Sony Music Entertainment In The News

Web3 and Me

Scott Cohen, CEO of JKBX and co-founder of The Orchard, on the future of the internet

Kakao officially SM Entertainment’s largest shareholder with 39.9% stake, as HYBE holds onto 8.8%

News culminates months-long corporate battle against SM rival HYBE to take control of the K-Pop agency

‘The artists we’ve worked with have all moved culture in a very real way.’

Human Re Sources founder J. Erving on the rise of RAYE, his philosophy on artist development and the ongoing friction/coalition between independents and majors…

Analysis

The major record companies release around 3,900 tracks every day. Their problem? That’s a drop in the ocean.

The major music companies release only 4% of the daily deluge of tracks hitting audio and video streaming services, new data shows.

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Tuned Global names Pacemaker co-founder Jonas Norberg as first Head of AI

Company is also expanding its technical team in Europe

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Kakao launched a new virtual K-Pop group called MAVE, and the first single has already generated 20m streams on Spotify

Virtual group also 172,000 subscribers on YouTube

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HYBE to sell $435m stake in SM Entertainment

Music giant to sell 15.8% stake in SM

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Kakao Entertainment plots global expansion via the US, strikes partnership with Sony’s Columbia Records

Partnership includes 'global management' of rising K-Pop stars, IVE