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Native name | (주)드림어스컴퍼니 |
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| Formerly | ReignCom iRiver |
| Company type | Public |
| KRX:060570 | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics Music[1] |
| Founded | January 20, 1999; 26 years ago (1999-01-20) |
| Founder | Yang Duk-jun [ko] and six others |
| Headquarters | iRiver House, 5 Bangbae-ro 18-gil,Bangbae-dong,Seocho-gu,Seoul,South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Lee Ki-young (CEO) |
| Revenue |  US$51,649[2] |
 US$280[2] (2015) | |
| US$589[2] (2015) | |
| Total assets | US$56,081[2] (2015) |
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| Parent | SK Square (SK Telecom) |
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| Website | www |
Dreamus is anelectronics andentertainment company founded in 1999 originally asReignCom. Currently headquartered in South Korea (and formerly in the United States), it is the parent company of South Korean-basediRiver,Astell & Kern and FLO, as well as Yurion and Funcake Entertainment Services. Since 2014, it has been a subsidiary ofSK Telecom when it was formerly known as iRiver.[5]
Seven formerSamsung executives created the company in 1999 and made itsIPO on theKOSDAQ, a Korean stock exchange, in 2003. Duk-Jun Yang, one of the founders, became the CEO of the company.
ReignCom announced in May 2006 that it would adjust its focus toward handheld mobile gaming. It has reported sluggish sales for its music player business, including a loss of 35.58 billion (US$36.68 million) in 2005, compared with a net profit of 43.46 billion in 2004.
In 2009, ReignCom was renamed as iRiver.[6]
In August 2014, SK Telecom acquired iRiver for 30 billion won.[7]
In January 2015, music streaming platform Music Mate was launched.[8]
On July 17, 2017 SM Entertainment acquired a stake in iRiver and became the second largest shareholder.[9]
On January 31, 2018, it was announced that, parent company SK Telecom along with entertainment agenciesSM Entertainment,JYP Entertainment, andHybe Corporation (formerly known as Bighit Entertainment) would collaborate and launch aB2B music distribution and aB2C music service platform.[10][11] As part of this agreement, beginning from February 1, iRiver would distribute JYP and Big Hit’s album and digital music contents.[12] HYBE would later go on to strike a distribution deal withYG Plus in January 27, 2021 hence no longer partnering with Dreamus.[13]
On December 11, 2018 it was announced that the company will update and rename the existing music streaming service 'Music Mate' to the new music platform 'FLO'.[7]
On March 28, 2019, iRiver announced that they would rename toDreamus Company.[14]
On November 18, 2021 Dreamus partnered with entertainment agencyRBW and FLO and signed an exclusive performance partnership contract, with this Dreamus owns a 2.04% stake in RBW.[15]
On November 29, 2021 SK Telecom, originally Dreamus' parent company, created and spun off SK Square, with Dreamus becoming a subsidiary of SK Square.[16]
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