Kakao Entertainment Shuts Down Tapas, the North American Webtoon Platformhttps://finance.biggo.com/news/628901c2-9536-4e6f-b601-0511b2547c7c
That dot is kinda cute...
>>155570591waitwhat?Isn’t it still one of the premiere places to get webcomics from?
>>155570591There isn't enough info on what will happen to the webcomics or even when will it close. For now I suggest everyone start backing up their favorite comics there now just Incase the worst (and most probable) outcome happens and they blanket delete everything.
>>155570591>South Korea's Kakao Entertainment is shutting down Tapas, the North American webtoon platform it acquired in 2021 for approximately ₩1.1 trillion (approximately $809.6 million). Following last year's closure of the web novel platform Radish, the winding down of Tapas effectively marks a retreat from Kakao Entertainment's strategy of directly operating platforms in North America. Tapas had been a drag on earnings, with a ₩46 billion (approximately $33.9 million) goodwill impairment recognized in Q4 2023. The decision is part of a broader restructuring to consolidate Kakao Entertainment's webtoon and web novel platforms under KakaoPage by year-end. As parent company Kakao pursues a spin-off into Kakao AI and Kakao X, Kakao Entertainment is shifting its global strategy away from directly operating low-margin overseas platforms toward IP utilization, with Japan's Piccoma serving as the anchor for international growth.Okay, so they killed Tapas so that they can later re-release it and it's web novel app under a single app?
lol, so much for webtroon being the future
>>155570591Damn
>>155570591Was there anything remotely good on there?
theres another thread about this too: >>155571398anyways,>>155570966Im not sure. they might just be doing that in asia?
>>155574789There are at least two threads of everything these days.
>>155574789This thread was made first