Expansion into fields outside finance and economics, particularly sports information
First written in FY2019. 6 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021. Latest entry: FY2026.
Minkabu The Infonoid moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Softened".
- FY2026SoftenedAnnual report
「ライブドアグルメ ended its service in May 2025, and 超WORLDサッカー！ ended its service in June 2025.」
While expanding its non-financial and sports businesses, the Company discontinued some food and sports media services through a selective focus on priority areas. - FY2025SoftenedAnnual report
「Based on a policy of selecting and concentrating on businesses, the “超WORLDサッカー！” service ended in June 2025. The “BASEBALLKING” service is scheduled to end in October 2025.」
In sports information, the Company continued its previous expansion while choosing to discontinue some sports media services and consolidating the scope of its operations. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company launched アスミチ, a new sports media service that works with and supports athletes in considering their next careers, and VOLLEYBALLKING, a volleyball-focused media service. The Company was also selected as the naming rights partner for Ariake Urban Sports Park, which it named livedoor URBAN SPORTS PARK. The facility fully opened on 12 October 2024, and the Company released ULTREX (ウルトレックス), a media service specializing in urban sports, to coincide with the full opening.」
The Company expanded its sports business into new media services, including アスミチ, VOLLEYBALLKING, and ULTREX, as well as naming rights and initiatives linked to the facility. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, the monthly user base of the Group’s media business reached approximately 100 million.」
By making フロムワン a subsidiary, the Group expanded its vertical media into non-financial fields including sports and achieved a media business user base of approximately 100 million. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of this basic strategy, the Company decided to make フロムワン a subsidiary to expand its vertical media in the sports field and its media business revenue base. フロムワン operates web, publishing, video, and other businesses in this field.」
Expansion beyond finance and the economy took concrete form through the expansion of sports vertical media by making フロムワン a subsidiary. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group’s media business consists of UGC media centered on livedoor Blog and PGC media centered on livedoor News, as well as specialized media such as the sports information media 超WORLDサッカー！, the asset-building information media MINKABU (みんかぶ), the specialized equity information media Kabutan (株探), the women’s information media Peachy, and the Korean entertainment media Kstyle. The Group’s basic strategy is to strengthen these specialized media, extend livedoor Blog’s user engagement capabilities and livedoor News’s content distribution capabilities to each vertical media, provide new user experiences, and expand added value and revenue.」
Expansion beyond finance and the economy took concrete form as a vertical media strategy covering entertainment, food, sports, and women-focused content. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Going forward, the Group will position livedoor Media, whose integrated UGC and PGC media model and social media reach are expected to generate synergies for the growth strategy of its media business, as the core of the Group’s media business. The Group’s basic strategy is to develop specialized media covering asset building, entertainment, food, and sports as vertical media, and extend the content distribution capabilities of livedoor News to each vertical media.」
Expansion beyond finance and the economy took concrete form as a vertical media strategy covering entertainment, food, and sports. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In non-financial information, the Company began expanding into election information and music information, in addition to sports.」
The Company specified the launch of expansion into election and music information fields, in addition to its existing sports business, as part of its expansion beyond finance and the economy. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「By leveraging the scalability of its core technologies, the Company will pursue a commitment to information, realize its value, and contribute directly or indirectly to the activities of end customers across a range of themes, including sports as well as finance and the economy.」
The Company has positioned the expansion of its technologies and services into themes beyond finance and the economy as a growth driver.