Hybe applies 'savings account' program to track popularity for new girl group debut

Article: A capitalistic audition program

Source: Idol Issue via Instagram

[+123] Kocok SGP If this actually has an impact on rank or debut, that's disgusting..

[+55] If you don't have the money to launch a girl group, don't produce one.... what even is this...

[+36] This is the most idiotic idea ever

[+35] Of all the ideas their company could come up with.. tsk..

[+30] Hybe those dogs

[+23] So if one super rich fan just throws all their money at you, your debut is confirmed..

[+17] As expected of Hybe ^ㅗ^

[+16] I mean ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I'm actually speechless. They're just explicitly doing this? If I was from a rich family, I'd just have them deposit 50 million won and call it a day

[+14] Crazy greed

[+11] This feels a bit wrong..

[+7] I miss the days of 'Produce 101,' that's when auditions peaked

[+7] Ugh, messy

[+2] This is crazy

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Three Hybe staff under investigation for insider trading off confidential information of BTS hiatus

Article: Hybe staff caught selling stock after finding out of 'BTS hiatus'

Source: Wikitree via Instagram

[+563] This company has issues with everything but its artists

[+207] ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That's just great. What are they doing off the hard work of BTS' success? 

[+193] Hybe's just rotten to the core, aren't they?

[+108] I'm gonna be honest, I'd be tempted to sell too

[+84] This needs to be punished severely

[+72] So what happens, then? They have to give up all their money to stay out of jail? 

[+21] I'm sure the temptation to sell must've been strong since they knew that the prices would drop immediately after the announcement...

[+14] I wish BTS would just leave and set up their own company ㅠㅠ

[+13] Americans punish insider traders with up to life imprisonment but Koreans treat it like some light crime with a punishment of probation. Sh*t, I'd want to hit jackpot with insider trading, too, knowing what we know about our legal system. It's because all of our politicians are involved with insider trading that they let the rest of us hang to die;;

[+8] You'd be crazy to hold on to it after coming across such information

[+2] I think I would've wanted to sell, too

[+2] That's so shameless ㅠㅋㅋㅋ

[+1] Just Hybe being Hybe...

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Bang Shi Hyuk looks like his diet has been successful

Article: Bang Shi Hyuk's latest picture looks like his diet succeeded

Source: Idol Issue via Instagram

[+104] Please just keep losing weight until you disappear... because these ticket prices are insane ㅠㅠ

[+69] There is still more to lose

[+57] Now in celebration of succeeding your diet, please throw a free concert for us

[+33] Who cares about the weight loss, please do something about these ticket prices

[+18] I don't care about his weight... I care about the merch prices!! Lower the prices!

[+17] What'd he spend all our ticket money on? On dieting products? 

[+17] Please celebrate by lowering ticket prices

[+16] Why'd he lose weight...? And if he has enough time and effort to lose weight, couldn't he also dedicate that time and effort to doing his job better...

[+13] Did he get shorter with the weight loss? Or did the TXT members grow taller? 

[+12] Lose more

[+8] Okay, don't play around now, tell us your dieting tips..

[+7] Shi Hyuk-ah, lower the price of merch to match the weight you lost

[+6] We asked you to lower merch prices, not your weight

[+5] Wow, crazy, he looks great

[+4] If you have time to lose weight, you have time to lower merch prices!!

[+4] He became so much smaller...

[+3] Shi Hyuk's face is half its usual size..

[+2] He finally succeeded after two years ^^

[+2] I think he lost too much

[+-] What the, even I haven't been successful but Shi Hyuk Bang beat me... this is legendary diet inspiration

[+-] So which stomach is he hiding all the f*cking money he's taking from us then

[+-] How'd he do it? Was it Juvis? 

[+-] If only the prices of Hybe merch would go down with his scale;;

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New Jeans' director Min Hee Jin joins the list of top female stockholders in the country

Article: 'New Jeans' creator Min Hee Jin joins the list of top female stockholders... top 3 remain Samsung's three ladies

Source: iNews 24 via Naver

Top 10 female stockholders from the families of:

1. Samsung [mother]
2. Samsung [daughter]
3. Samsung [daughter]
4. SK Group [sister of CEO]
5. LG [mother]
6. LG [daughter]
7. Shinsegye [mother]
8. Shinsegye [daughter]
9. Orion [vice-chairman]
10. EcoPro [sister of CEO]

Out of the 417 names, only 34 women were not related to chaebol families, most notably including Naver CEO Choi Soo Yeon and Hybe/Adore's CEO Min Hee Jin. 

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[+930, -21] What's more amazing about her is that she didn't inherit her wealth, she built it all on her own

[+238, -8] It's Always amazing to hear stories of people who grew within their industries and slowly built themselves up instead of the usual inheritance/chaebol family story of wealth.

[+159, -16] A great example of education not being the only solution to life. It's always best to specialize in what you're personally skilled and talented in.

[+79, -6] Her name being up there is a completely different thing. All those names are people inheriting from chaebol families, whereas she's self-made.

[+46, -1] She's effectively #1 on that list if you filter out all the chaebol inheritances

[+55, -34] Hee Jin unni's the real deal for sure

[+18, -0] I heard she started her career literally at the entry level, it's amazing

[+15, -1] A true self-made woman

[+8, -1] Filter out all the people born into inheritances and powerful parents and Min Hee Jin will be #1 in the country. She reached the top through her own work ethic alone. She deserves it.

[+8, -2] How can you compare her to other names who have accomplished nothing other than being born with a golden spoon? The worth of her wealth is completely different.

[+6, -2] Thank you for creating New Jeans!

[+4, -0] This is the result of her hard work, she deserves applause

[+4, -1] Can she bring back f(x) please...

[+4, -1] She's done a lot for our country. She was a main figure in developing K-Pop and raising its quality.

[+4, -2] Her talent is truly amazing. She has never once produced an idol group that has flopped. She truly is self-made.

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Hybe, JYP, YG, SM first-quarter earnings

Article: Hybe/SM/YG/JYP's first quarter earnings

Source: Idol Issue via Instagram

Operating margins:

Hybe: 12.7%

SM: 8.9%

YG: 23.1%

JYP: 35.5%

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[+110] Whatever, I just want to see NCT...

[+99] YG really doesn't have many promoting artists so Black Pink must be making them a ton of money

[+73] JYP's operating margin is crazy
- Yeah, because they make a ton of money and never invest any of it in their groups. The point of turning a profit is so you can invest it back into something but they don't.. a high operating margin isn't always a good thing. If anything, we should be criticizing JYP. Other companies invest in their groups multiples of what they make, while JYP buries all the money they make and leave their groups out to dry...
- It just means they're operating for their company only and not for their groups. They don't have any care for promoting their groups, and these numbers may seem great for their investors but they're horrible for their fans. 

[+44] SM, take care of your artists. Where is the 3.0? Are we in the 3.0 right now? More like -3.0. 

[+37] Hybe never does anything but eat our f*cking money

[+37] Black Pink is basically keeping food on the table for YG

[+36] Hybe, stop eating all our money and do something...

[+34] Can SM please do something... they said we're entering version 3.0 so where's the 3.0...

[+29] Just you wait, JYP. Our kids are having their comeback and your profits will soar after that. 

[+27] YG's getting huge profits off of Black Pink alone... our kids are the jjang... ❤️

[+12] SM, if you need money, you can always give us an EXO comeback. You promised you'd give us notice and yet it's been two weeks since the lack of notice... as if I'm not already mad that the comeback's been postponed to the third quarter

[+10] JYP needs to get to work if they're going to eat up all our money. All they do is take our money and don't invest any of it back into our groups. F*ck this. 

[+4] ㅋ... Hybe... please do some actual work! and not just collecting money!

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