South Korea‘s Fair Trade Commission has opened an investigation into HYBE and its subsidiary ADOR over the companies’ treatment of NewJeans member Danielle. That’s according to Danielle‘s attorney, Jung Jong-chae, who filed the complaint that prompted the review and said the regulator — known as the KFTC — began investigating on June 4. The complaint…
A court in Seoul has ordered K-pop group NewJeans to pay 1 billion won (USD $726,300) per member for each unauthorized activity outside their agency’s control, potentially totaling 5 billion won ($3.6 million) if all five members perform together. Multiple news outlets out of South Korea reported that the Seoul Central District Court on Friday…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. Live Nation‘s acquisition of LA-based talent management firm Timeline…
If you thought that Drake’s legal action against Universal Music Group was the artist vs. label dispute of the week, think again. Over in South Korea, the future of HYBE-owned label ADOR has been thrown into uncertainty after K-pop girl group NewJeans, the label’s primary source of income, announced Thursday (November 28) that they are…
