Wattpad’s new president David Lee on AI, fandoms and sending stories to the screen
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Wattpad’s new president David Lee on AI, fandoms and sending stories to the screen
JOSH O’KANE
VANCOUVER
PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2026
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David Lee is leading Wattpad, the digital fiction-publishing platform, at a time of momentous change. It’s been reckoning with the rise of writing generated by artificial intelligence, shifts in fan-fiction and its own conglomeration.
In 2021, the Toronto-founded business was acquired by the Korean company Naver, and in 2024 it we…
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