Cre.ker Entertainment

Cre.ker Entertainment (크래커엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean record label and entertainment agency under Kakao Entertainment. Cre.ker is short for "Creative kernel". On September 17, 2021, Kakao Entertainment officially announced that the company will undergo a merger with Play M Entertainment before the end of the year. On November 12, 2021, it was announced that the company's new corporate name would be IST Entertainment, which took in affect on November 1.