Following an extended back-and-forth this month with a female former ADOR employee over the handling of her sexual harassment/power harassment case against an executive, the latest in the HYBE/ADOR mess …
Read More »Min Hee Jin hits back at Dispatch’s ‘distortions’ with uncut text convos, ADOR deny harassment coverup
Hello again everybody, no I am not dead, just decided to break for the Olympics like K-pop did for a bit. Anyway, so apparently I missed some HYBE/ADOR updates, and …
Read More »Dispatch reveal further Min Hee Jin texts, clarify source as HYBE’s audit + an intriguing PR tactic
Well, the public relations war has certainly started up again in earnest, as the HYBE/ADOR mess is going back to its roots, with Dispatch using leaked HYBE information that exposes …
Read More »NewJeans’ parents speak out against Source & HYBE, Min Hee Jin sues 5 HYBE execs & HYBE countersues
Unfortunately folks, I was far too optimistic that both sides of the HYBE/ADOR mess were going to just fight it out in court the rest of the way. Rather, things …
Read More »HYBE CEO Park Ji Won resigns, Lee Jae Sang named as successor
Amidst the ongoing HYBE/ADOR battle and general complaints from fans about how the company is being run (like a gacha game from Nexon, perhaps), reports emerged that HYBE CEO Park …
Read More »[Update] ADOR release rebuttal of NewJeans’ plagiarism allegations + Dispatch detail the formation of NewJeans again, ADOR dispute it, Source dispute ADOR
You know it’s lean times in the HYBE/ADOR mess when it’s about the stuff in this post, but hey, updates are updates, right? ====== Following the plagiarism allegations against NewJeans’ …
Read More »Wise Music Group claims NewJeans’ “Bubble Gum” infringes on Shakatak’s “Easier Said Than Done”, ADOR denies
In news that’s annoying but also funny as hell given the context, ADOR has released a statement denying plagiarism after Wise Music Group sent an official Letter Of Claim last …
Read More »Source Music reportedly sues ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin for defamation and 500 million won in damages
It has really been a rather blessed month-plus without major news on the HYBE/ADOR front, and I really thank them for that. However, today it’s another lawsuit to be added …
Read More »Where things stand in the HYBE, ADOR, Min Hee Jin conflict
A big thanks to everybody involved in the HYBE/ADOR conflict for giving us a break from daily walls of texts, thus giving me the chance to catch up on other …
Read More »BELIFT LAB drops 27-minute video addressing plagiarism claims against ILLIT, seem to drag the whole industry into the mess
It seemed like things were settling down on the HYBE/ADOR dispute front, at least to the point where I’d be able to catchup on everything else and recap the current …
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