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

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

That’s according to coverage surfacing out of China, where NetEase Cloud Music has reportedly sued SM for “market abuse.” As described by Technode and others, the claims center on exclusive licensing ...

K-pop girl group aespa will return next month with its sixth EP, "Rich Man," the group's agency, SM Entertainment, announced ...

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

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.

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, for its part, said it wanted to move forward with Kakao because of its “respect [for] the current management’s efforts to address factors that have hindered SM Entertainment’s growth.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kakao and its entertainment unit have increased their stake in SM to 39.9%, they said in a Tuesday regulatory filing. Previously, the firm had held 4.9% of SM.

KB, which reportedly owns 7.59% of SM Entertainment's shares, objected to payments made to the firm and raised concern over the fact that royalties paid to it amounted to 46% of SM's business profits.