Omona conspiracy time. Kpop's legion of doom is possibly uncovered.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

A netizen put up a post trying to dissect KEPA and the people behind them and found some interesting things worth mentioning

The distributor for Infinity Challenge's digital songs is KT Music, which is a part of KMP Holdings (comprised of SM, YG, JYP, etc). KT Music is well known for being th competitor to Melon held by Loen Entertainment).

KEPA has a number of notable figures on their staff list, including:

Vice Chairman: Kim Kwang Soo (CCM)
Finance Manager: Hong Seung Sung (Cube Ent.)
Director: Kim Tae Song (TS Ent.)
Director: Kim Byung Sun (JellyFish Ent.)
Director: Lee Jong Yub (Woollim Ent.)
Director: Kim Shi Dae (Starship Ent.)

The music distributor that these companies use are:

CCM = Melon (Loen)
Cube = Universal Music
TS = Melon (Loen)
JellyFish = CJ E&M
Woollim = Melon (Loen)
Starship = Melon (Loen)

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Dates of interest for these companies (digital song releases) or in other words, why Infinity Challenge domination would matter to them:

< CCM >
SPEED (1/15)

<Woollim>
INFINITE (1/11 Unit)

<Starship>
Boyfriend (1/10)
SISTAR (February Unit)

<JellyFish>
VIXX (1/7)

<Cube>
4minute (1/17 Unit)

<TS>
B.A.P. (1/15)

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Cube CEO Hong Seung Sung' 1/13 tweet s also being used as grounds for suspicion in relation to the case: "Is the music chart a joke, this is pathetic"

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CNBLUE's CEO of FNC Entertainment also recentl gave an interview egarding the Infinity Challenge case: "It's become a trend for variety programs to release digital songs as a type of event. While I respect the decision, I also see that it's extremely difficult for singers to land a slot on music programs to promote themselves so it's upsetting to think that a popular variety program can use its status to launch its song to the #1 position immediately."

Source: Netizenbuzz, Telzone

I can see where they're coming from but then these companies take actor jobs so yeah, glass houses and all. To anyone wondering what the whole KEPA business is can read it here. They're also the same organisation that went after JYJ, Hangeng and threatened to destroy Kara's career after their contract problems.

Comments

[soramai.livejournal.com]

Vice Chairman: Kim Kwang Soo (CCM)

lol, why I'm not surprised.

[izabera.livejournal.com]

So what is KEPA exactly? a private group that protects the interests of small and medium entertainment companies or did I misunderstand something?

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

They're a Entertainment Producer's association. From the looks of it they're a group that use Hallyu to protect personal interests. Basically like a mob made of medium sized companies and above because Mnet owns CCM.

[izabera.livejournal.com]

mob sounds about right then. I don't usually pay much attention to who-owns-who but it explains so much.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that for once the big 3 aren't involved in this bullshit.

And I'm not a surprised at all that the cube and starship are involved in this (i ready knew about CCM), but the fact that woolim, ts and jellyfish are part of this mess.

BTW I think that this whole thing is ridiculous, it's not IC's fault that the korean public wants their songs and not their idols.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

People were saying SM was behind it all, KEPA did go after JYJ so you never know. But KKS always seems to be at the top of the shit pyramid. How shady is this guy.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be surprised if SM had helped, HOWEVER i also wouldn't be surprised at all if they had nothing to do with it and it was KEPA's doing, because KKS hates with the fire of athousand suns when idols aren't the soulless puppets that will do everything he and other big bosses want.

[devilsatin.livejournal.com]

I never got why he was condemning another group for doing the same thing JYJ did at the same time he gave Junsu the lead role in the musical he produced (Tears of Heaven)

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

money, because really he never approved that jyj did, that goes against all of his principles, and money to him is the most important thing, no matter what, this is why he treats the t-ara girls like replaceable shit and kara was acting like the female devil who dared to fight fo their rights.~

[clayray3290.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity, why are you not surprised about Cube and Starship? What kind of shady dealings have they been apart of that you know about?

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

it's not that i know anything, i always had my reasons to dislike them, i have no evidence.

[rachelrainna.livejournal.com]

idk about cube, but i know starship has sistar and there was an issue about them cheating their sales or something like that?

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

No that was butthurt elf, they probably do buy back albums and Starship inflates views on YT (but then so does everyone) but their digital score was legit.

[lee-chikin.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is like the new Evil League of Evil!
I will call KKS "Bad Horse" from now on.

[seung-is-my-ho.livejournal.com]

epic comment deserves a gif :)

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

ccm -.- no one is stopping speed from getting the 50th place.

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

The fellowship of the butthurt.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

lol perfect name

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

I love you!

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

ilu2 dongwoo! but pls tell Woollim to stay outta this mess!

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

CEO rather spend his time doing cameos in our videos

[fantaesticbaby.livejournal.com]

ikr

[flumes.livejournal.com]

i have no idea what's happening tbh

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

A sing from Infinity Challenge has been slaying the charts. Then someone got butthurt and KEPA wants to stop Infinity Challenge to release songs. Something like "they should leave singing to professionals." Basically, they don't want comedians' songs as competition.

[flumes.livejournal.com]

wow...

then maybe these groups should release better fucking songs

[hina.livejournal.com]

I wonder who the head Chairman is, if KKS is Vice?

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

probably satan himself.

[royu-kiyo.livejournal.com]

Him
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Him_ebd149_1685603.jpg

[seung-is-my-ho.livejournal.com]

first bad horse and now this XD

[pon-pon-pink.livejournal.com]

just stop putting out over 100 new bands every year and musicians wouldn't have to struggle to get slots in music programs @_@

[oliwon.livejournal.com]

that's a list, I'm glad that WMEnt. isn't in it XD

[shabirah.livejournal.com]

Me too. So glad that WME is not part of this fuckin useless organisation.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

I never thought jellyfish ent was relevant enough for this but I guess with VIXX they're gaining popularity

[crazyxcami.livejournal.com]

Jellyfish has Park Hyoshin,Sung Si Kyung & Seo In Gook...they are very relevant (especially in Digital Charts) XD. They once had Brian too.

[kanbinayume.livejournal.com]

I just never thought they were mainstream enough to be considered along with these other companies

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

I don't really know anything about the others, and this is a conspiracy theory after all, but b.a.p's 1/15 release is Rain Sound, which they were not promoting anyway. I highly, highly doubt they were shooting that high with it in the first place. The actual comeback is in February (though I don't know if that still puts infinity challenge "in its way" or not. XD)

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

Although the rumor was that they were originally having a comeback in January, not February, even though that had not been confirmed by TSEnt. I suppose one can imagine they realized infinity challenge was coming up, went sjga;j;lsajdsl, and changed plans? XD (But then why downgrade to another mini, guys!!!!!)

[earthequality.livejournal.com]

KEPA could very well be a monopoly with how many members across the board they have from not just companies, but stations.

[karatefeelings.livejournal.com]

Fascinating~ I love conspiracy theories. Team Infinity Challenge obviously!

[seung-is-my-ho.livejournal.com]

tbh I'm just happy that this isn't another netizen's rehashed illuminati conspiracy theory.