Steve Jobs famously once said that people don’t read anymore, but it turns out younger people are, in fact, reading quite a lot — just in different ways than expected. Case in point: 70 million ...

Wattpad, a text-based storytelling platform, has surpassed 80 million monthly users this week, the company announced Thursday morning. That is a 23% increase from 2018. Founded in 2006, Wattpad allows ...

Wattpad Studios is developing the features What Happened That Night and The Hound. Both titles come from their library of Wattpad stories and are part of Wattpad’s Development Fund which finances ...

Wattpad, a user-generated storytelling platform, tapped DesignStudio for a site-wide rebrand, after announcing two new partnerships that will get its stories published as books, film and TV. “When we ...

After the massive success of her 'Through My Window' trilogy, the Venezuelan author returns with an emotional new film ...

Hollywood has long loved the ‘book to screen' adaptation, but in recent years, this format has skyrocketed to new levels of success for specific romance franchises. Teen dramas like The Kissing Booth, ...

The most anticipated Wattpad adaptations hitting screens, from romance and 'Love Me Love Me' to paranormal and 'Third Shift ...

Wattpad, the user-generated fiction platform and entertainment company, announced that it agreed to be acquired by Korean internet conglomerate Naver, parent of digital comics platform Webtoon, in a ...

Picture this: It’s 2014. Zayn has yet to leave One Direction, Vine is still kicking and “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift constantly plays on the radio. I, however, have just gotten home from school and ...

The acquisition will align Wattpad and WEBTOON™, two leading comics, entertainment, and storytelling companies, with a combined global monthly audience of 160M people. The cash and stock transaction ...

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