85% of SM staff vote in favor of Kakao over Hybe on Blind survey
Source: News 1 via Naver
1. [+158, -27] For people who claim to prioritize their pride in the company, why did you betray your founder then? ㅋㅋ
2. [+70, -13] None of you are actually concerned about what happens to the company, you just want to go with Kakao ㅋㅋ Hybe is the right solution here
3. [+65, -9] Pride, honor! Yes, all important. But Kakao only chases profits off the backs of Chinese investments. And what has your current management achieved for you in the past one, two years? They have been pushed behind by Hybe, haven't produced a group that can be called a hit by any measure. Such an opaque future lies ahead of you; do you really think this is the time to be worried about your pride? Perhaps it's time to put your trust in Lee Soo Man's decisions, someone who has always demonstrated superior tastes to everyone else's!
4. [+52, -2] Once Hybe acquires SM, I hope 80% of these staff who supported Kakao voluntarily resign from their positions
5. [+44, -3] WHere? Where? You're just hoping for Kakao to take over because you profit the most out of that deal ㅋㅋㅋ
6. [+10, -2] You fools, Hybe is the better choice over Kakao. Kakao is infamous for gobbling up companies, stripping them of profits, and running away after kicking them to the curb.
7. [+8, -0] What has SM achieved? Red Velvet, NCT, and Aespa have been struggling in the ditches before SM's grand plan for reviving themselves was remaking past songs ㅋㅋ Joy's singing 'Annyeong', NCT Dream is singing 'Candy', Aespa is singing 'Dreams Come True'... Sigh, if you guys had been running things properly, you wouldn't even be in a situation where you're being sold off like this. You guys are the ones to blame for failing to put out even one hit song in the past several years.
8. [+7, -1] They just want to be Kakao employees, is all
9. [+4, -0] Looks like Lee Soo Man must've been abusive towards his staff for them to be so shameless in their lack of support for him
10. [+7, -2] Lee Soo Man really has no excuse for himself, he deserves everything that's happening to him right now. It's because of his unchecked abuse of power and ignorant style of management that has led to this. There are no excuses for him and he needs to step away from management as fast as he can.
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Article: Hybe hosted an internal presentation regarding SM acquisition today
Source: Idol Issue via Instagram
1. [+161] So will it all be over once MBC apologizes to Hybe now?
2. [+152] I just don't like SM being tied to Hybe like this... It feels like we're losing something very unique in K-Pop..
3. [+116] So what's going to happen to the SM concert, then...
4. [+80] What will happen with the MBC issue?
5. [+73] As long as they handle the MBC and SM concerts... I just don't want them touching anything else...
6. [+45] I'd rather Hybe, Kakao just isn't it
7. [+21] Are we going to be okay...? I just don't want them to mess with what's already there...!!
8. [+18] I don't want them together at all. Hybe can promise that they won't mess with SM management but once the acquisition happens, they're going to get rid of Bubble and force us onto Weverse. They'll most definitely get rid of the SM concerts to merge us into their Hybe concert, and I hate all of this, just ugh.
9. [+9] How is Hybe even going to promise independence under an acquisition anyway? The minute Bubble and SM concerts go away, SM is no longer independent ㅋㅋㅋ
10. [+15] 100% the SM concert is going to be merged into the Hybe label concert. Bubble -> Weverse... I wish Hybe would just keep themselves separate from SM. Damn Lee Soo Man, he backed himself into a corner and screwed the situation for everyone, f*ck this ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
11. [+2] As a Hybe fan, I feel like we're getting the brunt of everyone's anger... but considering all the changes that are going to happen to things unique to SM like their vibe, concepts, Bubble, SM concerts, MBC... I can see why they're mad. But what can we do at this point? It's all said and done..
12. [+3] As long as Hybe puts an end to this Kwangya stuff
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