K-pop producer Min Hee-jin wins ruling to keep control of NewJeans

Min Hee-jin, famed superproducer and chief of Ador, remains in control of NewJeans and will continue to set the direction for the girl group.

The power struggle at K-pop’s largest company comes as Hybe seeks to diversify through acquisitions and reduce its dependence on the superstar group BTS. In its own statement, Hybe said it would not exercise its voting rights to try to remove Min at the shareholders gathering.Ms Min was scouted by Hybe founder Bang Si-hyuk in 2019 after she resigned from rival K-pop company SM Entertainment, where she spent more than 15 years as a producer behind popular idol bands such as EXO and Red Velvet.

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