Kakao Entertainment

Kakao Entertainment
Names
Legal name	Kakao Entertainment Corp. (2021–present) Kakao Page Corp. (2018–2021)
Former name(s)	Podotree (2010–2018) Kakao Page (2018–2021)
Hangul	카카오엔터테인먼트
General information
Type	Public
Founded	July 20, 2010 (as Podotree) August 1, 2018 (as Kakao Page) March 2, 2021 (as Kakao Entertainment)
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Lee Jin-soo (co-CEO) Kim Sung-soo (co-CEO)
Parent	Kakao
Website

Kakao Entertainment (카카오엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company. It was originally founded as Podotree (포도트리는) in 2010 as a content business company that operates Daum Webtoon and Kakao Page.

On January 25, 2021, it was announced that Kakao M would be merging into Kakao Page to form Kakao Entertainment. The merger was finalized on March 2, 2021 with Kakao Page as the surviving company and Kakao M as the defunct company. The company adopts a "company in company" structure where the two entities carries their business activities independently as "M Company" and "Page Company". Kakao Page's Lee Jin-soo and Kakao M's Kim Sung-soo serves as co-CEOs in the company with Lee overseeing the story IPs and platform businesses and Kim overseeing digital, music, and video contents.

History

2022–2023: GIRL'S RE:VERSE

On August 19, 2022, Kakao Entertainment announced that they are currently planning a virtual idol survival program, VIP 30, where 30 K-pop girl group members will compete to debut as a virtual idol girl group and earn the opportunity to release new music. The contestants' identity will be kept hidden and will range from popular idol group members, former idols, and idols looking for a second chance. On October 6, the program was revealed to have chaged its name to GIRL'S RE:VERSE. It premiered on January 2, 2023. On March 6, the final line-up of the virtual girl group FE:VERSE was revealed.

Businesses

• Platforms
  • Daum Webtoon
  • Kakao Page
• Digital contents
• Music contents
  • IST Entertainment (formerly Play M)
  • Starship Entertainment
  • EDAM Entertainment
  • Bluedot Entertainment
  • High Up Entertainment
  • Antenna (2021–present)
  • FLEX M
  • 1theK
  • Showtime
• Video contents
  • Story & Pictures Media
  • Logos Film
  • Mega Monster
  • Baram Pictures
  • Sanai Pictures
  • Moonlight Film
  • Awesome Entertainment
  • BH Entertainment
  • Vast Entertainment & Media
  • J,Wide-Company
  • King Kong by Starship Entertainment
  • Soop Management
  • 3Y Corporation

Former subsidiaries

• Cre.ker Entertainment

Artists

Groups

• GOMAK BOYS (2022–present)
• FE:VERSE (2023–present)

Trainees

• Jung Jee Hoo (2023–present)

Official links

• Website

Friends Auditions

• Facebook
• Twitter