COWELL'S $35 MILLION CONTRACT

Last updated: Friday, May 5, 2006

COWELL'S $35 MILLION CONTRACT

AMERICAN IDOL judge SIMON COWELL earns $36 million-per-year (GBP20 million-per-year) to judge and co-produce the smash hit talent contest, according to a new book.

Simon Cowell

DESPERATE NETWORKS, written by New York Times journalist BILL CARTER, claims the acid-tongued music mogul signed the massive deal in November (05), and it obliges him to appear on the show for the next five years.

Cowell, who rose to prominence in the British music industry thanks to his BMG record label, has attracted more than 28 million viewers to American Idol on a twice-weekly basis. The show has most famously launched the career of KELLY CLARKSON.

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| Friday, May 5, 2006

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