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Someone from the Darius Devotees site has found this quote from Simon Cowell in the American press (I'm not sure exactly where it's from)

We all knew he was only in it for the money, but this proves it

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We sold more records last year in England on my label than we've ever sold before - and the main reason was 'Pop Idol'. Again, we've got to be smart and intelligent about this to say, 'OK, the show's a hit - can we use this now to make my record label have an advantage over the competition and sell more records?'. That's all I really care about."

From the format fees we make from selling it in America and all over the world - it doesn't matter where the money comes from - whether it's selling records or formats. It all goes into a pot. And BMG definitely want to be in the TV business as well as the music industry.

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