Former 'Daily Mirror' editor 'joins The X Factor USA'

Richard Wallace, the former editor of the Daily Mirror, has reportedly been hired by Simon Cowell to work on the US version of The X Factor.

Wallace was pushed out of the Daily Mirror in May as part of parent company Trinity Mirror's move to take the newspaper to a seven-day operation.



According to The Guardian, the former tabloid editor has now accepted an offer from Cowell's Syco production company to become a consultant on The X Factor USA.

The paper says that the contract initially lasts until Christmas, but the relationship could expand to America's Got Talent, the US version of Britain's Got Talent.

A source familiar with the situation said: "He will bring some classic British popular newspaper skills to the Syco operation in the US."

Wallace, who is understood to have previously held talks with ITV about job opportunities, is thought to have already moved to Los Angeles, where US network Fox produces The X Factor USA.

The Guardian's media editor Dan Sabbagh noted on Twitter that Wallace was the newspaper editor that Simon Cowell used to complain he "couldn't control"

Syco, Wallace and Fox have not yet commented on the report.