Natalie (website)

Natasha, Inc.
Company type	K.K.
Industry	Telecommunications , Internet , Mass media
Founded	December 28, 2005 ; 18 years ago
Founder	Takuya ?yama
Headquarters	1-2-4 Jingumae , Shibuya , Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
Key people	Takuya ?yama, CEO
Owner	KDDI 90%, Takuya Oyama et al. 10%
Number of employees	88
Parent	KDDI (since 2014)
Website	natasha.co.jp

*Natalie*
Type of site	Entertainment news
Available in	Japanese
Owner	Natasha, Inc.
URL	natalie .mu
Commercial	Yes
Launched	February 1, 2007 ; 17 years ago
Current status	Online

Natalie ( ナタリ? , Natar? ) 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 , ^[1] 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 . ^[1]

History [ edit ]

Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, ^[2] becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. ^[2]

On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website Natalie , ^[2] named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias . ^[3] 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. ^[2]

Natalie grew fast, opening a manga news sub-site, Comic Natalie ( コミックナタリ? ) , on December 25, 2008, ^[4] and a comedian news sub-site, Owarai Natalie ( お笑いナタリ? ) , on August 5, 2009. ^[4]

It opened a cultural goods shop, Natalie Store ( ナタリ?ストア ) , on August 1, 2012, a movie news sub-site, Eiga Natalie ( 映?ナタリ? ) , on March 23, 2015, and a theater news sub-site, Stage Natalie ( ステ?ジナタリ? ) , on February 2, 2016. They also opened a snack news sub-site, Oyatsu Natalie ( おやつナタリ? ) , on May 18, 2011, but it proved to be short-lived and closed on August 31 of the same year. ^[5]

Management [ edit ]

The founder and representative director of Natasha, Inc. is Takuya ?yama. He is also the editor-in-chief of the music news website. ^[6] 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 . ^[7]

Since 2014, Natasha is a subsidiary of KDDI .

Critical response [ edit ]

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. ^[8]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b "「情報が早すぎてキモイ！」 "エンタメ系"ニュ?スサイト「ナタリ?」編集部を直?！ ≪ 中の人直?インタビュ? ≪ トレンド：@niftyビジネス" (in Japanese). Nifty . December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ナタ?シャ、音?情報を軸にしたコミュニティポ?タル「ナタリ?」開設 Venture Now（ベンチャ?ナウ）News" (in Japanese). Venture Now. February 1, 2007. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .
^ "【ITベンチャ?社長に聞く！】ポップカルチャ?の通信社を目指す～ナタ?シャ大山卓也社長（後編） -INTERNET Watch" (in Japanese). Impress Watch. September 29, 2009 . Retrieved May 15, 2012 .
^ ^a ^b "Natasha, Inc. 株式?社ナタ?シャ" (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .
^ おやつナタリ?終了のお知らせ (in Japanese). Natalie. August 18, 2011 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .
^ "Webマガジン幻冬? お前の目玉は節穴か season 2 第1回「ナタリ?」編集長、大山卓也インタビュ? 前編" (in Japanese). Gentosha . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .
^ "Webマガジン幻冬? お前の目玉は節穴か season 2 第17回「コミックナタリ?」編集長唐木元インタビュ? 前編自分にとって切?なものしか取り扱わないって決めたんだよ" (in Japanese). Gentosha . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .
^ ファン目線すぎて「きもい」と言われた――ネット時代の音?ニュ?ス「ナタリ?」 (in Japanese). IT Media News. July 1, 2008 . Retrieved April 10, 2013 .

External links [ edit ]

Natalie (main website)

[nifty20101213-1] "「情報が早すぎてキモイ！」 "エンタメ系"ニュ?スサイト「ナタリ?」編集部を直?！ ≪ 中の人直?インタビュ? ≪ トレンド：@niftyビジネス" (in Japanese). Nifty . December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .

[venturenow20070201-2] "ナタ?シャ、音?情報を軸にしたコミュニティポ?タル「ナタリ?」開設 Venture Now（ベンチャ?ナウ）News" (in Japanese). Venture Now. February 1, 2007. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .

[3] "【ITベンチャ?社長に聞く！】ポップカルチャ?の通信社を目指す～ナタ?シャ大山卓也社長（後編） -INTERNET Watch" (in Japanese). Impress Watch. September 29, 2009 . Retrieved May 15, 2012 .

[natasha.co.jp-4] "Natasha, Inc. 株式?社ナタ?シャ" (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .

[5] おやつナタリ?終了のお知らせ (in Japanese). Natalie. August 18, 2011 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .

[gentosha-6] "Webマガジン幻冬? お前の目玉は節穴か season 2 第1回「ナタリ?」編集長、大山卓也インタビュ? 前編" (in Japanese). Gentosha . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .

[gentosha2-7] "Webマガジン幻冬? お前の目玉は節穴か season 2 第17回「コミックナタリ?」編集長唐木元インタビュ? 前編自分にとって切?なものしか取り扱わないって決めたんだよ" (in Japanese). Gentosha . Retrieved May 12, 2012 .

[8] ファン目線すぎて「きもい」と言われた――ネット時代の音?ニュ?ス「ナタリ?」 (in Japanese). IT Media News. July 1, 2008 . Retrieved April 10, 2013 .

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