YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk has openly addressed JTBC's reports of sajaegi on the network's show 'Newsroom'.
'Newsroom' investigated into sajaegi, a banned practice that involves companies buying large amounts of albums or streaming music by its own artists in order to manipulate music chart rankings. The program found that the illegal phenomenon was still actively going on with companies making spam accounts to repeatedly stream music by an artist.
Yang Hyun Suk stepped in when a blurred image on the show was found to be the cover of iKON's album. He released an official statement inviting any investigation.
He wrote, "In the past, these kinds of reports only caused suspicions of sajaegi. We hope that with this report, there will be closer investigations into the industry. In the past few years, companies have been accused, but there have been no results. I hope we can get a definite answer and response this time."
"Especially with larger companies, there should be transparency, but sajaegi is blocked by third parties. It's a shame these accusations are going on during a time when K-pop is global."
Yang Hyun Suk concluded, "We are glad this issue is being addressed and are willing to help to investigate the cases. However, I noticed that you weren't able to differentiate between fan support and acts by the company. It's a dissappointment that this report wasn't different from the ones in the past."
What are your thoughts on the issue?
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'Newsroom' investigated into sajaegi, a banned practice that involves companies buying large amounts of albums or streaming music by its own artists in order to manipulate music chart rankings. The program found that the illegal phenomenon was still actively going on with companies making spam accounts to repeatedly stream music by an artist.
Yang Hyun Suk stepped in when a blurred image on the show was found to be the cover of iKON's album. He released an official statement inviting any investigation.
He wrote, "In the past, these kinds of reports only caused suspicions of sajaegi. We hope that with this report, there will be closer investigations into the industry. In the past few years, companies have been accused, but there have been no results. I hope we can get a definite answer and response this time."
"Especially with larger companies, there should be transparency, but sajaegi is blocked by third parties. It's a shame these accusations are going on during a time when K-pop is global."
Yang Hyun Suk concluded, "We are glad this issue is being addressed and are willing to help to investigate the cases. However, I noticed that you weren't able to differentiate between fan support and acts by the company. It's a dissappointment that this report wasn't different from the ones in the past."
What are your thoughts on the issue?
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