Line Corporation

Line Corporation, located in Tokyo, is a Japanese subsidiary of the South Korean

Line Corporation, Ltd.
internet search giant Naver Corporation. The company's business is mainly
associated with the development of mobile applications andInternet services.[1]

Contents
1 History
2 Products
2.1 Line
2.2 Line Webtoon
2.3 Livedoor
2.4 Music
2.5 Mobile video games
3 References
4 External links

History
Line Corporation was founded on September 4, 2000, as Hangame Japan
Corporation, a South Korean game company owned by Naver. On August 24, 2003,
Native name Line
the company was renamed as NHN Japan Corporation. From April 1, 2013, the
company is traded as Line Corporation.[2] Type Public
Traded as TYO: 3938,
NYSE: LN
Products
Industry Internet and
Telecommunications
Line Predecessor NHN Japan

Line is a smartphone PC and Mac app which allows users to make calls and Founded Tokyo, Japan
messaging with other Line users, both nationally and internationally. The service (September 4, 2000)
was launched in June 2011, and it is being used in230 countries around the world. Founder Naver Corporation
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan

Line Webtoon Area served worldwide

Key people Takeshi Idezawa,
Line Webtoon is a major global webtoon syndicate.
CEO
Products Line, Naver,
Livedoor Livedoor

Livedoor is a Japanese web portal. It also operates a blogging service, Livedoor Revenue 120.7B (2015)
Blog, as well as a news portalLivedoor News. Number of 1,438
employees
Parent Naver Corporation
Music (80.3%)
Line Music is a music streaming service that is available inJapan and Thailand. Subsidiaries Line Plus
Corporation
Line Business
Mobile video games Partners
Line also publishes mobile video games, including LINE Cookie Run and the
Corporation
DataHotel Co., Ltd.
Disney Tsum Tsum mobile game, based on the Disney Tsum Tsum line of
collectible plushies.[3] It is the ninth top mobile game by revenue of 2015, grossing Website linecorp.com
$326 million in 2015.[4]

References
1. "LINE Corporation" (http://linecorp.com/en/business/). LINE Corporation.
2. http://linecorp.com/en/company/
3. "LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum" (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/line-disney-tsum-tsum/id867964741?mt=8)
. Apple.
Retrieved 27 January 2016.
4. "SuperData's 2015 Stats Place League of Legends And Clash Of Clans At Theop"T (http://mmos.com/news/superda
tas-2015-stats-place-league-of-legends-and-clash-of-clans-at-the-top)
. mmos.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved
27 January 2016.

External links
Line Corporation homepage
Line
Naver Japan
Livedoor
Clova Cloud Virtual Assistant by NAVER/LINE

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