Okay, so remember that thing with EXO’s Xiumin allegedly being blocked by KBS from appearing on Music Bank due to pressure from SM Entertainment? Well, that has since escalated and …
Read More »Agency of EXO’s Xiumin accuses KBS of blocking a ‘Music Bank’ appearance due to SME, which KBS denies
Because forks tend to be found in the kitchen, the agency (INB100) of EXO‘s Xiumin has accused KBS of effectively blacklisting him from Music Bank, inferring that it was basically …
Read More »SM Entertainment met with growing criticism for treatment of veteran artists, as Taeyeon, Wendy, Yesung, others speak out
SM Entertainment have been lucky that all eyes have been on the dumpster fire over at HYBE at the moment because new management has not exactly been covering themselves in …
Read More »SM Entertainment and EXO-CBX sue each other, FTC starts investigating Kakao
Following the dispute between SM Entertainment and EXO-CBX going public again the other day, there’s been further news, including dueling lawsuits. So here I am again, back at it, because …
Read More »A contract battle resumes as EXO-CBX claim SME broke promises & aren’t paying them, while SME responds with tampering accusations
I thought the EXO-CBX contract saga with SM Entertainment had reached its conclusion almost a year ago — despite related news continuing to stumble in — yet it will now …
Read More »MCST reveals K-pop standard contract revisions focused on preventing tampering, limiting contract length
Man, K-pop has been wild lately, but while most have understandably been busy with the HYBE/ADOR mess and the NCT sex scandal thing, an important bit of news about K-pop …
Read More »Bullet Points: Ryu Jun Yeol speaks, Baekhyun & MC Mong unite after all, Matsumoto Jun leaves STARTO, Candy Shop member added, charity stuff, more
Not like a ton of news outside of the gigantic mess I committed myself to covering, but enough significant stuff that people probably want to discuss. ====== Ryu Jun Yeol …
Read More »Xiumin & Chen link up with Baekhyun at INB100, SME states all 8 members will continue as EXO
SM Entertainment has announced that all eight members of EXO will continue group activities under SME, but confirm EXO-CBX have their own company for individual activities (plus D.O. with Company …
Read More »EXO-CBX to stay with SM Entertainment after the two sides ‘resolved their differences’, joint statement released
After about a week of EXO-CBX and SM Entertainment trading barbs over their contract, things got quiet as EXO‘s comeback approached. During that time the two sides apparently hammered out …
Read More »SME’s claims their contracts are in line with KFTC, but EXO-CBX’s rebut this, explain the differences, and open up about negotiation process
Given that the lawyers of EXO-CBX and SM Entertainment seem intent on fighting this out in the media, the updates seem like they are going to keep coming, and there …
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