Koreaboo

Koreaboo (코리아부)
Web address http://www.koreaboo.com
Slogan breaking k-pop news, photos, and viral videos
Available in English
Launched 04 October 2010, 5 years ago
Alexa rank
 Increase Global: 6,567/US: 3,543 (04/2015)[1]
Current status Active

Koreaboo is an English-language web portal for viral Korean content. Launched on October 4, 2010, it has grown to become one of the most popular content platforms for international readers[2] with over 7 million readers worldwide.

The website mostly focuses on the Korean entertainment and celebrity industries, but has expanded into reporting on trending cultural, technology, and lifestyle news to great success.[3]

Since launching in 2010, Koreaboo has expanded its reach by producing multiple concerts, festivals, and auditions. By 2012, Koreaboo caught the attention of Korean mega-conglomerate CJ E&M and co-founded KCON, the largest K-Pop convention held in the United States.[4]

Koreaboo is also credited with first discovering Korean singer Wendy, who is now part of SM Entertainment's girl group Red Velvet, in 2010 during their Cube Entertainment Auditions in Vancouver, BC.[5]

Koreaboo's CEO Flowsion Shekar was quoted in Billboard Magazine regarding his participation in the first K-Pop panel at SXSW in 2012.[6] He participated alongside noteworthy panelists Ted Kim (Executive VP of CJ Entertainment), David Zedeck (CAA), and Jeff Yang (Columnist for The Wall Street Journal), with the panel moderated by Sang Cho (Chief Operating Officer of Mnet America).[7] He was also quoted representing Koreaboo in an article by The Wall Street Journal regarding Girls’ Generation's historic win at the first-ever YouTube Music Awards in 2013.[8]

On January 3, 2015, Koreaboo and Korean media portal Dispatch announced that they had entered into an exclusive partnership to deliver Dispatch's Korean content in real-time in English through Koreaboo.[9] Two days later on January 5, 2015, Koreaboo and TV Report also announced an exclusive partnership, which allows TV Report's wide variety of Korean news to be translated and consistently covered by Koreaboo before other international media sites.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "koreaboo.com Site Overview". Alexa.com. Alexa Internet. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeong, Huiseo (20 January 2015). ""윤미래-CL-디애나까지"…K-POP 대표 여성래퍼 9인" (in Korean). XPORTSMEDIA. XPORTSNEWS. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Koreaboo - breaking k-pop news, photos and viral videos". Koreaboo.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "About Koreaboo". Koreaboo.com. Koreaboo. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "[HD] RED VELVET♫ WENDY SHON CUBE ENTERTAINMENT AUDITION FINALS // 레드벨벳 웬디 손 큐브 엔터테인먼트 FINALS". YouTube.com. Koreaboo. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Hampp, Andrew (16 March 2012). "Secrets Behind K-Pop's Global Success Explored at SXSW Panel". Billboard. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Do Music Moguls Know a Secret About K-Pop?". http://www.sxsw.com/. SXSW. Retrieved 24 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ Yang, Jeff (4 November 2013). "Why Girls’ Generation and K-Pop Won Big at the YouTube Music Awards". Dow Jones & Company. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Koreaboo and Dispatch announce exclusive partnership". Koreaboo. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Koreaboo and TV Report announce exclusive partnership". Koreaboo. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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