News SM Entertainment HQ raided by financial regulator in South Korea (report)South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service is investigating suspected stock manipulation
News Kakao Entertainment plots global expansion via the US, strikes partnership with Sony’s Columbia RecordsPartnership includes 'global management' of rising K-Pop stars, IVE
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 EntertainmentHYBE completes deal to acquire 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment
News South Korea’s Kakao buys 9.05% stake in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment worth $172.8mCapital raised through the deal will fund new multi-label system, SM 3.0
News K-Pop promoter Powerhouse, which has worked with BTS, BLACKPINK and MONSTA X, strikes strategic partnership with AEG PresentsCompany produced 15 shows for BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself US Tour in 2018
News HYBE continues to diversify its business by buying a stake in South Korea-based games developer Flint (report)Company expands in games industry
News K-Pop giant SM Entertainment sees revenues soar 65.4% YoY to $179.4m in Q3Company is behind K-Pop stars like SUPER JUNIOR, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, KANGTA, BoA, TVXQ!, NCT and aespa.
News Following global success of acts like BTS and BLACKPINK, new fund launches to let investors back K-pop companies"The global market for K-pop is still at an early stage of growth," says Jangwon Lee, CEO of CT Investments
News Spotify launches specialist K-Pop exec recruitment driveCandidate will join'a newly created team focused on breaking through K-Pop and K-culture driving communities'
News Big Hit and Universal ‘rewrite global music history’ with joint K-pop label, expanded partnershipGlobal search for K-pop boy band set to begin in 2022 as Bang Si-Hyuk and Sir Lucian Grainge announce new pact
News Big Hit, headed for a $4bn valuation, hands $54m in shares to BTS members ahead of IPOBang Si-hyuk's stake in Big Hit is currently worth comfortably over $1 billion
News Republic Records enters strategic alliance with K-Pop Powerhouse JYP Entertainment for TWICENew music to be released worldwide soon
News K-Pop has been streamed for more than 134bn minutes on Spotify since 2014There have been more than 41bn K-Pop streams on the platform to date
News Deezer launches new channel featuring K-Pop-focused editorial playlistsChanel will focus on K-Pop and its subgenres