First financial results after LINE went public with a significant increase in revenue and a turn into the black! !

This is Nakauchi, who ``doesn't care about everything about servers.''

It's a little late, but LINE <3938> announced its first financial results after going public on July 27th, so here's a summary! !

Reference ⇒Summary of financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 [IFRS] (consolidated)

In addition to communication revenue, advertising sales contributed to the expansion of revenue, resulting in increased revenue and a return to profitability.

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communication

• Released pop-up stamps
• New LINE Creators Themes launched

Sales revenue for the first two categories remained steady.

content

Although LINE Brown Farm performed well, content sales revenue decreased slightly compared to the same period last year due to the launch of new titles after July.

advertising sales

In addition to traditional messenger-type advertising such as official accounts and sponsored stamps, the company launched the LINE Ads Platform in June, and performance-type advertising such as TimeLine and LINE NEWS are steadily contributing to sales revenue.

MixRadio business

Although we continued to provide the radio-type music distribution service MixRadio through MixRadio Limited, the board of directors resolved to terminate the MixRadio business in February 2016, and the business ended on March 21, 2016.

Digression

My mom was bragging about getting LINE's IPO (initial public offering).

Mom. . . I haven't heard from you since then, how are you doing?