Mediagene " ( https://www.tnlmediagene.com/ the parent company of TNL Mediagene , has completed a business combination with Blue Ocean Acquisition Corporation, and will be listed on the U.S. stock market NASDAQ in December 2024. We would like to inform you that trading will begin on the 6th (9:30 a.m. Eastern time, 23:30 Japan time) under the ticker symbol "TNMG."
For detailed information regarding this matter, please see below.
https://www.tnlmediagene.com/news/announce/361
The following is a reference translation excerpted from the official English press release. Please see above for detailed information.
[Japanese translation (excerpt from official English press release)]
"TNL Mediagene completes business combination and goes public on NASDAQ - Tokyo and Taipei-based media group welcomes new executives and new investors including partner WOWOW and announces listing"
Tokyo/Taipei – December 6, 2024 – TNL Mediagene , Asia’s next-generation digital media and data group, announced the completion of its previously announced business combination with Blue Ocean Acquisition Corporation. As a result, it will become one of the few media groups in Asia to be listed on NASDAQ, and will begin trading under the ticker symbol "TNMG" on December 6, 2024 (US Eastern Time).
The group, which operates a media, technology and digital studio, operates 22 media brands in Asian markets, including Japan and Taiwan, with monthly sales across categories such as business, news, technology, sports and lifestyle. Reaching over 40 million unique users. Main brands include BUSINESS INSIDER JAPAN , The News Lens, INSIDE, ROOMIE , GIZMODO JAPAN , DIGIDAY JAPAN , and Sports. Includes Sports Vision. We also operate our own advertising network and data products for marketers and sponsor events for B2B and B2C.
"We are very pleased to be one of the few digital media groups in Asia listed on the US market," said Joey Chan, CEO and co-founder of Mediagene “This is an important day for our vision to be the digital media technology company trusted by consumers, advertisers and data partners in the fast-growing Asian market.”
TNL Mediagene was born in 2023 through the business merger of Taiwan's TNL Group and Japan's Mediagene , and has become one of Asia's leading media companies. Both well-known and innovative companies offer advertising and subscription-based products for digital and mobile-based users, operating in two of Asia's most economically powerful markets. I've been doing it. After the business integration, we have offices in Tokyo, Taipei, and Kyoto, and our main technology development team is based in Taipei.
The group works with a number of global media groups, including publishers Ziff Davis and Axel Springer and advertising agency Hakuhodo. We are also proceeding with a new partnership with WOWOW, a Japanese digital entertainment group.
“We had a clear vision of how we wanted to build a trusted, high-quality brand,” says the company, which acquired global digital brands through licensing agreements and developed them for the Asian market. I'm Motoko Imada , president and co-founder of TNL Mediagene , a pioneer in adapting business models. "There are many attractive growth opportunities in the region. We want to be a global player."
TNL Mediagene 's new board of directors reflects that outlook. Board members include Lauren Zalaznick, former senior vice president of NBCUniversal, Marcus Brauchli, managing director of Northbase Media and former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and SBI Institute for Financial Economics' The members include Takako Masai, chairman of the board and former Bank of Japan policy committee member, and Priscilla Han, chief investment officer of venture capital firm Leepla.
About TNL Mediagene
TNL Mediagene , registered in the Cayman Islands, was created in May 2023 through the merger of two independent digital media groups: Taiwan's The News Lens Co. and Japan's Mediagene Inc. Our business includes operating original media and licensed media brands in Chinese, Japanese, and English that cover a wide range of topics, including news, business, technology, science, food, sports, and lifestyle, as well as AI, which is in high demand from agencies. We provide advertising and marketing technology platforms that utilize , and also develop e-commerce and creative solutions. Our strengths are political neutrality, reaching young people, and quality service. The company has 550 employees across Asia and offices in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Please note that TNL Mediagene Japan, Mediagene , and Infobahn are group companies of TNL Mediagene .
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