Lee Byung-hun, followed by Gong Yoo, and Lee Min-ho. Kakao Comprehensive Contents affiliate KakaoM continues its aggressive takeover.
According to a number of entertainment industry officials on the 27th, KakaoM takes over MYM Entertainment, which Lee Min-ho belongs to.
MYM Entertainment is a one-person agency founded by Lee Min-ho's sister, Yuporia Seoul Lee Yoon-jung, and Star House Entertainment Chang Young-hoon in 2016.
KakaoM entered the management industry in March 2016, starting with Melon takeover, Starship Entertainment and PlayM Entertainment, which belonged to Melon.
Especially since last year, we have been growing into a comprehensive entertainer by raising the enthusiasm for taking over the Actor specialist agency. In June last year, Lee Byung-hun and Han Ji-min's BH Entertainment, Kim Tae-ri and Lee Sang-yoon's Jay Wide Company, Gong Yoo, Gong Hyo-jin and Jeon Do-yeon's management forests were taken over.
Song Jung-ki and Park Bo-gum considered the blossom entertainment takeover, but Movie - The Negotiation broke down earlier this year. Instead, he took the strand by working with MYM Entertainment, which was discharged in June. In addition, Awesome Entertainment, which belongs to Park Seo-joon, and VAST Entertainment, which belongs to Hyun Bin, are also in the final movement - The Negotiation.
When the takeover work is completed, KakaoM will have 86 Actors (22 BH Entertainment, 30 Jaywide Company, 14 Management Forest, 1 MYM Entertainment, 13 Awesome Entity, and 6 VAST Entertainment). In particular, there are more than five Actors who receive more than 100 million won per drama, and there are no entertainment companies.
This aggressive investment shows the direction of KakaoM toward the video content business in the future. Through the Kakao page, we have already secured intellectual property rights such as next webtoon and web novel. In 2017, he established Megamonster in a joint venture with Studio Dragon, and has the capacity to produce it.