Should HYBE have bought Starship, Fantagio and Jellyfish?

Why these three specifically?

Like Seoged, why? Maybe Starship for its revenue, but other than that, nope. FNC would be a better choice than Fantagio, as they mainly deal with rock, so that's a good contender. Jellyfish is a dead fish.

Ew I hate Starshit but please keep IVE away from that oily blob of a mess that is Bang

Monopoly is NEVER a good thing.

Guess what they gonna do to Ive and Wy especially...

They should have bought the entirety of "Evil SM" and turn it into "Not Evil SM". They're still blacklisting my man Kim Jaejoong for like 15 years straight now.

I'd rather see smaller companies merge than any be bought by Hybe.

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They should have bought the entirety of "Evil SM" and turn it into "Not Evil SM". They're still blacklisting my man Kim Jaejoong for like 15 years straight now.

SM-Kakao is the heart of all evil in Kpop, i'm beginning to believe that. Everything rotten in Kpop, from slave contracts to squeezing every ounce of blood from an idol to keep the machine alive, they were there are the very beginning. We saw what they did to anyone who dared to stand in their way.

As for the OP, i once wishcasted that Bang himself would sell off much of his stake in Hybe and just buyout Ive from Starshit and Lesserafim from Source. With Wonyoung, Yujin, Sakura and Chaewon onboard, it would be a pretty easy road to reunite Izone again. I think everyone else would FLOCK to be a part of an Izone reunion project in a year or two.

The coup de grace would be to get It Girl Karina who will be free in 2027 and have her join as the 13th member of Izone.

HELL NO! Stop giving them ideas! If they're just trying to buy Jellyfish, I'm gonna let the monster on rampage!

with all due respect to those companies the only group I know of that is super profitable from those companies is IVE under starship

which other groups or soloists or other talent is worth buying (from a financial pov?)