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Monday's appointment replaced the chief product officer, the president of web-novel platform Wattpad and top positions in the company's AI and intellectual property (IP) businesses. The role of chief business officer was newly established.S
Webtoon Entertainment reshuffles leadership in bid to bolster global presence
or the newly installed chief business officer position, Webtoon Entertainment recruited Yeon Go-eun. Yeon will oversee the corporation’s worldwide webcomic platform business — except in Japan — as well as marketing, content and creator management. Yeon is a seasoned business expert who previously worked at Woowa Brothers, a major food delivery platform in Korea, and founded a lifestyle-brand enterprise called Simply O. David J Lee will assume the role of Wattpad president and maintain his incumbent duty as global chief financial officer for Webtoon Entertainment. His dual role will help the company focus more on ad-supported free content and expand its global readership and writer base. Naver acquired Wattpad in 2021. Jang Tae-yeong will oversee the utilization of and operations related to AI. Jang is tasked with building on the corporation’s current AI capability, ranging from content protection and antipiracy innovations to content discovery. He will also direct the AI application in the translation program to help creators connect with new audiences. Jang has served in a leadership role at the company’s machine learning and AI service teams since 2021. He had also worked as a software engineer at Samsung Electronics. Kim Shin-hyung will direct the IP business across Webtoon Entertainment's platforms and subsidiaries. His focus is expected to be on building an IP pipeline that can extend across mainstream media and commerce platforms, such as television, film, gaming and merchandise.
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