A friend shared this interesting article.
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Certainly an interesting development. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it shakes out. I hope if there is a big acquisition that the Tapas staff are all able to keep their jobs though, and they're not feeling stressed about uncertainty of it all at such a difficult time.
Interested, but also worried. Plenty of webcomic vets should remember the tragedy of smackjeeves and be just a bit worried too.
For those not in the know, the new owners changed so much of how SJ worked that every comic artist fled the site, causing it to go belly up months later.
I hope tapas manages to hold control of the site. Webcomic creators need more sites like this one and not less
Welp Kakao has already secured around 40% of the total shares and are aiming for management rights just to fight with Webtoon on the U.S. market who is controlled by Naver corp.
If Tapas don't keep their heads cool we could potentially loose the platform to a silly fight over money and power 
ouch! This is a big chunk of shares... if it's hard to have visibility how things are, if they go all kakao mode... well.
keep your eyes on the agreements you signed in the beginning so you don't find you're suddenly signing over control of your stories etc. I would assume (that's a good way to get in trouble) that they would inform everyone of changes but...
ToT I like Tapas how is it rn and I love Tapas staff I dont want it to be replaced or they be forced to work under different policies ;____; and for my works Im not worried since Im a noob here yet, but yes its worrysome
Dang... I can't say that I'm happy about this. I hope they don't make huge changes to this platform because I really like how it is right now.
The news definitely sucks but with one foot out the door I feel like all i can really do at this point is wait and watch before planning any next moves
The potential for outcomes seems too many to really know for sure what to do or what'll happen but it's..idk nerve wracking I guess... 
The second any creator catches a whiff of that, I expect an exodus and many locked and deleted threads for damage control.
It's going to suck to port everything over but man It's going to be glorious to watch!
Hi All,
here is a statement from our CEO regarding this article:
Dear Tapas Community,
Please disregard the false information about Kakao taking “command over” Tapas Media. It is a speculative article from an unknown source. It is true that Tapas has been engaged in communication with multiple parties, including Kakao, about investment and/or possible other strategic relationships, but at this time nothing is confirmed. As a fast-growing company, Tapas continues to seek funding opportunities. Regardless of what happens on the fundraising side, Tapas is fully committed to serving our creators and users and we continue our commitment to that goal.
Best,
CK
It is not the funding of Tapas that is an issue with this article. Regardless of who wrote or translated it + backed it up with investment facts, it is the sole point that the statement "Kakao Corp. will buy additional shares and secure management right in U.S. web comic publisher Tapas Media Inc. by the end of the month to bolster contents portfolio and value of its entertainment platform" is seemingly scourced directly from Kakao Corp. itself.
Which only makes me question why they would bolt out such a statement if it was nothing but a bluff.
Having lived in S.Korea I have seen how corporations eat each other up to gain power with no regards nor concern for those involved.
I'm only voicing this out of concern as I as a creator am terrified of the consequences that this could have for everyone on the platform.
Noise control is important but please allow us to voice our feelings on the matter too. This platform holds a lot of sentimental value for many and the last thing anyone would want is to loose it to an acquisition in the name of money and power.
If this article is indeed nothing but a hoax, then I only hope the team has the support it needs to deal with it, because it's not fair play to gaslight, no matter how big of a company they are.
Sincerely 
One more reason to keep a wary eye on the ToS for posting here. Tapas already has an iffy track record regarding creator rights, what with the 'right of first refusal' debacle, not to mention taking IP rights to premium series. One sniff of them having any hold over the IP of non-premium series, and I can't see any knowledgeable creators staying.
There is no real need to keep a wary eye on ToS. Any updates are widely announced to creators and happen approximately every 6 months. Given that my team is responsible for content guidelines, those changes won't include clauses regarding licensing or IP rights. Independent creators will continue to keep all rights to their own series, as they have in the past.
What worries me about this is that the platform will become even more imported / translated premium stories centered and there'll be even less space for english and free ones to be featured and grow.
Well if there is a marked, they will keep us. (Or someone will start a new site for that marked)
Who knows?
Tapas has always been pretty good compared to all their competitors as far as contracts and creator rights go, so while I'm usually the one shouting "platforms aren't your friends!" from the rooftops, in this case I'm inclined to trust that Tapas probably wouldn't suddenly change the terms of IP ownership, and if they had to due to a merger with really harsh terms, they'd likely give us a heads-up, not least because they'd need to change the terms of all the contracts they currently hold with premium creators to do so (which would require them to re-sign every one of them). I don't think Tapas would have a huge amount to gain financially through suddenly claiming rights- never mind exclusive rights- to every comic and novel on the platform, including ones that'd lead to fights with other platforms and creators needing to remove their work, so I can't see why it'd be worth the negative backlash.
I'm inclined to think they're too sensible to do anything like that.