{"id":822210,"date":"2025-01-26T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/webtoon-entertainment-named-to-inc-s-2024-best-in-business-list\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:12:19","slug":"webtoon-entertainment-named-to-inc-s-2024-best-in-business-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/webtoon-entertainment-named-to-inc-s-2024-best-in-business-list\/","title":{"rendered":"WEBTOON Entertainment Named to Inc.\u2019s 2024 Best In Business List"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"334c1deb-75b3-4e81-a38d-9ef88946668b\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Author of the article:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Business Wire\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6eb3d9798bf2f3cbcf1e6e6a47e4846?s=70&#038;d=mp\"  aria-labelledby=\"wire-company-name\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Published Dec 03, 2024<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<p><i>WEBTOON Entertainment recognized for driving creativity through digital storytelling and commitment to supporting global creators<\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (\u201cWEBTOON Entertainment\u201d), a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world\u2019s largest storytelling platforms, today announced its inclusion on Inc.\u2019s 2024 Best in Business list in the Media category. WEBTOON Entertainment is one of 215 companies selected out of thousands of applicants in the list\u2019s fifth year. 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Earlier this year, WEBTOON Entertainment CEO &#038; Founder Junkoo Kim was named to <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"Bloomberg Businessweeku2019s Screentime Ones to Watch List for 2024\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Ffeatures%2F2024-screentime-ones-to-watch%2F&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=Bloomberg+Businessweek%26%238217%3Bs+Screentime+Ones+to+Watch+List+for+2024&#038;index=1&#038;md5=ad2abee74eb328eb274d37f6db3becca\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Ffeatures%2F2024-screentime-ones-to-watch%2F&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=Bloomberg+Businessweek%26%238217%3Bs+Screentime+Ones+to+Watch+List+for+2024&#038;index=1&#038;md5=ad2abee74eb328eb274d37f6db3becca\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">Bloomberg Businessweek\u2019s Screentime Ones to Watch List for 2024<\/a>. In 2023, the company was named one of Fast Company\u2019s The World\u2019s Most Innovative Companies, ranking in the Top 10 of the overall list and No. 1 in the Media category.<\/p>\n<p>WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s pioneering innovation created an entirely new content category, the mobile vertical scroll webcomic. With ~170 million monthly active users, and ~24 million creators around the world, WEBTOON Entertainment has become massively influential among global audiences, while fueling a stream of hits for entertainment companies around the world. Today, WEBTOON Entertainment content can be found on screens and bookshelves everywhere, with adaptations like Sweet Home and Through My Window on Netflix, Vigilante on Disney+, Sidelined: The QB and Me on Tubi, Tower of God on Crunchyroll, and many more. Some of the world\u2019s most recognizable brands partner with WEBTOON Entertainment to reach new audiences, including Duolingo, BTS management company HYBE, Ubisoft, Atlantic Records, DC Comics, and others.<\/p>\n<p data-async>For more information or to see the complete list, please visit <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"Inc.com\/Best-In-Busin\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Finc.com%2Fbest-in-business&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=Inc.com%2FBest-In-Busin&#038;index=2&#038;md5=d33ae0707d95b733e511fb949bada683\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Finc.com%2Fbest-in-business&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=Inc.com%2FBest-In-Busin&#038;index=2&#038;md5=d33ae0707d95b733e511fb949bada683\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">Inc.com\/Best-In-Busin<\/a> <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"ess\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Finc.com%2Fbest-in-business&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=ess&#038;index=3&#038;md5=477006c7a5a265a8ceb26df4da20b685\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Finc.com%2Fbest-in-business&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=ess&#038;index=3&#038;md5=477006c7a5a265a8ceb26df4da20b685\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">ess<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-async><b>About Inc. <br \/><\/b>Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.\u2019s award-winning work achieves a monthly brand footprint of more than 40 million across a variety of channels, including events, digital, print, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since its launch as the Inc. 100 in 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The recognition that comes with inclusion on this and other prestigious Inc. lists, such as Female Founders and Power Partners, gives the founders of top businesses the opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"www.inc.com\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D4273244-1%26h%3D2683312614%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fc212.net%252Fc%252Flink%252F%253Ft%253D0%2526l%253Den%2526o%253D4232221-1%2526h%253D2258755151%2526u%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.inc.com%25252F%2526a%253Dwww.inc.com%26a%3Dwww.inc.com&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=www.inc.com&#038;index=4&#038;md5=322969047a04d8afbdce30739e2154f8\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D4273244-1%26h%3D2683312614%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fc212.net%252Fc%252Flink%252F%253Ft%253D0%2526l%253Den%2526o%253D4232221-1%2526h%253D2258755151%2526u%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.inc.com%25252F%2526a%253Dwww.inc.com%26a%3Dwww.inc.com&#038;esheet=54160990&#038;newsitemid=20241203926892&#038;lan=en-US&#038;anchor=www.inc.com&#038;index=4&#038;md5=322969047a04d8afbdce30739e2154f8\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">www.inc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><b>About WEBTOON Entertainment <br \/><\/b>WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world\u2019s largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.<\/p>\n<p>With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company\u2019s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>With approximately 170 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s IP &#038; Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad\u2013the world\u2019s leading webnovel platform\u2013Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&#038;sty=20241203926892r1&#038;sid=cnpm5&#038;distro=ftp\" alt><\/p>\n<p data-async><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span> <span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"> <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20241203926892\/en\/\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20241203926892\/en\/\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20241203926892\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20241203926892\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20241203926892\/en\/2321251\/3\/WEBTOON_Logo_Green_%284%29.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Contacts<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-async>Lauren Hopkinson <br \/><a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"<span \n                data-original-string='e\/3xVe17jRoJPNI2omSCNw==7f4ifWOm4RxZrOTLwqJ0qN0XFBeCP95zvGiiA4WtgslPwo='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. 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