Talk:TOP Media

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About my adjustments[edit]

Hello Pancakeysshi! I hope you don't mind me editing the contents and info into boxes. I've also left the original content in the

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codes. You can always adjust it back if you'd like. I just thought this would make the page look neater and less empty :) See you around!

Ladypkayy (talk)

Hi, no, I'm glad if someone can help, esp. because I can't find much on the internet regarding the company's history! I did, however, change it back into normal text, because

(1) the word 'debut' can be misleading, since e.g. Andy did not debut in 2007, but he's been signed to TOP since it was founded in 2007; Park Dong-min had also debuted before (even before being in Jumper).

(2) the table gives the impression, I think, that these are all musical artists, but Minwoo was originally an actor, and, to be honest, I'm not sure what Jang Hyun-woo and Kim Woo-bin were.

(3) the fan club and color info doesn't need to be in this article, and can easily be found in the bands' own articles.

I did leave the information about Rokhyun and Minwoo, except for Minwoo's debut year 2006. It seems to contradict the founding year of the company.

I hope it's okay, that I've changed it back! I've also added some basic information on each artist.

Now I'd like to ask for some help:

I looked around on the internet, to find out exactly when the company was founded and 2007 seems to be right. But looking up the homepage on webarchive, the site already existed in early 2006 (including e.g. Minwoo on the site), plus it says (c) 2005 on the bottom of it, which seems very confusing to me.

Pancakey-sshi 12:57, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Company history[edit]

Hello. I updated a few things on the page and have some discussion items, as well. Andy is not the CEO; it is Lee Jae-hong. Also, the company appears to have been founded in 2005, but it's hard to pin down specifics. On the ND Enter site, the news announcements begin on May 5, 2005 with a "welcome to TOP Media" message ([1]). Messages later in 2005 and 2006 talk about Seo Min-woo's activities and such. The page is also copyrighted to 2005/TOP Media. Korean Wikipedia also lists the founding as 2005, not that it's a reliable source. However, I can't find any news stories predating 2007 about TOP...

Also, I don't think the company was called ND Entertainment when it was founded; it appears to have been TOP all along. News stories in Korean media announcing the founding of ND Entertainment begin in 2007 ([2]), which corresponds to another news story on ND's site announcing opening of ND's website as Andy's personal site ([3]). These stories mention TOP and it sounds (according to my crappy Korean) as though TOP already existed. Andy's first album, New Dream (2007), lists TOP and ND under the copyright. News stories for ND stopped appearing in 2008, and Andy's second album, Single Man (2009), lists only TOP for copyright. I know nowadays media stories always call TOP Andy's management company. However, currently the ND website is obviously alive and well and functioning solely as Andy's personal site. Long story short, I don't really know what ND is exactly, but I don't think it was the original name of TOP. A lot of content from older versions of the site(s) and older news stories are long gone. So yeah, that's what I've discovered in my feeble research efforts. I'd love contributions from anyone who has additional info/corrections! :) Shinyang-i (talk) 08:03, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]