G-Dragon's contract with YG comes to an end

Article: Big Bang eventually heading separate ways... G-Dragon's contract with YG comes to an end

Source: Insight + Insight via Instagram

[+243] Seungri-ya, learn to live life with some sense of guilt. This is the result of all of your crimes. Though I'm sure you won't even be able to read this comment because you've been banned off of Instagram ㅋ

[+65] Could he be headed towards THe Black label too? 

[+54] He's at a status big enough to set up his own label now..

[+38] Aside from Taeyang, they should all be removed from society

[+35] Finally he's leaving the pharmacy ㅋ

[+27] YG's stocks dropped 7%

[+8] YG keeps their stars on the backburner for way too long

[+7] Didn't ask, don't care

[+6] Seems like he'd rather go out on his own terms than have to suffer declining sales at the top and being forced down

[+5] They did indeed live up to their name... What an amazing, explosive career trajectory. 

[+5] Jiyong hyung, where's that June comeback you promised us...

[+4] I'd be so sick and tired of YG by now if I were him

[+3] Honestly, isn't GD at a level where he can set up his own agency now? 

[+2] They're really living up to their name... came on to the scene in a big explosion just to end up disappearing without a word in the end...

[+2] Big Bang really became a big bang

[+2] Jiyong-ah, put out an album

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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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