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    How Social Media Drove This Norwegian TV Hit & Spawned An Upcoming American Remake

    Norway is invading America in the form of a popular scripted series aimed at teen girls. Skam, or Shame in English, is a weekly show that follows a group of high school kids dealing with social anxiety, drinking, religion, depression, and their sexuality, both in real life and online. Simon Fuller, the producer who saw the potential in translating Pop Idol into American Idol, made the deal with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) to produce a version of Skam for U.S. audiences.

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    ABBA Developing New Virtual Reality Experience

    In partnership with Universal Music Group and Simon Fuller, who has been investing in “developing hyper-realistic digital humans in the field of entertainment.”

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    ‘American Idol’ Creator Simon Fuller Quips ‘See You in 2018’ When Accepting Emmys’ Governors Award

    Producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz, from left, American Idol creator Simon Fuller, and co-chair and CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company Dana Walden accept the Governors Award for American Idol during night two of the Television Academy’s 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 in Los Angeles.

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    Show Creator Simon Fuller on Why This May Not Be the End of ‘American Idol’

    American Idol, incredibly, ends next week. Maybe not, according to the show’s creator, Simon Fuller – who envisions a multi-platform Idol reboot in the hopefully not-too-distant future. The sort of burgeoning reach of social media, and what social media has become, is perfectly suited to what American Idol could be going forward – and might have been, if social media had been around in the past.