MBK Entertainment

Name:

MBK Entertainment

Native name:

MBK 엔터테인먼트

Also known as:

GM Planning (1999–2007)
Core Contents Media (2007–2014)

Founded:

1999

Closed:

2022

Founded by:

Kim Kwang-soo

Country:

South Korea

Headquarters:

Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Parent:

CJ E&M Music (2006–2009)
MBK (2014–2016)

Subsidiaries:

DAP Sound (2014)
PocketDol Studio (2017)
M25 (2022)

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Descrption

MBK Entertainment (MBK 엔터테인먼트) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Kim Kwang-soo. The company was originally founded in 1999 as GM Planning. The company was absorbed by Mnet Media in 2006, following Kim Kwang-soo joint with CJ Group as their director. In 2007, the company re-launch as Core Contents Media under Mnet Media. In September 2009, Kim Kwang-soo was removed from the list as director of Mnet Media and then effectively his own company ended business with Mnet Media. On October 1, 2014, Core Contents Media had been acquired by MBK Co., Ltd. (formerly CS ELSOLAR Co., Ltd.) and renamed as MBK Entertainment (abbreviation for "Music Beyond Korea"). In December 2016, MBK Entertainment parent company MBK suspended their entertainment business. In 2022, the company closed after moving to its subsidiary label PocketDol Studio.

Former artists

Black Pearl
Cho Yi-hyun
Choi Sung-min
Davichi
Ha Seok-jin
Hahm Eun-jung
Han Da-gam
Hong Jin-young
Hyomin
Lee Ju-eun
Jo Sung-mo
Jung Chae-yeon
Jung Ji-ah
Jung So-young
Jung Woo-yeon
Jung Yong-hwa
Kang Jung-hwa
Kim Gyu-ri
Kim Jung-wook
Kim So-yeon
Kwak Dong-yeon
Lee Bum-soo
Lee Dong-gun
Lee Hae-ri
Lee Han-na
Lee Hyo-ri
Lee Chae-won
Lee Ji-hyun
Lee Jin
Lee Jung-shin
Lee Seo-an
Lee Seo-jin
Moon Hee-kyung
Nam Gyu-ri
No Min-woo
Park Geon-il
Park Kwang-kyun
SG Wannabe
Song Seung-heon
Whee In
Yangpa
Yoon Jin-seo