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 in Shibuya, 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 Inc.
CyberAgent
Native name
株式会社サイバーエージェント
Kabushiki-gaisha Saibāējento
Company typePublic
TYO: 4751
ISINJP3311400000
IndustryOnline advertising
Media and Entertainment
Streaming media
Video games
FoundedMarch 18, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-18)
FounderSusumu Fujita
Headquarters
Abema Towers, 150-0042 Shibuya, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Susumu Fujita
(President and CEO)
Products
ServicesLicensing
RevenueIncrease ¥30.4 billion (2019)
Increase¥30,825 million (2019)
Increase¥16,131 million (2019)
Total assetsIncrease¥224,876 million (2019)
OwnerSusumu Fujita
(20.50%)
Number of employees
5,282 (2019)
SubsidiariesAbema (55.2%)
Ameba
Cygames (69%)
CyberFight
Craft Egg
CyberZ
FC Machida Zelvia
CCPR
Sirok
GCrest
Griphone
Nitroplus (72.5%)
Sumzap
WinTicket
TV Asahi (8%)
Websitewww.cyberagent.co.jp

CyberAgent is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 since 2000.[6]

In 2016, it established a live streaming service called Fresh Live.[7] On April 1, 2016 it was transferred to CyberAgent subsidiary AbemaTV and its name was changed to AbemaTV Fresh!,[8] and on June 26, 2018 its name was changed to Fresh 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]

Controversies and criticism

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In April 2015 a former employee of CyberAgent accused the company of unauthorized stealing of articles and images, inappropriate quoting, and undercover marketing were often pointed out with BuzzFeed Japan also accused the company of the same thing but the allegations were later denied.[13][14][15]

In the fall of 2016, DeNA's healthcare 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]

See also

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References

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  9. ^ "ライブ配信サービス「Fresh!」がブランド刷新し、「Fresh Live」へ名称変更 配信者が番組への応援を募る"プロジェクト機能"の正式提供を開始". 株式会社サイバーエージェント. 2018-06-26. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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  15. ^ 播磨谷拓巳 「悪質記事は神への冒涜」 サイバーエージェント「Spotlight」を殴るヨッピーに聞いた Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine BuzzFeed Japan 2016/12/09
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