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IDN Media

Indonesian media platform

IDN Media is a media platform company for millennials and generation Z in Indonesia.[1]

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History

The company was founded on 8 June 2014, in Surabaya, East Java and based in Jakarta, by two brothers Winston Utomo[2] and William Utomo.[3]

Business units

IDN Media operates five main business lines, namely digital media, live streaming, entertainment, commercial and creator economy.[4]

Digital media

IDN Media has seven website-based digital media with different reader segments, as follows:[5][6][7][8]

  • IDN Times – multi-platform digital media covering news and entertainment for millennials and generation Z[9]
  • Popbela.com – multi-platform digital media about fashion, beauty, pop culture and lifestyle for women[10][11]
  • Popmama.com – multi-platform digital media about the motherhood, from pregnancy to K-12[12]
  • Yummy – multi-platform digital media that contains cooking tutorial content, food, recipes and culinary exploration[13][14]
  • Fortune Indonesia – media about analysis, movements and predictions of shares, business, capital markets, banking, investments and mutual funds[15]
  • GGWP (previously: GGWP.ID) – digital media about electronic sports, games and electronic sports tournaments[16]
  • Duniaku.com – media that discusses video games, anime, technology and geek culture

Live streaming

  • IDN App – a mobile application launched on 8 June 2020.[17] It provides news, films, quizzes, and livestreams which can be watched.[18] As of 2023, several streamers have joined IDN App, including JKT48, AURA eSports, and UP Girls.[19][20]
  • Saweria is a livestreaming monetization platform in Indonesia, which allows creators to connect with their audiences and get support directly. In 2023, IDN Media officially acquired Saweria.[21]

Commercial

IDN Media has a commercial business line that supports company businesses in the digital sector. This line consists of:[22][23]

  • IDN Creative (digital advertising agency)
  • IDN Event (event organizer)
  • Bluebird IDN OOH (formerly: IDN Programmatic OOH) (the largest transportation-based programmatic out-of-home media in Indonesia)

Entertainment

Film

Main article: IDN Pictures

In 2020, IDN Media began to enter the entertainment industry by acquiring Demi Istri Production, which is a film company owned by Fajar Nugros (as director) and Susanti Dewi (as producer), and changed its name to IDN Pictures.[24][25][26][27]

Music

Main article: JKT48
JKT48 NEW ERA logo (since 2022, left side); 28 permanent members of JKT48 (top to middle), together with Erigo, JKT48 management, IDN Media (including Winston Utomo and William Utomo ), and Wahana Artha Group (squatting from left to right), at the PESTAPORA 2023 event (part of Boss Creator) on 24 September 2023 (right side).

Apart from the film, IDN Media has also begun to enter the music industry, when the company acquired the Indonesia-Japanese idol group JKT48 from Dentsu Inter Admark Media Group Indonesia on 7 April 2022,[28] because the group has entered the NEW ERA (New Era) formation era since 8 January 2022. On 27 June 2022, JKT48 officially became part of IDN Media, which was mediated by Reisman Sabaru & Partners Strategic (RSPS), a law firm based in Jakarta, with the group's new company name being PT Indonesia Musik Nusantara[29] and under license from Vernalossom Co. Ltd. (via Superball Inc.) from Japan .[30]

On 6 October 2023, IDN Media has inaugurated the new JKT48 office which is located on the 3rd floor of the Global Tower, South Jakarta , DKI Jakarta. The new office is a move from a rented luxury house in Jakarta, to be used as an office and special training place for JKT48. Although the distance between fX Sudirman (via the JKT48 Theater located on the 4th floor) and Global Tower (via the new JKT48 office located on the 3rd floor) is around 3 km.[31][32][33][34][35][36]

Boss Creator
Main article: Boss Creator

Boss Creator is a music and festival company in Indonesia. Joining IDN Media on 17 October 2023, Boss Creator is now integrated into the IDN Media ecosystem.[37] One of Boss Creator's flagship events is Pestapora, a music festival held in Indonesia. Pestapora 2023, which took place between 22 and 24 September 2023) has achieved ticket sales of around 120,000 tickets, featuring 224 musicians (including JKT48 ).[38]

Creator economy

Main article: Indonesia Creator Economy

Indonesia Creator Economy is an agency company in the influencer marketing sector which was launched in 2022. Previously, ICE was called IDN Creator Network, which is a creator platform in Indonesia. ICE is a creator agency owned by IDN Media. There are five services provided by ICE, namely content creator marketing, content creator trading, content creator representation, financial technology solutions, and brand & product development.[39][40][41]

MORF

Main article: MORF

MORF is a talent management agency with a focus on developing talents to become content creators. MORF was founded by Deddy Corbuzier and joined the IDN Media ecosystem on 8 September 2023.[42]

Funding

Since its founding, IDN Media has received five series of funding, the latest being Series D funding. IDN Media, which at that time was still known as IDN Times, received its first seed investment funding on 7 September 2015, from East Ventures.[43] The following year, on 5 September 2016, IDN Media obtained Series A funding from ff Venture Capital and several other investors, such as GDP Venture (Djarum Group), East Ventures, and MNM Creative.[44]

On 21 November 2017, IDN Media received Series B funding from East Ventures and Central Exchange (from Hong Kong).[45][46] On 8 January 2019, IDN Media obtained Series C funding from EV Growth, a venture company which is a combination of East Ventures, Sinar Mas, and Yahoo! Japan, True Digital (part of the Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand), and LINE Venture.[47][48]

On 6 June 2022, IDN Media received Series D funding from Mayapada and KMIF (an investment company from several large Indonesian conglomerate groups). Other investors are East Ventures, OCBC NISP Ventura, Dentsu Group, and V Media Ventures.[49]

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