factor’ to U.S. TV in 2011.”
Simon Cowell, also interviewed in the podcast, didn’t comment.