YMU has taken on Simon Cowell.
The British X issue and Has expertise the creator and founding father of Syco Leisure will be part of the transatlantic expertise company’s leisure division and be led by Group CEO Chris Hughes.
YMU stated it can work with Cowell throughout “all sides of the enterprise”, together with TV, codecs, partnerships and books.
“YMU has invested closely through the years in our worldwide workforce of media specialists exactly to draw and help purchasers of Simon’s dimension, so we are able to’t wait to get began,” stated Mary Bekhait, Group CEO.
Cowell stated he’s “excited” to be working with an “superb workforce.”
The transfer comes only a few months after Cowell let go of the vast majority of his Syco workers to “give attention to household.”
He was as a result of make a long-awaited TV comeback on ITV’s Stroll the Line on the finish of final yr, however withdrew to get replaced by Gary Barlow, after breaking his again in an E-scooter accident a number of months earlier.
Cowell is a pioneering British format creator and presenter who introduced X issue and Has expertise franchises to the US, each of which have been very profitable.
YMU represents main British stars together with Ant and Dec, David Walliams, Davina McCall and Amanda Holden.