[사회]Hive CEO “It’s sad for artists who were hurt by internal documents”

On the 29th, Hive CEO Lee Jae-sang announced through the company’s website press room, “As the CEO of Hive, I would like to apologize regarding the Hive audit document.”

CEO Lee apologized, saying, “I bow my head in apology to artists, industry executives, and fans for our investigation document, which was identified in the investigation of the Committee on Culture, Sports and The visit of the National Assembly on October 24 in the process of gathering different opinions and public opinions on trends and issues and was shared only by some leaders to understand public opinion on the market and artists’ fans, but it was admitted that the content of the document was highly inappropriate.” he did

He continued, “On behalf of the company, I admit all wrongdoing and take full responsibility for including provocative and crude expressions aimed at K-pop artists . misunderstood and harmed by the suspicions about the reverse virus, which are completely false.”

He also said, “We respectfully and officially apologize to the outside artists mentioned in the document who suffered damage and injury,” and that they apologize individually to all artists from all groups and Hive Music Group.

Chief Lee said, “We recognized that the leadership that shared the document was not aware of the problem, and as CEO, we stopped the creation of the research document immediately. We will establish guidelines and strengthen internal controls to prevent this problem from happening again. “I promise,” he said.

Finally, he said, “Once again, I apologize to the artists, industry executives, fans, and everyone who loves and supports K-pop who was hurt by this incident.” “We will seriously correct any mistakes and strive for the healthy development of the K-pop industry by prioritizing the rights and interests of all K-pop artists and respect for continue.”

Previously, on the 24th, during the investigation of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, suspicions were raised that Hive had prepared business trends data containing provocative appearance reviews for members of domestic idol groups, and documents were -related to publish. This internal Hive report, entitled ‘Music Industry Report of the week’, was sent every week to the C-Level, Hive’s top executives and its affiliated labels.

The report says, ‘The members were discussed at a time when they were likely to be ugly, so none of them have idol facial features,’ ‘The plastic surgery was too bad,’ ‘Other members are awful ugly,’ and ‘If a person is ugly, it is XX of the past that caused a movement by including evaluations of the idol group, such as ‘Response with photos’ and ‘They Really performs like a middle school talent show.’

Digital News Team Reporter Yuna Lee

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