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Naver’s US$600 million acquisition of Wattpad, announced early this year, is completed just as potential competition arrives from Amazon’s new Kindle Vella and Seoul’s Kakao. In Seoul, a line of bus passengers and their cell phones during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Wonseok Jang South Korea’s Kakao Is Also a Buyer: Radish and Tapas In January, as you’ll recall, it was announced that the Toronto-based Wattpad was to be acquired by Naver, a South Korean Internet search engine conglomerate, the home of Webtoon, a digital comics platform. In its mes...
Wattpad co-founders Allen Lau (left) and Ivan Yuen Naver, the South Korean internet conglomerate that owns digital comics platform Webtoon, has completed its acquisition of Canada-based digital storytelling platform Wattpad. The US$600m deal, which was announced early this year, aligns Wattpad with Webtoon, with the aim of bringing more new, diverse voices to screens and bookstores around the world. Wattpad will remain headquartered in Canada under the continued leadership of co-founders Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen. Lau, who is also CEO, will report to Webtoon CEO Jun Koo Kim. As part of Naver, W...
Wattpad Storytelling App Sold for $600 Million to South Korean Firm Naver Etan Vlessing The Canadian storytelling app Wattpad has unveiled a deal to be acquired by Naver, the South Korean Internet conglomerate and home of Webtoon, the global digital comics platform as part of a cash and stock deal valued at $600 million. The acquisition, when completed, will combine Wattpad and Webtoon into a platform with a joint global monthly audience of 160 million users. Wattpad will remain headquartered in Toronto under the leadership of co-founders Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen, and its board...
TORONTO - One of Canada's most prominent technology darlings is being sold to a South Korean internet conglomerate in a US$600-million deal.Toronto-based on