From: MarketWatch on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:23 PM

With his coming fall competition show "The X Factor," it will be Simon Cowell’s turn to be judged. Last year, he walked away from an "American Idol" contract that paid him about $22,000 per minute of air time, WSJ's Amy Chozick explains.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:57 PM

With his coming fall competition show "The X Factor," it will be Simon Cowell’s turn to be judged. Last year, he walked away from an "American Idol" contract that paid him about $22,000 per minute of air time, WSJ's Amy Chozick explains.