PEP (website)
Philippine entertainment website
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PEP (an initialism for Philippine Entertainment Portal) is a Philippine entertainment website owned and operated by Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc., a joint venture between Summit Media and GMA New Media. It was founded on October 15, 2006, and launched on February 28, 2007. The website served as the digital counterpart of Yes! magazine until the magazine's discontinuation in May 2018.[1] It is the sister website of Spot.ph and Sports Interactive Network (SPIN).[2][3]
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(joint venture between Summit Media and GMA New Media
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| Founded | October 15, 2006 |
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| Headquarters | Philippines |
| Owner | Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. (joint venture between Summit Media and GMA New Media |
| Parent | Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. |
| URL | pep |
| Launched | February 28, 2007 |
History
PEP was founded on October 15, 2006.[4][5] The domain name "pep.ph" was established on November 15, 2006.[6] It was launched on February 28, 2007.[7] PEP and Summit Media established a shareholders' agreement on April 16, 2007.[8] GMA New Media expands into showbiz online portal.[9]
On May 8, 2008, Spot.ph was launched by Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. and Summit Media.[2] On June 5, 2012, Sports Interactive Network (SPIN) was launched by the Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc.[10]
Legal issues
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.[11][12]
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.[13] In response, PEP submitted a counter-affidavit at the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office on July 24.[14]
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.[15][16] Mandaue City Prosecutor's Office dismissed Frederick Cale's cyberlibel complaint against PEP and Smart Parenting on June 3.[17]