News Corp., up to its eyeballs in its News of the World phone-hacking scandal, has just seen its Fox network sued by the creator of the show that fuels that network’s success, “American Idol.” And the suit is over the new singing-competish show, “The X Factor.” In his breach-of-contract suit, “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller alleges that Fox and FremantleMedia North America have reneged on a promise to give him an executive-producer credit and salary on “The X Factor,” an “American Idol” knockoff, to snooker him into dropping a copyright-infringement suit against the newer show. Read full article >>

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