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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke

1499 posts •
HYBE label Ador reinstates Min Hee-jin as director but not CEO public
Ador • 4 min read

HYBE label Ador reinstates Min Hee-jin as director but not CEO

NewJeans recently demanded that their label, HYBE subsidiary Ador, reappoint Min Hee-jin as CEO by today. Min was pushed out of that role last month after months of feuding with HYBE. Ador says it will reppoint Min as a director but not CEO. That seems unlikely to placate NewJeans, who could now sue…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
TikTok Music to close public
Bytedance • 3 min read

TikTok Music to close

TikTok Music will close down at the end of November. The standalone music service launched last year as an evolution of Resso, the earlier music platform operated by TikTok owner Bytedance. TikTok says it now wants to focus on its Add To Music App feature…
Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor •
Quavo sued for song-theft over ‘Bubblegum’ public
Quavo • 2 min read

Quavo sued for song-theft over ‘Bubblegum’

The latest song-theft lawsuit filed with the US courts targets former Migos member Quavo. A rapper called L.Mont says that Quavo’s 2018 track ‘Bubblegum’ rips off a record of the same title that he released three years earlier. L.Mont gave Quavo a CD of his music in 2016…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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