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In June 2012, Sulake received negative press for ongoing sexual behavior allegations. Channel 4 news identified that Sulake was allowing users to post pornographic and violent messages - despite the fact that Habbo is targeted at young teenagers. On 13 June 2012, one of the main shareholders, 3i, which held 16 per cent of shares, declared it was pulling out of Sulake shares alongside other investors including Balderton. <ref> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9330572/Habbo-Hotel-investor-pulls-out-over-pornographic-content-claims.html </ref> |
In June 2012, Sulake received negative press for ongoing sexual behavior allegations. Channel 4 news identified that Sulake was allowing users to post pornographic and violent messages - despite the fact that Habbo is targeted at young teenagers. On 13 June 2012, one of the main shareholders, 3i, which held 16 per cent of shares, declared it was pulling out of Sulake shares alongside other investors including Balderton. <ref> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9330572/Habbo-Hotel-investor-pulls-out-over-pornographic-content-claims.html </ref> |
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==Awards== |
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'''Foreign (non-Finnish) Awards:''' |
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Habbo ES – Chavales Awards, “Best Private Initiative”, May 2010<br> |
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Habbo ES – ‘Best Website of the Last 20 Years’, State Secretary of Communications and Information Society, November 2009<br> |
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Habbo UK – Number one in the Media and Entertainment category, in the Revolution Awards, March 2009<br> |
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Habbo UK – Most Innovative Launch Campaign 2009, in The Media Guardian Innovation Awards, March 2009<br> |
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Habbo - Netherlands – Best community site of 2008 in Website of the Year Awards. December 2008<br> |
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Habbo – Australia – Best Food and Grocery and Best One Off Media Innovation in Media Federation Awards. October 2008.<br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Germany - Best Community site of 2007 in Website of the Year Awards by MetrixLabs. December 2007.<br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Australia - Best Youth Site in the Australian Net Guide Web Awards. March 2007. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Germany - Best Entertainment site of 2006 and Most Popular Entertainment site of 2006 in Website of the Year Awards by MetrixLabs. December 2006. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Italy - Best Community Website of 2006, in Website of the Year Awards by MetrixLabs. December 2006. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Grand Prix, main award, Prix Möbius Nordica 2006. <br> |
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Habbowood - Best Entertainment Integrated Ad campaign, Internet Advertising Competition (IAC), Web Marketing Association. March 2006. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - France - Best Online Game in the category "Jeu en ligne" in Prix Les Adélouzes® 2006. March 2006. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - France - Silver in the Interagir section, "Clics d'or" Interactive competition, May 2006. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Australia - Site of the Year and Best Kids Site in the Australian Net Guide Web Awards 2005. March 2006. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Canada - Silver in The 2005 Media Innovation Awards in Canada for Habbo Hotel/Sprite advertising campaign. <br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Spain - The Best Entertainment Web Site in Spain, AUI (Spanish internet users association), Mundo Internet 2005 Congress, 2005 <br> |
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Sulake - Ranked in 8th place in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) program. November 2005.<br> |
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Sulake - Best E-Commerce Company, SIME'05 (Scandinavian Interactive Media Event) Stockholm, November 2005.<br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Best Entertainment Site, SIME'05 (Scandinavian Interactive Media Event) Stockholm, November 2005.<br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Golden Nica in Net Excellence (one of the main awards), Prix Ars Electronica 2003 in Linz, Austria.<br> |
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Habbo Hotel - Best e-entertainment content producer in the World Summit Award (WSA) event in Geneva December 2003. <br> |
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Elämä On Parasta Huumetta ry (Life tastes better without drugs): InfoBus/ Habbo Hotel - Best in Education, Prix Möbius Nordica 2003, given the possibility to participate in Prix Möbius awards in Athens in 2003. <br> |
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Lumisota (Snow war game for mobile operator Radiolinja) - SIME 2000 (Scandinavian Interactive Media Event): Most fun and innovative application. Hotelli Kultakala - One Show Interactive New York: Silver Pencil, 2000 <br> |
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'''Finnish Awards:''' |
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Habbo FI – Web Service of the Year, Voice.fi Web Awards 2009, January 2010<br> |
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IRC-Galleria – Web Service of the Year, Voice.fi Web Awards 2009, January 2010<br> |
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Sampo Karjalainen & Aapo Kyrölä, the creators of Habbo Hotel – Nokia Foundation Award, November 2008.<br> |
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Sulake & IRC-Galleria, Best media idea, Bronze Effie in the Effie Awards. October 2008.<br> |
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Sampo Karjalainen & Aapo Kyrölä, the creators of Habbo Hotel – Finnish Engineering Award 2006. <br> |
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Habbowood, Best viral campaign, Grand One national competition for online media. March 2006 <br> |
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Sampo Karjalainen & Aapo Kyrölä, the creators of Habbo Hotel - Finland Prize for pictural art, for a promising breakthrough from the Ministry of Education. <br> |
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Habbo Book - Silver in publishing graphics in Vuoden Huiput 2004, the annual competition of The Association of professional graphic designers in Finland <br> |
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Sulake - INNOFINLAND Provincial 1st prize, 2004, Helsinki <br> |
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Mountain Dew Campaign / Habbo Hotel - Bronze Pixel, RE: THE BIG ONE 2003 <br> |
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Sulake - Best Early Stage Company, Software Industry Award 2003 <br> |
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Coke Studios - Golden Pixel: Best Rich Media, Silver Pixel: Best B-to-C -service, RE: THE BIG ONE 2003 <br> |
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Mountain Dew Campaign / Habbo Hotel - Award, Vuoden Huiput 2003, the annual competition of The Association of professional graphic designers in Finland <br> |
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Mountain Dew Campaign / Habbo Hotel - Bronze Pixel, RE:THE BIG ONE 2003 <br> |
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Sulake - main award (Platinium Pixel) of the competition, Golden pixel:Best B2C, Golden Pixel: Best in Rich Media, Silver Pixel: Best Design RE:spekt THE BIG ONE 2002 / Helsinki <br> |
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Elämä On Parasta Huumetta ry (Life tastes better without drugs): INFO Bus / Habbo Hotel - Bronze award in Education and motivation, Media & Message 2002 <br> |
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Elämä On Parasta Huumetta ry: HUBU / Habbo Hotel - Golden Pixel: Best Cross Media & Best Web Campaing, RE: THE BIG ONE 2002 <br> |
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Hotelli Kultakala - The most fun and innovative web application, M&M (National marketing and advertising trade magazine) Grand Prix 2000<br> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Teen social networking |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Sampo Karjalainen Aapo Kyrölä |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
Area served | 11 Countries [1] |
| Products | Habbo Lost Monkey (2011–) Niko (2012–) VMK (2005–08) Mini Friday (2006–10) IRC-Galleria (2007–11) Bobba Bar (2009–11) |
| 78.700.000 U$ (2011) | |
Number of employees | 160 (est. Jun 2012) |
| Website | www.sulake.com |
Sulake (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsulɑke], is a Finnish social entertainment company.
In March 2011, Sulake reported that revenue was up more than 20 percent over 2009, resulting in sales of €56.2 million ($78.7 million).[2] Sulake’s EBITDA in 2010 totaled €5.4 million ($7.6 million, 9.5 percent of revenue) and thus significantly improved from the previous year (€0.6 or $0.8 million). Net profit was €1.6 million ($2.3 million). Sulake has also been playing an active role in assisting the police in investigations connected to the theft of online furniture.[3]
In February 2012, it was announced that Sulake will be consolidating some of its manual processes and local operations.[4] In showing the door to 25% of their workforce, Sulake will also close all of their 11 country offices according to the report by Finnish publication Dome.fi.[5]
Pornography and violence
In June 2012, Sulake received negative press for ongoing sexual behavior allegations. Channel 4 news identified that Sulake was allowing users to post pornographic and violent messages - despite the fact that Habbo is targeted at young teenagers. On 13 June 2012, one of the main shareholders, 3i, which held 16 per cent of shares, declared it was pulling out of Sulake shares alongside other investors including Balderton. [6]
References
- ^ "Sulake: Habbo". Sulake Corporation Oy.
- ^ http://www.sulake.com/press/releases/2011-03-31-Habbo_Hotels_Parent_Company_Reports_Record_Year.html
- ^ http://sulake.com/blog/entries/2010-06-02-Virtual_thieves_caught_in_Habbo_Hotel_Finland.html
- ^ http://www.sulake.com/blog/entries/2012-02-16-Sulake_Consolidation.html
- ^ http://dome.fi/pelit/ajankohtaista/suomalainen-sulake-vetaytyy-maailmalta-irtisanoo-tuntuvasti
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9330572/Habbo-Hotel-investor-pulls-out-over-pornographic-content-claims.html