We talk about the likes of Hybe and SM Entertainment as K-Pop companies, because they are. But they also have global ambitions.
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Kakao and SM Entertainment to merge their North American arms
Earlier this year, South Korean tech and entertainment firm Kakao bought a significant stake in K-Pop company SM Entertainment, emerging as the victor in a tussle with the latter company’s rival […]
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Contracts and insider-trading charges spell trouble for K-Pop firms
There is trouble brewing for two of the most prominent companies in the K-Pop industry, despite their growth and global expansion.
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SM Entertainment revenues grew 20.3% in first quarter of 2023
SM Entertainment has published its latest financial results. They’re the first since it fended off an attempt by rival HYBE to take control.
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Hybe to sell SM Entertainment shares while Kakao plans global expansion
The dust is settling from K-Pop firm Hybe’s attempt to become the largest shareholder in rival SM Entertainment.
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Hybe abandons its efforts to buy a 40% stake in SM Entertainment
A sudden peace has broken out in the battle for control of K-Pop music company SM Entertainment, as Hybe abandoned its efforts to buy 40%.
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Kakao wants to buy a bigger stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment
Things are moving fast in South Korean tech company Kakao’s efforts to buy a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment.
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SM Entertainment hits out at Hybe’s ‘hostile takeover attempt’
Earlier this month we wrote about K-Pop giant Hybe acquiring a 14.8% stake in fellow South Korean music firm SM Entertainment.
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Now Hybe moves to take a stake in K-Pop firm SM Entertainment
We wrote about tech firm Kakao buying a stake in Korean music company SM Entertainment earlier this week, but now it’s been joined by Hybe.
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More K-Pop consolidation as Kakao buys into SM Entertainment
Fresh from selling a 4.2% stake to mobile games firm Com2uS in November, South Korean music company SM Entertainment now has another investor.
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Hybe revenues grow and Com2uS buys stake in SM Entertainment
K-Pop giant Hybe has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2022.
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K-Pop giant SM Entertainment eyes S-Pop from Saudi Arabia
SM Entertainment is one of the big guns of the K-Pop world in South Korea, but now it’s turning its attention to a more nascent music market.