Simon Cowell’s making a big splash with his first selection as judge on the forthcoming reality show The X Factor. Antonio “L.A.” Reid, the now former chariman of Island Def Jam, has stepped down from the company — where he mentored such megastars as Mariah Carey, Kanye West, and Usher– to take a chair on the new Fox program, Billboard.com Thursday.

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NYC snitches have leaked a recent e-mail between very married Def Jam chief and his ASSistant (pun intended). Read the rest of this entry »