CI Entertainment

CI Entertainment was created in South Korea in 2014 by Lee Jae-young. It entered the market as an entertainment company with record-label and talent-management functions. The available reference material identifies the company with a roster spanning music performers and actors, suggesting that its business model was based on representing talent, arranging entertainment activities, and supporting music releases rather than operating solely as a conventional recording imprint. The company's early management relationships included Kim Dong-wan, who was co-managed with Shinhwa Company from 2014 to 2018. This relationship connected CI Entertainment with an established Korean pop performer while the company was building its own profile. In 2015, CI Entertainment added further music-management activity through its association with Youngsaeng of SS501, who was listed with the company from 2015 to 2017. In March 2015, CI Entertainment merged with Secret Society Entertainment. Secret Society was an actress-management company and was managing Jeon So-min at the time of the merger. The combination expanded CI Entertainment's reach into acting representation and helped create a broader artist-management portfolio. The company later listed actors and actresses including Baek Seung Ryeol, Choi Woo Ri, Min Kyung Jin, and Jang Eun A. CI Entertainment also pursued talent development. In June 2015, it organized an audition to recruit new talents. Such an event formed part of the company's effort to identify performers for future management and entertainment activities. The supplied sources do not specify the number of applicants, the winners, or the subsequent careers of audition participants. The music roster developed during this period included the duo Take, listed as being with CI Entertainment from 2015 onward, as well as the Double S 301 sub-unit. Youngsaeng and Kyujong, both associated with SS501, were listed separately in the company's former-artist information; Youngsaeng's association ran from 2015 to 2017, while Kyujong's ran from 2015 to 2018. CI Entertainment also represented or co-managed Jun Jin, with Shinhwa Company identified as the other management partner, and listed soloists Lee Young-hyun, Hyungjun of SS501, and To-day. In 2018, CI Entertainment was reported to have acquired all of the stakes in C9 Entertainment. The transaction represented the company's most significant disclosed corporate expansion and indicated a strategy of growing through ownership of another entertainment agency. The reference material does not state the purchase price, financing arrangements, post-acquisition management structure, or the eventual fate of the acquired business. Information supplied for this dossier does not establish CI Entertainment's current headquarters, ownership, financial position, active roster, or operating status. The company is therefore documented as a South Korean entertainment brand with a historically recorded label and agency function, while its present status remains unknown.

• 2018

  Acquisition of C9 Entertainment

  [1]CI Entertainmenten.wikipedia.org

  CI Entertainment was reported to have acquired 100 percent of C9 Entertainment's stakes.

• 2015

  Merger with Secret Society Entertainment

  [1]CI Entertainmenten.wikipedia.org

  CI Entertainment merged with Secret Society Entertainment, an actress-management company associated at the time with Jeon So-min.

• 2015

  Talent audition

  [1]CI Entertainmenten.wikipedia.org

  The company hosted an audition aimed at recruiting new talent.

• 2014

  Company established

  [1]CI Entertainmenten.wikipedia.org

  Lee Jae-young created CI Entertainment as a South Korean record label and talent-management company.

A South Korean integrated entertainment agency combining record-label activities with music-artist and actor management.

• Music releases · 2014

  Recorded music

  CI Entertainment's label activity centered on representing and supporting popular-music performers. The available reference material identifies artists and groups associated with the company, but does not provide a complete discography, release catalogue, distribution arrangement, or sales information.

• Entertainment management · 2014

  Artist management

  The company managed or co-managed Korean pop performers across group, sub-unit, duo, and solo formats. Named associations include Take, Double S 301, Lee Young-hyun, Hyungjun, To-day, Jun Jin, Kim Dong-wan, Youngsaeng, and Kyujong, with several relationships later listed as former engagements.

• Talent management · 2015

  Actor and actress management

  Following its merger with Secret Society Entertainment, CI Entertainment's documented activities included representation of actors and actresses. The listed acting roster included Baek Seung Ryeol, Choi Woo Ri, Min Kyung Jin, and Jang Eun A.

• Talent recruitment · 2015

  Talent auditions

  CI Entertainment held an audition in June 2015 to recruit new talents. The supplied reference does not identify the audition's scale, selection results, or resulting contracts.

• 2015CI Entertainment talent audition

  South Korea

  CI Entertainment organized an audition in June 2015 to discover and recruit new entertainment talent.

  Outcome. The available source does not report the number of participants, selected recruits, or later outcomes.

  Source

• 2018

  Acquisition of C9 EntertainmentM&A

  Background

  CI Entertainment pursued corporate expansion within the South Korean entertainment-agency sector.

  Action taken

  The company acquired 100 percent of the stakes in C9 Entertainment.

  Aftermath

  The supplied reference confirms the acquisition but does not describe the post-acquisition structure, financial terms, or long-term operating result.

  Source

• 2015

  Merge with Secret Society EntertainmentM&A

  Background

  Secret Society Entertainment was an actress-management company associated at the time with Jeon So-min.

  Action taken

  CI Entertainment merged with Secret Society Entertainment in March 2015.

  Aftermath

  The merger broadened the documented business scope from music and artist management to include actress and actor management.

  Source

1. 1CI Entertainmenten.wikipedia.org