Philippine Entertainment Portal
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| Founded | 2006 |
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| Headquarters | Philippines |
| Owner | Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. Summit Media GMA New Media |
| Parent | Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. |
| URL | pep |
| Launched | February 28, 2007 |
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Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP) is a Philippine entertainment website. It was founded in 2006.
History
[edit | edit source]Philippine Entertainment Portal was founded in 2006.[1] It was launched on February 28, 2007.[2] PEP and Summit Media established a shareholders' agreement on April 16, 2007.[3] GMA New Media expands into showbiz online portal.[4]
Legal issues
[edit | edit source]On March 29, 2009, PEP uploaded a story from an article by the actors Richard Gutierrez and Michael Flores alleging that the two actors had a confrontation at director Mark Reyes's birthday celebration. On April 13, Gutierrez filed a libel case with P25,000,000. On July 9, the Department of Justice dismissed on libel case against PEP from cites on lack of probable cause. On December 4, a resolution was issued on the court's revision of an earlier decision.[5][6]
On May 24, 2024, Former Film Development Council of the Philippines chairperson Liza Diño filed complaints involving 78 counts of cyberlibel against PEP Editor-in-Chief Jo-Ann Maglipon and news editor and writer Rachelle Siazon on allegation series of libelous articles posted on its website in 2023.[7] In response, PEP submitted a counter-affidavit at the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office on July 24.[8]
On March 5, 2025, Lindsay Custodio and her husband, Frederick Cale, filed 2 complaints against PEP and Smart Parenting for cyberlibel in the Mandaue City Prosecutor's Office.[9][10]
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