 CyberAgent logo since 2015 | |
.png) CyberAgent's headquarters at Abema Towers inShibuya, Tokyo, in 2023 | |
| CyberAgent | |
Native name | 株式会社サイバーエージェント |
Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Saibāējento |
| Company type | Public |
| TYO:4751 | |
| ISIN | JP3311400000 |
| Industry | Online advertising Media andEntertainment Streaming media Video games |
| Founded | March 18, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-03-18) |
| Founder | Susumu Fujita |
| Headquarters | Abema Towers, 150-0042Shibuya, Tokyo ,Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Susumu Fujita (president and CEO) |
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| Services | Licensing |
| Revenue |  ¥30.4 billion (2019) |
| ¥30,825 million (2019) | |
| ¥16,131 million (2019) | |
| Total assets | ¥224,876 million (2019) |
| Owner | Susumu Fujita (20.50%) |
Number of employees | 5,282 (2019) |
| Subsidiaries | Abema (55.2%) Ameba Cygames (69%) CyberFight Craft Egg CyberZ FC Machida Zelvia CCPR Sirok GCrest Griphone Nitroplus (72.5%) Sumzap WinTicket TV Asahi (8%) |
| Website | www |
CyberAgent Inc. (株式会社サイバーエージェント,Kabushiki-gaisha Saibāējento) is a Japanese digital advertising company, which was founded in 1998 by Susumu Fujita and headquartered inShibuya, Tokyo.[1][2][3] It is owned by Susumu Fujita with 20.50% interest; Fujita is the representative director, while Yusuke Hidaka is the executive vice president.[4][5]
CyberAgent is listed on theTokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of theNikkei 225 since 2000.[6]
In 2016, it established a live streaming service calledFresh Live.[7] On April 1, 2016 it was transferred to CyberAgent subsidiary AbemaTV and its name was changed toAbemaTV Fresh!,[8] and on June 26, 2018 its name was changed toFresh Live.[9] Termination of the service began on February 12, 2019, when the creation of new channels, in addition to archiving and other functions, was disabled for most channels. Complete closure of the service on November 30, 2020, was announced on October 9, 2020. Since 2019, CyberAgent integrated the service with Openrec.tv, another live streaming service operated by CyberAgent subsidiary CyberZ, and some channels migrated to that service.[10][11][12]
In April 2015 a former employee of CyberAgent accused the company of unauthorized stealing of articles and images, inappropriate quoting, andundercover marketing were often pointed out withBuzzFeed Japan also accused the company of the same thing but the allegations were later denied.[13][14][15]
In the fall of 2016,DeNA'shealthcare information website "WELQ" had a problem due to inappropriate content and inappropriate citations, and from December 1 to 2, 2016, thousands of articles related to medical and health related to “Spotlight” and a few percent of approximately 35,000 articles related to by.S were deleted.[citation needed] CyberAgent explained that the privately held articles were written by registered users and with the company claiming could not be fully verified with addiction expanded the scope of private disclosure, and deleted all articles posted by registered users on both websites. A total of less than 100,000 articles were deleted.[16][17][18]
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