CJ ENM Entertainment Division

CJ ENM Entertainment Division[1]
Native name
씨제이이엔엠 엔터테인먼트 부문
Formerly
  • O Media Holdings (2010–2011)
  • CJ E&M (2011–2018)
Company typeDivision
KRX: 130960
(15 October 2010 to 1 July 2018)
Industry
Predecessor
  • CJ O Shopping media division
  • CJ Media
  • On-Media
  • Mnet Media
  • CJ Entertainment
  • CJ Games
  • CJ Internet
FoundedOctober 15, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-15) (as O Media Holdings)
FounderCJ Group
SuccessorCJ ENM
(as a standalone public company)
Headquarters
CJ ENM Center (Sangamsanro 66, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
CJ ENM Ilsan Studio (Daehwaro 369, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi)
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
NICO (CEO)[1]
Parent
Websitewww.cjenm.com/ko/[a]

CJ ENM Entertainment Division (Korean: 씨제이이엔엠 엔터테인먼트 부문), formerly known as CJ E&M, is a South Korean entertainment and mass media division (formerly company) of CJ ENM. In July 2018, the company merged with the parent company's subsidiary CJ O Shopping, with the latter being the surviving entity.

History

CJ E&M was established as O Media Holdings in 2010.[citation needed]

In 2011, the company renamed to CJ E&M (short for CJ Entertainment & Media) following the merger of seven CJ Group company : CJ Media, On-Media, Mnet Media, CJ Entertainment, CJ Games, CJ Internet, and the media division of CJ O Shopping.[2]

In 2016, CJ E&M sets up its South East Asia headquarter in Hong Kong in a bid to expand the group's major development plan in Asia.[3]

In 2018, CJ E&M established an office in Singapore to advance the company's channel distribution and advertising sales support in the region.[4] In May 2018, it was announced that CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping merged into new company CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment and Merchandising), which will be launched on July 1.[5][6]

Business

Present

Media Content – operating as a media company and television program production.[7]

Film – operating as a film production company, film publishing house, film investment production.

Music – operating as an artists management, record label, music production company, event management, concert production company, music publishing house and entertainment investment company.

Convention – operating as a concert production company, festival production and producing award event.[24]

  • MAMA Awards
  • KCON
  • Valley Rock Music & Arts Festival
  • Get It Beauty CON
  • OLive CON

Performing Arts – operating as a theatrical production company.

Animation – operating as an animation production company, animation publishing house, animation investment production and merchandising animation content.

  • InfinityOne Comics Entertainment
  • Studio Bazooka[25]
  • CJ ENM Studios
    • Cartoon Family

Media Solution – developing and producing marketing content and providing integrated marketing solutions.

Former

  • Belift Lab (51.5%) – a joint venture with Hybe Corporation – later sold its shares to Hybe in August 2023.[26][27]
  • CJ E&M Game Division – publisher and developer of games – spun off in 2014 as an independent company named CJ Netmarble (Korean: 씨제이넷마블; RR: CJ Netmabul, later renamed as Netmarble*).[28]
  • Eccho Rights – based in Sweden[29] – later bought by Night Train Media.[30]

* denotes a company wherein CJ ENM or any of its subsidiaries has a minority interest.

Controversies

In April 2015, CJ E&M was accused of mobilizing young employees to fill the seats of its annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders in an attempt to silence shareholders.[31]

In October 2015, CJ E&M and its US-based subsidiary CJ E&M America were sued by Seoul-based music agency DFSB Kollective for copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the Central District Court of California, with the latter seeking to get $50 million. Responding to the suit, CJ E&M accused DFSB of being unhappy on the final decision on a similar lawsuit filed in Seoul in 2011. The first trial was set for 1 March 2016 after the court rejected CJ E&M's motion to dismiss the case.[32][33][34]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly www.cjenm.com until July 1, 2018; the former domain is now under CJ ENM.

References

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