Tech firm is trying to ‘hold artists at gunpoint,’ one rights group says of removal of repertoire of Italian Society of Authors and Publishers.
Chairman Bang Si-hyuk says HYBE must have a “sense of urgency” in efforts to grow outside its home country.
"It’s a spy balloon into your phone," says one Texas Republican of the wildly popular app.
HYBE's BIGHIT Music previously said all seven members would serve in the military and the group is expected to reconvene in 2025.
The digital market accounted for 86% of revenue in the country last year, while vinyl continued to surge despite an overall downward trend in physical media.
The agency behind BTS said it was still studying possible avenues for collaboration with SM, once South Korea’s dominant K-pop company.
The Eurovision-winning band’s five-city swing culminates in their first SXSW appearance on March 16.
Vinyl generated more money than CDs for the first time in over three decades, though overall revenue from physical formats declined.
The agency that created BTS is embroiled in a public struggle with SM’s powerhouse founder Lee Soo-man. Will it end with a cliffhanger?
Stream-ripping is the most prevalent form of music piracy in the States, the world's third largest market for piracy, according to a report from MUSO.
