Natalie (website)
| Name | Natalie |
| Logo |  |
| Url | natalie.mu |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Type | Entertainment news |
| Language | Japanese |
| Owner | Natasha, Inc. |
| Current Status | Online |
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. Natalie has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after The Mainichi Shimbun and The Asahi Shimbun.
History
Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007.
On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website Natalie, named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered optional registration, that would allow commenting on news articles and creating a list of up to 30 artists to receive updates about.
Natalie grew fast, opening a manga news sub-site, , on December 25, 2008, and a comedian news sub-site, , on August 5, 2009.
It opened a cultural goods shop, , on August 1, 2012, a movie news sub-site, , on March 23, 2015, and a theater news sub-site, , on February 2, 2016. They also opened a snack news sub-site, , on May 18, 2011, but it proved to be short-lived and closed on August 31 of the same year.
Management
| Name | Natasha, Inc. |
| Type | K.K. |
| Founder | Takuya Ōyama |
| Location | 1-2-4 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan |
| Key People | Takuya Ōyama, CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications, Internet, Mass media |
| Num Employees | 88 |
| Parent | KDDI (since 2014) |
| Owner | KDDI 90%, Takuya Oyama et al. 10% |
| Homepage | natasha.co.jp |
The founder and representative director of Natasha, Inc. is Takuya Ōyama. He is also the editor-in-chief of the music news website. As of 2008, the board director and editor-in-chief of Comic Natalie was Gen Karaki, also a bass player for such artists as Speed, Ram Rider, Haruko Momoi, and Nana Katase.
Since 2014, Natasha is a subsidiary of KDDI.
Critical response
According to the news media outlet IT Media News, while the Natalie music website has much information for hardcore fans, the material is overly detailed and readers only glimpse at its content.
References
- 「情報が早すぎてキモイ！」 "エンタメ系"ニュースサイト「ナタリー」編集部を直撃！ « 中の人直撃インタビュー « トレンド：@niftyビジネス, Nifty, 2010-12-13, 2012-05-12, ja, dead, 2010-12-16
- ナターシャ、音楽情報を軸にしたコミュニティポータル「ナタリー」開設 Venture Now（ベンチャーナウ）News, Venture Now, 2007-02-01, 2012-05-12, ja, dead, 2007-03-05
- 【ITベンチャー社長に聞く！】 ポップカルチャーの通信社を目指す～ナターシャ 大山卓也社長（後編） -INTERNET Watch, Impress Watch, 2009-09-29, 2012-05-15, ja
- Natasha, Inc. 株式会社ナターシャ, Natasha, Inc., 2012-05-12, ja
- ja:おやつナタリー終了のお知らせ, 2011-08-18, Natalie, 2012-05-12, ja
- Webマガジン幻冬舎 お前の目玉は節穴か season 2 第1回 「ナタリー」編集長、大山卓也インタビュー 前編, Gentosha, 2012-05-12, ja
- Webマガジン幻冬舎 お前の目玉は節穴か season 2 第17回 「コミックナタリー」編集長 唐木元インタビュー 前編 自分にとって切実なものしか取り扱わないって決めたんだよ, Gentosha, 2012-05-12, ja
- ja:ファン目線すぎて「きもい」と言われた――ネット時代の音楽ニュース「ナタリー」, IT Media News, 2008-07-01, 2013-04-10, ja
External links
- Natalie (main website)
Category:2007 establishments in Japan
Category:Anime and manga websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2007
Category:Japanese comedy websites
Category:Japanese music websites
Category:Japanese news websites
Category:Japanese-language websites
Category:KDDI