CJ ENM Entertainment Division


CJ ENM Entertainment Division, formerly known as CJ E&M, is a South Korean entertainment and mass media division of CJ ENM. In July 2018, the company merged with the parent company's subsidiary CJ O Shopping, with the latter being the surviving entity.
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History

CJ E&M was established as
O Media Holdings in 2010.
In 2011, the company renamed to CJ E&M following the merger of seven CJ Group company : CJ Media, On-Media, Mnet Media, CJ Entertainment, CJ Games, CJ Internet, and the media division of CJ O Shopping.
In 2016, CJ E&M sets up its South East Asia headquarter in Hong Kong in a bid to expand the group's major development plan in Asia.
In 2018, CJ E&M established an office in Singapore to advance the company's channel distribution and advertising sales support in the region. In May 2018, it was announced that CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping merged into new company CJ ENM, which will be launched on July 1.

Business

Present

Media Content – operating as a media company and television program production.
Film – operating as a film production company, film publishing house, film investment production.
Music – operating as an artists management, record label, music production company, event management, concert production company, music publishing house and entertainment investment company.Management
Convention – operating as a concert production company, festival production and producing award event.
Performing Arts – operating as a theatrical production company.
Animation – operating as an animation production company, animation publishing house, animation investment production and merchandising animation content.
  • InfinityOne Comics Entertainment
  • Studio Bazooka
  • CJ ENM Studios
  • * Cartoon Family
Media Solution – developing and producing marketing content and providing integrated marketing solutions.

Former

  • OCN family of networks
  • * OCN
  • * OCN Movies
  • * OCN Movies 2
  • * OCN Studio
  • Belift Lab – a joint venture with Hybe Corporation – later sold its shares to Hybe in August 2023.
  • CJ E&M Game Division – publisher and developer of games – spun off in 2014 as an independent company named CJ Netmarble.
  • Eccho Rights – based in Sweden – later bought by Night Train Media.
  • denotes a company wherein CJ ENM or any of its subsidiaries has a minority interest.

Controversies

In April 2015, CJ E&M was accused of mobilizing young employees to fill the seats of its annual general meeting of shareholders in an attempt to silence shareholders.
In October 2015, CJ E&M and its US-based subsidiary CJ E&M America were sued by Seoul-based music agency DFSB Kollective for copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the Central District Court of California, with the latter seeking to get $50 million. Responding to the suit, CJ E&M accused DFSB of being unhappy on the final decision on a similar lawsuit filed in Seoul in 2011. The first trial was set for 1 March 2016 after the court rejected CJ E&M's motion to dismiss the case.