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Wattpad, a leading webnovel platform and storytelling community, is thrilled to announce that author Ariana Godoy has been named to Variety’s 2025 Storytellers to Watch list. Variety’s prestigious list spotlights ten rising entertainment industry stars who are captivating audiences in fresh, new ways.

Aron Levitz has been appointed co-President of Wattpad, a leading global webnovel platform and storytelling community from WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (“WEBTOON Entertainment”). Levitz will lead Wattpad alongside KB Nam, while remaining President of Wattpad WEBTOON Studios. With a new leadership model in place, Wattpad will embark on its next phase of growth after a multi-year strategy to improve its core product and enhance community safety. Both Levitz and Nam will report to Junkoo Kim, the founder and chief executive officer of WEBTOON Entertainment.

Wattpad, a leading global webnovel platform from WEBTOON Entertainment, is accepting open pitches for its Wattpad Originals program. Starting today, authors can pitch English-language stories and concepts to Wattpad’s Editorial Team for inclusion in the Wattpad Originals program, where writers can receive an advance for their story idea and participate in the platform’s paid content program.

Gen Z isn’t waiting around for a more diverse publishing industry, they’re seeking out diverse authors and stories online, and reading in new ways. New data from Wattpad, the global entertainment company for original stories and leading webnovel platform, and Wakefield Research shows that Gen Z readers are going online to find the representation they can’t find in bookstores, with more than four out of five (83%) Gen Z readers (aged 18 - 25) turning to online sources like webnovels, e-books, and webcomics for diverse stories. The findings shed new light on Gen Z reading behaviors and how they differ from previous generations.

Wattpad, the global entertainment company and leading webnovel platform, today announced the Wattpad Creators Program, a new program and investment to empower writers to produce their best work and earn money on the platform. The company has plans to pay out $2.6M in writer stipends this year, and some of Wattpad’s most popular stories will become exclusive to the platform.

Maybelline New York, the world's leading cosmetics brand, and Wattpad, the global entertainment company and leading web novel platform, today announced the second annual #BraveTogether campaign. The campaign invites Wattpad’s massive Gen Z community to elevate and celebrate stories of bravery, empathy, and support in the face of mental health issues.

WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, and Wattpad, the global multi-platform entertainment company for original stories and leading social storytelling platform, announced today a new line-up of original webcomics and web novels in collaboration with HYBE artists including BTS, TXT and ENHYPEN. Starting January 14, six original webcomics and web novels will be released on each platform globally.

Wattpad, the global multi-platform entertainment company for original stories and leading social storytelling platform, and WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, today announced that the companies will merge their studio divisions to create Wattpad WEBTOON Studios. Leveraging the passionate global fandoms from WEBTOON and Wattpad’s combined audience of more than 166 million people, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios will create the world’s most innovative multi-format studio making global fan and data-driven TV shows, films, and books. Naver, parent company to both WEBTOON and Wattpad, will commit USD $100M to Wattpad WEBTOON Studios for development and production financing.

Naver, South Korea’s internet conglomerate, and Wattpad, the global multi-platform entertainment company for original stories and a leading social storytelling platform, today announced that Naver has completed its acquisition of Wattpad in a cash and stock transaction valued at more than an estimated USD $600 million.