With LINE in 2021Announced merger with Yahoo Japan, and after becoming a subsidiary of Z Holdings, it announced earlier this yearMerged with parent company Z Holdings, and also on September 9 this yearAnnounceFollowing the merger of LINE and Yahoo Japan, the company will be renamed LY Corporation and is expected to operate under a new corporate name starting October 10st of this year. The Taiwanese company also announced the merger and the change of service provider name through an updated terms of service, emphasizing that existing operations and service names will not be affected.
According to the announcement, the affected official account service providers include:
• LINE TODAY (@linetoday_tw)
• LINE FRIENDS (@linefriends_tw)
• LINE MINI App Notification (@miniapptw_notice)
• LINE Certified Official Account Review Notice (@oareview_notice)
• LINE Coin Party (@magiccoin)
• LINE Sticker Premium Plan (@stickerpremium_tw)
• LINE Pktown (@pktowntw)
• LINE Hot Spot Food Ordering (@linespotfoodtw)
• LINE community (@openchattw)
• LINE Shopping Hot Topic (@twechottopic)
• LINE Hot Spot Notification (@linespottw_notice)
• LINE VOOM (@linevoomtw)
• LINE Travel (@linetraveltw)
• LINE Hotspot (@linespottw)
• LINE New Year Event Notice (@line2020cny)
• LINE Shopping Notification (@lineshopping-notice)
• LINE Sticker Event Notification (@stickerevent)
• LINE Customer Service Helper (@linehelptw)
• LINE STORE Official Store (@linestoretw)
• EN-TCN translator (@lineentcn)
• TCN-EN translator (@linetcnen)
• EN-CN translator (@lineencn)
• CN-EN translator (@linecnen)
• LINE Korean Translation (@linetcnkr)
• LINE Taiwan Weather (@lineweather-tw)
• LINE Shopping (@lineshopping_tw)
• LINE Shopping Brand Stores (@commercetw)
• EN-ID translator (@lineenid)
• LINE Chinese-Japanese Translation (@linetcnjp)
However, the service itself will not be affected in any way and general users can continue to use it. At the same time, the service name will not be adjusted, that is, the LINE service will continue to be available under the existing name. The relevant service policy adjustments will take effect on October 10st, and the relevant policy usage consent items will be prompted to users on Yahoo Japan and LINE services separately from October 1th.
LINE merged with Yahoo Japan in 2021, becoming a subsidiary of Z Holdings, a joint venture between NAVER and Softbank and the original Z Holdings. Earlier this year, citing declining performance in advertising and e-commerce, LINE announced a merger with its parent company, Z Holdings, as a subsidiary of Z Holdings. The new company will be led by Z Holdings Co-CEO Takeshi Idezawa as CEO, while former Z Holdings Co-CEO Kentaro Kawabe will serve as Chairman. Shin Sho, who spearheaded the development of LINE services, will serve as Representative Director.
The recent announcement is that LINE and Yahoo Japan will be merged, and the name of the new company after the integration of the parent company Z Holdings will be changed to LY Corporation.
LINE Taiwan emphasized that it will not be affected by the change in organizational name, and will therefore continue to operate under the names of LINE Taiwan and Taiwan Link Co., Ltd. As for services, apart from adjustments to the supplier names, the service names will basically remain unchanged.
