Simon Cowell ends partnership with Sony Music over hit TV talent shows

hollywood.com:

Simon Cowell has grabbed full control of hit shows like America’s Got Talent and The X Factor after buying Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in the joint venture.Cowell and his Syco Entertainment partners will now take on sole ownership of the two companies’ hit talent shows, 15 years after Sony Music Entertainment executives bought Cowell’s share of Syco Music and Syco Television.The TV and music mogul admits the coronavirus lockdown and the way he has had to navigate shows as a result of new health and safety guidelines has given him a fresh lust for life and a lot of ideas.“I have had to use my brain more than any other time of my life both on the current shows we own and the new shows we are going to make,” Cowell tells Deadline. “I have.