Closer to 2025’s beginning, reports pointed to “extended” licensing negotiations between Chinese streaming service NetEase Cloud Music and K-pop giant SM Entertainment. Now, these evidently fruitless ...

Billboard SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- "Golden," a track from the animated U.S. film "KPop Demon Hunters," has maintained its ...

In January, NetEase Cloud Music secured a temporary deal to keep SM’s catalog available beyond the January 31 contract ...

KPop Demon Hunters songwriters EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick talk to Rolling Stone about the collaboration that birthed their hit ...

The 21-year-old K-pop star, formerly known as Seunghan, speaks with THR about his highly anticipated solo debut following his ...

NetEase Cloud Music’s lawsuit against SM Entertainment, one of South Korea’s biggest K-pop companies, became a trending topic ...

But SM’s management opposed Hybe’s quasi-takeover and harnessed Kakao and its subsidiary Kakao Entertainment with a range of measures. These included a content distribution deal and the sale ...

The company is buying most of the 18.7% stake in SM owned by SM founder Lee Soo Man. The deal is priced at $336 million (KRW423 billion), giving SM Entertainment an implied valuation of $2.27 billion.

SM Entertainment Artists Celebrate 30 Years With SMTown Live L.A. The Korean entertainment agency brought its roster of stars to Southern California’s Dignity Health Sports Park earlier this month.

HYBE announced last month that it was acquiring a 14.8% stake in SM Entertainment, in a deal that makes it the entertainment giant’s largest shareholder. It has acquired the shareholding from ...

Han Myung-Gu/WireImage K akao Corp. and its subsidiary, Kakao Entertainment, increased their share of K-pop company SM Entertainment to 39.9% from 4.9% after purchasing 1.66 million shares from HYBE.

"Golden," a track from the animated U.S. film "KPop Demon Hunters," has maintained its position at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second consecutive week, recording 28.9 million streams during ...