Studio Dragon

{{Short description|South Korean TV series production company}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Studio Dragon Corporation

| logo = Studio Dragon LOGO (2022).png

| logo_caption = Logo since 2022

| native_name = 스튜디오드래곤 주식회사

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{Korea Exchange|253450}}
KOSDAQ Component

| industry = Drama series

| founder = CJ E&M

| founded = {{start date and age|2016|5|3}} in Seoul, South Korea

| area_served = Worldwide

| location_city = Unit 1701, 17th Floor, Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC), Maebongsan-ro 75, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul

| location_country = South Korea

| key_people = Jang Kyung-ik (president and CEO){{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2024-07-15 |title=Korean Content Powerhouse Studio Dragon Appoints 'Moving' Producer Jang Kyung-ik as CEO |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/studio-dragon-jang-kyung-ik-ceo-1236072015/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719225053/https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/studio-dragon-jang-kyung-ik-ceo-1236072015/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |date=2024-07-15 |title=CJ ENM Names Jang Kyung ik CEO of Powerhouse K-Drama Subsidiary Studio Dragon |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cj-enm-jang-kyung-ik-studio-dragon-1235948564/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://m.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/STUDIO-DRAGON-CORPORATION-38908225/company/|title=STUDIO DRAGON CORPORATION|website=MarketScreener.com|accessdate=June 15, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110060337/https://m.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/STUDIO-DRAGON-CORPORATION-38908225/company/|url-status=live}}

| products =

| services = drama production and distribution

| revenue =

| operating_income =

| net_income =

| equity = 11 billion won

| equity_year = 2016

| owner = :{{efn|As of June 2022.}}
{{ubl|CJ ENM Co., Ltd.: 54.46%{{cite web|author=Kim Seul-gi|url=https://www.thebell.co.kr/free/content/ArticleView.asp?key=202206221235012480106771|title=스튜디오드래곤, '넷플릭스·네이버' 유치한 저력은|trans-title=Studio Dragon, the power of attracting Netflix, Naver|website=The Bell|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=August 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824152418/http://m.thebell.co.kr/m/newsview.asp?svccode=00&newskey=202206221235012480106771|url-status=live}}|Naver Corporation: 6.25%[https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20201026011051320 (LEAD) Naver, CJ sign share-swap deal in strategic tie-up]|Netflix Worldwide Production, LLC: 4.68%{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2019/11/21/netflix-signs-long-term-partnership-deal-with-cj-enm-and-studio-dragon/#6a7f0dac66d1|title=Netflix Signs Long-Term Partnership Deal with CJ ENM and Studio Dragon|website=Forbes|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=February 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207122334/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2019/11/21/netflix-signs-long-term-partnership-deal-with-cj-enm-and-studio-dragon/#6a7f0dac66d1|url-status=live}}|Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC: 2.42%|PineBridge Investments Asia Ltd.: 1.14%|Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd.: 0.90%|Norges Bank Investment Management: 0.89%|The Vanguard Group, Inc.: 0.64%|Kim Sun-jung: 0.35%|JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia Pacific) Ltd.: 0.29%|Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.: 0.19%|Other shareholders (including public stock): 27.79%}}

| num_employees = 166, as of June 2022

| parent = CJ ENM Entertainment Division

| divisions =

| subsid = {{ubl|Culture Depot{{Cite web |url=http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?year=2016&no=14708 |title=(단독) CJ E&M, 전지현 소속사 문화창고 인수 |date=January 6, 2016 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713043422/https://www.mk.co.kr/news/business/view/2016/01/14708/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1L2PU1MARM |title=CJ E&M 드라마 제작사 '스튜디오드래곤' IPO 본격화 |date=October 16, 2016 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202031150/https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1L2PU1MARM |url-status=live }}|Hwa&Dam Pictures{{Cite web |url=http://kr.besuccess.com/2016/01/cj-em/ |title=CJ E&M, '문화창고', '화앤담픽쳐스' 연예기획사 2곳 지분 인수 추진 |access-date=2017-08-04 |archive-date=2017-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323234357/http://kr.besuccess.com/2016/01/cj-em/ |url-status=dead }}|KPJ Corporation{{Cite web |url=http://www.financialreview.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=952 |title=CJ E&M 자회사 '스튜디오드래곤', 제작사 'KPJ' 인수 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717011636/http://www.financialreview.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=952 |url-status=live }}|GTist Co., Ltd.{{Cite web|url = http://gtist-en.com/19/?idx=1793535&bmode=view|title = GTist, Production Company of 'Live' and 'The Crowned Clown', Strengthens its Content Competitiveness with Studio Dragon. : GTist|date = 13 April 2019|access-date = January 21, 2021|archive-date = December 26, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211226100820/http://gtist-en.com/19/?idx=1793535&bmode=view|url-status = live}}|Gill Pictures Co., Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=101784|title=Studio Dragon: Awaiting Full-fledged Benefits of Original Works|author=Lee, Hazell|date=October 7, 2022|accessdate=October 9, 2022|website=Business Korea|archive-date=October 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009054310/http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=101784|url-status=live}}}}

| origins =

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.studiodragon.net/|www.studiodragon.net}}

| footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.studiodragon.net/front/en/about/company|title=About Us|publisher=Studio Dragon Corporation|access-date=August 4, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804114829/http://www.studiodragon.net/front/en/about/company|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/130960.KQ/key-developments/article/3328621|title=CJ E&M to divest drama production business into new wholly owned subsidiary|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=February 4, 2016|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812190026/https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/130960.KQ/key-developments/article/3328621|url-status=dead}}

}}

Studio Dragon Corporation ({{korean|스튜디오드래곤 주식회사||Seutyudiodeuraegon Jusikhoesa}}) is a South Korean drama production, marketing and distribution company under CJ ENM Entertainment Division. It was established on May 3, 2016, as a spin-off from E&M's drama division.{{Cite web |url=http://sports.donga.com/3/02/20160205/76333730/1 |title=CJ E&M, 드라마 전문 제작사'스튜디오드래곤'설립 |date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216203748/http://sports.donga.com/3/02/20160205/76333730/1 |url-status=live }} In 2018, Studio Dragon became a subsidiary of CJ ENM after their previous parent company, CJ E&M, was merged into CJ ENM.

The company joined the KOSDAQ index of the Korea Exchange, the same index where its parent company is listed, through an initial public offering on November 24, 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebell.co.kr/front/free/contents/news/article_view.asp?key=201703070100011900000767 |title=CJ그룹에도 직격탄, 스튜디오드래곤 IPO 불똥 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804114014/http://www.thebell.co.kr/front/free/contents/news/article_view.asp?key=201703070100011900000767 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://vip.mk.co.kr/news/view/21/20/1539315.html |title=스튜디오드래곤·진에어·티슈진, 4분기 兆단위 IPO대어 주목 |access-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214533/http://vip.mk.co.kr/news/view/21/20/1539315.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1ONIGX5XBO |title=몸값 1조' 스튜디오 드래곤, 24일 코스닥 상장 |date=November 9, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134611/http://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1ONIGX5XBO |url-status=live }}

Studio Dragon has partnered with Netflix to carry dozens of tvN dramas like Crash Landing on You and It's Okay to Not Be Okay on the platform. Their partnership was expected to expire in 2022 as CJ ENM, founder of Studio Dragon, has decided to focus on TVING following the merger with KT Seezn,{{cite web|last=Brzeski|first=Patrick|title=Korean Streamer TVING to Acquire Rival Seezn to Better Compete With Netflix, Disney+|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/korean-streamers-tving-seezn-merger-netflix-disney-1235181837/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 18, 2022|access-date=July 23, 2022|archive-date=July 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723142406/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/korean-streamers-tving-seezn-merger-netflix-disney-1235181837/|url-status=live}} which also owned minority shares on KT StudioGenie, who founded the streaming platform {{ill|Seezn|ko}}.{{cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|title=Korea's CJ ENM Pumps $82 Million Into Alliance With KT's Studio Genie|url=https://variety.com/2022/biz/asia/cj-enm-kt-studio-genie-korea-1235211219/|website=Variety|date=March 22, 2022|access-date=August 25, 2022|archive-date=August 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803110153/https://variety.com/2022/biz/asia/cj-enm-kt-studio-genie-korea-1235211219/|url-status=live}}