What Bloter & Media does

Bloter & Media ((주)블로터앤미디어) is a privately-held Korean economic and technology news media company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Jung-gu, Seoul. Operating under the Bloter (블로터) brand with the tagline '편견없는 경제뉴스' (unbiased economic news), the company publishes continuously on a dedicated digital platform at bloter.net, covering sectors that span industries and conglomerates, automotive and mobility, construction and real estate, finance and fintech, future industries (semiconductors, electronics, home appliances, batteries), distribution and lifestyle economy, pharma/biotech, economy and policy, world affairs, IT and science, capital markets (debt, equities, securities/funds), and investment banking (M&A, PE, VC). Its registered legal entity is Bloter & Media; the editorial product is the Bloter magazine/publication, which has accumulated 92,781 articles as of June 2026.

The company operates a horizontally segmented business model targeting Korean business professionals and individual investors as well as corporate executives and decision-makers; its underlying product stack combines a web/mobile-first article CMS with an editorial archive plus distribution surfaces across Naver Blog, Kakao, Facebook, Twitter, and a YouTube channel (Carmikyung) for automotive video content. It supplements core editorial with two sub-brands: Numbers (넘버스, at numbers.co.kr), a financial data service, and Conference (콘퍼런스), an industry events platform.

The revenue model is not publicly disclosed but follows the typical Korean digital news media mechanics of advertising (display/native/programmatic) with optional subscription products; pricing is not stated and no enterprise SaaS or API-based monetization is documented. No external funding rounds, investors, M&A, subsidiaries, patents, or certifications are disclosed. Leadership consists of Publisher Park Jong-myeon (박종면 발행인) and Editor-in-Chief Moon Byung-sun (문병선 편집인), supported by a Youth Protection Manager (청소년보호책임자), with the organization sized at 11-50 employees.

Name

Bloter & Media

Legal name

(주)블로터앤미디어

Website

https://bloter.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bloter & Media is a privately-held Korean digital economic and technology news publisher (bloter.net), founded in 2006, serving business professionals, investors, and corporate executives with unbiased coverage of capital markets, finance, IT, and industrial sectors, supplemented by the Numbers data service and Conference events sub-brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Yongdungpo

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bloter & Media operates Bloter (블로터), a Korean economic and technology digital news publication that delivers original editorial journalism on capital markets, corporate affairs, finance, future industries, and IT/science through its website (bloter.net) and social channels. The company extends its offering through the Numbers (넘버스) financial data sub-brand and the Bloter Conference (콘퍼런스) industry event series.

Product overview

Bloter & Media operates a unified economic and technology news platform centered on its core brand 'Bloter (블로터)', which delivers unbiased economic news and capital market information across diverse sectors. The platform is supplemented by '넘버스 (Numbers)' for financial data services and '콘퍼런스 (Conference)' for organizing industry events. The company also provides video news content and operates various news section categories including IT, semiconductors, finance, and industry coverage. Bloter is registered as (주)블로터앤メディア with its publication date starting from September 2, 2006.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bloter (블로터) — Economic News Platform Korean economic and technology digital news platform providing original editorial journalism on capital markets, corporate affairs, finance, future industries (semiconductors, electronics, batteries), pharma/biotech, IT/science, and investment banking. Targets Korean business professionals, individual investors, and corporate decision-makers.
• Numbers (넘버스) Supplementary financial or data-related service linked from the Bloter platform, positioned as a Numbers sub-brand.
• Bloter Conference (콘퍼런스) Conference and event service that organizes industry conferences and events for Bloter readers, stakeholders, and corporate partners.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Edaily (이데일리): Korean economic news outlet focused on capital markets, listed-company coverage, and finance. Closely aligned with Bloter's verticals (equities, bonds, funds, M&A) and serves a similar professional investor audience.
• Maeil Business Newspaper (매일경제): One of South Korea's leading economic daily newspapers, covering finance, capital markets, industry, and corporate news. Directly comparable in editorial scope (business/economic journalism) and target audience (Korean professionals, executives, investors), though with much larger scale and print legacy.
• Hankyung (한국경제): Major Korean economic newspaper with strong digital presence covering markets, finance, and industry. Same B2B/professional reader base and similar verticals (capital markets, M&A, IB); a primary head-to-head competitor in Korean economic journalism.
• Seoul Economic Daily (서울경제): Korean business-focused daily covering industry, finance, and capital markets with digital-first distribution. Comparable in editorial scope and reader demographics to Bloter, particularly for B2B/professional audiences.
• MoneyS (머니S): Korean online economic news outlet operated by Seoul Economic Daily, focused on personal-finance and capital-market content. Overlaps with Bloter's coverage of capital markets and equities; targets retail-investor and professional audiences.
• Asia Business Daily (아시아경제): Korean business newspaper covering industry, finance, and listed-company news with a regional Asia angle. Comparable target audience and editorial mix to Bloter, with somewhat broader geographic coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Naver News (네이버 뉴스): Korea's dominant news aggregator and portal; not a direct editorial competitor but functions as the primary distribution and discovery channel for Bloter's content. Materially comparable as a digital-news ecosystem participant.
• ChosunBiz (조선비즈): Business arm of Korea's Chosun Ilbo, covering finance, markets, and industry. A large established player that overlaps with Bloter's verticals while benefiting from a much broader parent-company audience.
• Yonhap News Agency (연합뉴스): Korea's national news agency covering general news with a strong business and economic desk. Not specialized in economic reporting but produces comparable capital-markets and corporate content, reaching a much broader audience.

Others

• Bloomberg News: Global business and financial news leader covering capital markets, M&A, and IB. Not a direct Korean competitor but relevant as the global benchmark for B2B economic journalism, useful for product/monetization comparison.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bloter_news
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BloterTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/Bloter.net

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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