News HYBE’s Weverse Magazine issues statement distancing itself from controversial internal document HYBE's controversial "music industry report" was drawn up by Weverse Magazine's top editor
Analysis News HYBE wants to change fan culture in US, Latin music, and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Fun fact: Less than a third of HYBE's recorded music revenue comes from streaming
News HYBE’s revenue slides 2% in Q3 amid Olympics impact, internal challenges HYBE's concerts and recorded music revenues saw double-digit year-over-year declines
News Megan Thee Stallion joins Weverse, as HYBE revamps superfan platform to include ‘advanced translation features’ for artist posts Megan Thee Stallion becomes the latest superstar to join the platform
Analysis News From UMG’s [PIAS] buyout to Concord’s $217m Daddy Yankee deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
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
Analysis News The Kid LAROI is the latest superstar artist to join HYBE’s Weverse fan platform The HYBE-owned fan platform continues to expand its roster of non-K-pop acts
Analysis News HYBE leans further into superfan business, adding subscription-based memberships to its Weverse fan app 'Superfans [are] a new growth engine in the global music market.'
News Ariana Grande officially joins HYBE’s Weverse superfan app Grande's debut on the app offers an opportunity for Weverse to reverse a decline in users amid BTS's ongoing hiatus
News Ariana Grande to join superfan platform Weverse; artist to continue business partnership with HYBE Grande and HYBE America, led by CEO Scooter Braun, will be 'continuing their long-standing partnership'
News HYBE’s revenue dropped 12% YoY in Q1; Weverse platform saw user decline amid ongoing BTS drought Although it’s common for HYBE’s earnings to decline in the winter months of Q1, the size of this drop surprised analysts
Interviews Weverse boss Joon Choi: ‘The potential for growth in the superfan business is limitless.’ MBW speaks in depth to the leader of HYBE's much talked about superfan platform
News Universal Music invests in ‘superfan’ platform Weverse, as it strikes new 10-year agreement with HYBE HYBE has struck an expanded long-term agreement with Universal Music Group
Analysis News HYBE’s CEO delivered some strong fiscal results to investors last week. Except it wasn’t him. It was an AI clone. Jiwon Park's voice on company's earnings call was actually an AI replication via HYBE's Supertone technology
News Universal just launched a fan platform in Germany that sounds a lot like its own version of Weverse. Here’s what’s in it… Universal Music Germany has launched YOUniverse, a 'virtual and interactive fan platform…where fans can meet and interact, and in future even meet their idols'.