Apollo Global Management will acquire the owner of the American Idol television show, CKX, Bloomberg reports. The New York-based private equity firm will pay $509 million in cash for the acquisition.

Goldman Sachs is providing a debt financing commitment in connection to the transaction. Los Angeles-based Gores Group had also made an unsolicited offer for CKX.

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