Iovine on new Idol approach

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Singing like someone else is not particularly attractive to a label. We have four or five great producers [including Rodney Jerkins, Ron Fair, Timbaland and Alex Da Kid] making sure they don’t sound the same every week. In the past, they weren’t getting the proper help to make sure they were getting better.” —Jimmy Iovine on the new-look American Idol, to Garrick Kennedy in Pop & Hiss. (1/12a)