Title:Kakao to merge with music subsidiary for content push

Kakao, owner of South Korea's most popular chat app KakaoTalk, will merge with its music subsidiary Kakao M, the companies announced.

这些公司宣布，韩国最受欢迎的聊天应用程序KakaoTall的拥有者Kakao将与其音乐子公司KakaoM合并。

Kakao M -- formerly Loen Entertainment before Kakao bought it for $1.6 billion in 2016 --services Melon, the country's most popular music streaming service.

Kakao M -- -- 前洛恩娱乐公司在2016年斥资16亿美元收购了卡高公司 -- -- 服务公司Melon，这是该国最受欢迎的音乐流媒体服务。

The merger further aims to capitalize on the popularity of the chat app and music service. KakaoTalk already has a music message feature and an AI speaker, Kakao Mini, launched late last year.

合并的另一个目的是利用聊天应用程序和音乐服务的普及，KakaoTally已经推出了音乐信息功能，一位大赦国际发言人Kakao Mini去年下半年推出。

After the merger, Kakao will also form a new subsidiary that will focus on making video content. It will invest and acquire new firms to grow the company into a content and intellectual property power house, it said.

公司表示，并购后，Kakao还将组成新的子公司，集中精力制作视频内容，将投资并收购新公司，将公司发展成为内容和知识产权的供应商。

The merger is expected to be approved July 5 and completed September 1.

合并预计7月5日批准，9月1日完成。

Kakao is attempting to expand abroad. In March it announced the formation of a blockchain subsidiary that will be based in Japan.

考高公司正试图向国外扩张，今年3月它宣布成立一家连锁子公司，其总部将设在日本。

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