SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean online music content provider KT Music unveiled the country’s first virtual reality-backed music service on Thursday. “Genie VR,” a computer-generated multimedia service that plays the visuals alongside music content, will be provided on a separate section of Genie’s mobile app, the music service maker and distributor said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ E&M, which manages the music site mnet.com, has decided to abolish its ‘recommended music’ section. ‘Recommended music’ refers to songs that are selected by music sites for increased promotion, and are displayed right above the ranking charts. If a song is selected as ‘recommended music’, it is easier [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation, one of the top South Korean girl groups, swept various music charts at home and other Asian countries Wednesday after making a long-awaited return to the music scene. The album’s title piece “Party” topped eight Korean music services, including Genie, Melon and Mnet, as of 9 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – KT chairman Hwang Chang-gyu mentioned its digital music service “Genie” in an email message sent to all employees on September 1 as a success case of paying attention to improving customer service. Indeed, Genie has been growing at the fastest clip recently among all digital music services in Korea. According to [...]