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Tag: Wattpad

Naver Acquires Wattpad

January 20, 2021

South Korean internet giant Naver, which owns the global digital comics platform WEBTOON, is acquiring Wattpad in a cash and stock deal valued at more than $600 million.

Wattpad’s Allen Lau

August 8, 2019

The CEO and co-founder of Wattpad talks about the company’s journey from being a modest mobile reading app to an incubator for up-and-coming talent and the power of using data and analytics to identify ideas that will resonate with audiences.

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eOne Enters Content Partnership with Wattpad

October 2, 2017

Entertainment One (eOne) and Wattpad have entered into a new content partnership, which will see original TV, feature film and virtual reality projects being sourced for development from the more than 400 million story uploads on Wattpad.