- CEO
- Won-Yeong Choi
- Full Time Employees
- 103
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Internet software/Services
- Address
- Seoul South Korea
- IPO Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Business
- D&C Media Co., Ltd. is a South Korea-based digital entertainment and publishing company engaged in the creation, planning, production, publishing, and multi-platform distribution of web novels, webtoons, light novels, and related intellectual property. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates specialized publishing imprints and digital content studios serving diverse literary and visual entertainment genres. Its core product and service portfolio includes fantasy and martial arts web novel publishing under the Papyrus imprint; light novel publication and localization under the Seed Novel and L Novel brands; romance, romance fantasy, and modern drama fiction distributed through the D&C Books, Black Label Club, and It BOOK labels; digital webtoon planning, art production, and serial distribution under the D&C Webtoon banner; physical book printing and retail distribution of serialized graphic novels and light novel volumes; and intellectual property licensing for multimedia adaptations, including animated television series, video games, short-form video content, audio dramas, character merchandise, and crowdfunded consumer goods. The company serves readers and media consumers across South Korea, Japan, North America, Europe, Greater China, and Southeast Asia, primarily distributing digital content through major platform partners such as KakaoPage, Kakao Webtoon, Piccoma, Tapas, and Tappytoon.
In recent strategic and operational developments, D&C Media has accelerated the execution of its One Source Multi-Use expansion strategy to monetize high-profile original intellectual properties across global media ecosystems. The company broadened its licensing revenue through the worldwide rollout of the Solo Leveling franchise, including the broadcast of its anime television series produced in collaboration with A-1 Pictures and Aniplex, the commercial launch of the action role-playing game Solo Leveling: Arise co-developed with Netmarble, and the debut of the sequel webtoon Solo Leveling: Ragnarok. To consolidate creative infrastructure and optimize operating margins, D&C Media completed the absorption merger of its webtoon production subsidiary, D&C Webtoon Biz, fully internalizing its digital drawing and adaptation pipeline. The company also established Play D&C, a joint venture formed with Wemade Play to explore digital content and gaming assets, launched the short-form drama platform Pulspic to enter mobile micro-drama streaming, expanded into virtual creator publishing with IP adaptations for virtual idol groups such as Isegye Idol, and executed capital management initiatives, including the cancellation of treasury shares, to enhance shareholder value.