Thursday, June 21, 2012

JYP High-Level Official States Need to Regulate Managers Involved in Illegal Acts



JYP Entertainment’s CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Pyo Jong Rok pointed out the problems inherent in the highly debated manager licensing policy. He also touched on the need to curb managers who engage in illegal deeds.

Pyo Jong Rok, former lawyer, attended the ‘Public Hearing for the Establishment and Revision of the Standard Contract in Popular Culture and Arts’ held on June 20 in Seoul.

He managed to bring up many practical problems with exclusive contracts from the agency’s point of view, and offer rational solutions.

When a speaker stated that there is a need to consider taking up the manager licensing policy, Pyo Jong Rok argued, “I believe the manager listing policy that’s been gaining support recently will have more ill effects than good.”

He added, “There are, however, still some instances where the management companies use violence on their celebrities or violate their privacy. If the managers have engaged in serious illegal deeds, there is a need to ban or suspend them from working as managers and also block such people from being hired.”

The day’s hearing took place with two parts, the first being about improvements that could be made to the standard exclusive contract for pop culture artists and the second about the revision in standard contracts regarding their media appearances.

The event was hosted by professor Son Mu Hyun of Hanyang University’s applied music department, and was attended by YG Entertainment CEO Choi Sung Jun, JYP Entertainment CFO Pyo Jong Rok, Vice-President Hong Jong Gu of the Corea Entertainment Management Association, CEO Hwang Dong Sub of the Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association, the head of Samhwa Networks Ahn Je Hyun, Director Gu Bon Geun of the SBS Drama Center, producers, performers, associations, academia and broadcasting officials.

Source:eNewsWorld

0 comments:

Post a Comment