HYBE-owned Weverse magazine has confirmed that its former editor-in-chief was responsible for producing HYBE’s controversial leaked “music industry reports”, but the magazine said the reports had nothing to do with the magazine and that the controversial report “was produced independently.”
The revelation comes as the entertainment giant’s internal practices come under increasing scrutiny.
The controversy arose on October 24, when Democratic congressmen Mr. Min Hengbai Revealed Inside move The Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee reviews documents during the National Assembly.
document, series “Weekly Music Industry Report” Includes insensitive comments about certain K-pop acts and group members. this 18,000The document contains statements such as “They debuted at the least attractive age,” “Surprisingly, none of them are pretty,” and “Shockingly unattractive.” korea herald reported at the time.
“The document was handled solely by the former editor-in-chief, so Weverse staff were not even aware it existed.”
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Some of the appearance-related comments were directed at minors, and others suggested internal tensions between HYBE leadership and some of its artists.
In addition, there are comments that new jeans Some interpreted this as HYBE wanting to dispose of the group. Specifically, regarding the term “New-ILL-LE” (referring to NewJeans, youand Seraphim), with one comment saying they could “throw out the NewJeans and come up with a new phrase.”
These comments upset some NewJeans fans. The controversy comes amid ongoing tensions between HYBE and his exes. i like it CEO Heejin’s thoughtswho produces NewJeans.
After about 20 pages of content were leaked online, HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee issued an apology, saying, “I feel sorry for the innocent artists and members who have been misunderstood and hurt by the accusations. Very sorry and sad. [negative] Going viral, that’s simply not true.
Most recently, Weverse magazine issued a statement to local South Korean media over the weekend, distancing itself from the scandal while acknowledging the involvement of its unnamed former editor-in-chief.
“The former editor-in-chief has been removed from his position and banned from further involvement with Weverse magazine.”
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Weverse magazine said: “The file was handled solely by the former editor-in-chief, so the staff of Weverse magazine did not even know the existence of the file.” Weverse is a super fan platform under HYBE.
Weverse noted that its former editor-in-chief has been fired and banned from further involvement with the magazine.
You can read Weverse Magazine’s full statement below:
This is the Weverse magazine team.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and worry caused by the emergence of monitoring files to users who follow Weverse magazine.
We would like to clarify several facts related to this matter:
• The document was the work of the former editor alone, so Weverse magazine staff were not even aware it existed.
• Except for the former editor-in-chief, none of the production staff and external writers of Weverse magazine participated in the writing of the monitoring document.
• The former editor-in-chief was removed from his position and banned from further involvement with Weverse magazine. As for the staff who were solely responsible for supervision by the original editor-in-chief, they were also suspended from work.
We make it clear that Weverse Magazine had nothing to do with this controversial surveillance document, and members of the Weverse Magazine team objected to it.
Nonetheless, we again apologize for the discomfort this matter was brought up and caused to users.
Weverse magazine promises to reward readers with more in-depth and richer content in the future.global music business
