News NetEase Cloud Music inks deal to give its subscribers in China 30-day exclusive access to releases from K-Pop firm Kakao Entertainment NetEase is increasingly positioning itself as the place to go for K-pop in China's music streaming market
News HYBE’s Weverse to launch new superfan subscription tiers… and keep up to 60% of the money Weverse will reportedly take up to 60% of the revenue generated on its new paid membership service
News K-pop giant HYBE scrambles to pay back $293m in debt Holders of a series of HYBE's convertible bonds have requested early repayment, pushing the K-pop giant into a fast refinance
News Alliance Entertainment reports increase in CD sales, thanks to K-pop and Taylor Swift Alliance sold 1.1 million CD copies of Swift's new album in the first week after its release
News HYBE acquires $78m stake in SM Entertainment from K-pop company’s founder Lee Soo Man SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man sells his remaining shares to HYBE
News Ex-CEO of SM Entertainment launches K-Pop company in the US with backing from private investment firms Raptor Group, Animoca Ventures and more TITAN says that it is 'poised to reshape and revolutionize the K-pop landscape'.
News SM Entertainment joins $8m funding round for Web3 K-Pop agency Modhaus The investment was led by US venture capital firm Sfermion
News SM Entertainment, the K-pop giant behind superstars like NCT Dream, sees revenues rise 11.8% YoY to over $200m in Q3 Consolidated operating profit amounted to a record high of KRW 50.5 billion ($38.5 million), up 69.8% YoY
Uncategorized K-Pop stars NewJeans to perform anthem for 2023 League of Legends World Championship Previous artists to have performed the anthem include Imagine Dragons and Lil Nas X
Analysis HYBE and Geffen want to globalize the ‘K-pop methodology’ – and launch the world’s biggest girl group. Will they succeed? They don't even have a name yet – but HYBE and Geffen's ambitions for their new girl group are sky high
News SM Entertainment partners with RCA Records on new K-Pop group, RIIZE – whose debut single surpassed 1m physical pre-orders Partnership was announced at a press conference in Seoul on Monday (September 4)
News Alliance Entertainment says that its K-Pop sales jumped 55% to $32m in the 12 months to end of July Company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market in February after completing a SPAC merger with Adara Acquisition
News HYBE to fully acquire Enhypen label BeLift Lab in $100m+ deal (report) BeLift started out as a joint venture between HYBE and CJ ENM
News HYBE’s Weverse fandom platform just surpassed 10m active users – after company’s revenues grew 21% YoY in Q2 Weverse recently introduced a payment method called Jelly, which enables users to purchase premium VODs
Analysis Kakao and K-Pop giant SM Entertainment are ramping up their US presence. What will that mean for HYBE? Korea's biggest music companies are increasing their presence in the United States – and they're hungry to grow market share