Ryan Seacrest becoming Telemundo kingmaker

Published May 12, 2013 10:33pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Busy Ryan Seacrest is moving into the Spanish-speaking television market.

The Telemundo network said Sunday the “American Idol” host will produce a new music series that each week will pit two established artists against each other in a competition for the audience’s vote. Telemundo Media President Emilio Romano says he hopes Seacrest can use his music business contacts to leverage big artists to appear on the show.

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