News HYBE warns of potential ‘legal measures’ against SM Entertainment over Kakao deal (report) Rift between K-Pop giants HYBE and SM Entertainment escalates
News HYBE says it ‘can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s major record labels’ as it secures stake in rival SM Entertainment HYBE completes deal to acquire 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment
Analysis News HYBE revenues soared 41.6% YoY to $1.37bn in 2022, surpassing the 1 billion dollar mark for the second straight year HYBE posts 2022 financial results
Analysis News HYBE has now spent $600m+ in one week, as it buys 14.8% stake in K-Pop rival SM Entertainment for $334m HYBE is buying a 14.8% stake in the company from SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man
Analysis News Over 1,000 songs with human-mimicking AI vocals have been released by Tencent Music in China. One of them has 100m streams. TME's Cussion Pang confirms firm has made a lot of progress with its Lingyin Engine
Analysis News HYBE generated revenues of $312m in Q3, up 30.6% YoY HYBE publishes investor filing for the three months to end of September
News HYBE share price rises after news of BTS members enlisting in military Shares of HYBE, the parent company of BTS’s management team BIGHIT MUSIC, rose 1.3% when the market opened on Tuesday (October 18)
News As BTS prepare to join the military – and quit music until 2025 – HYBE’s CEO says company has a plan without its biggest earner HYBE has confirmed that BTS will carry out compulsory military service in their home country of South Korea
News BTS to fulfill mandatory military service in South Korea and ‘reconvene’ in 2025 Oldest member of the group, Jin, will be the first to initiate the process
News HYBE launches K-Pop NFT platform for fans of TOMORROW X TOGETHER, SEVENTEEN and more, via ‘LEVVELS’ JV LEVVELS is a Los Angeles-based joint venture company operated by HYBE and Dunamu
Analysis News HYBE acquires fake voice AI company Supertone in $32m deal (report) Supertone generated global media attention in January 2021 with its so-called Singing Voice Synthesis (SVS) technology.
News HYBE strikes global content deal with Disney, including exclusive shows from BTS Agreement includes global distribution of five major content titles from HYBE
Analysis News HYBE share price plummets as BTS announce break. But could band’s hiatus actually be good news for the Korean company? BTS member j-hope is the first of the group to officially kick off his solo career with an upcoming album
News BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul concert broadcast generated $32.6m Film was released in 3,711 cinemas in 75 countries
Analysis News HYBE, home of BTS, surpassed $1bn in revenues in 2021 – the year it acquired Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings HYBE spent $1 billion on Braun's company in April 2021, and has seen a 58% jump in annual revenues