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Zynga CFO David Wehner Joins Facebook

David Cohen — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:00:06 +0000

Scuffling game developer Zynga announced four executive promotions, along with the departure of Chief Financial Officer David Wehner, who is leaving Zynga to join Facebook as vice president, corporate finance and business planning.

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Zynga Lays Off 100+ Employees, Closes Boston Studio

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:46:24 +0000

Zynga’s days as the top dog in the Facebook gaming world appear to be fading. As challengers such as Kixeye and King.com emerge, taking up more of a share in the Facebook gaming ecosystem, Zynga’s financial stake has decreased. Sister site Inside Social Games reported Tuesday that Zynga has laid off more than 100 employees from its Austin office and plans to close its Boston studio.

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Facebook To Release Third-Quarter Results Oct. 23

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:33:54 +0000

Facebook announced that it will present its financial report for the third quarter Oct. 23. Much has changed since Facebook’s second-quarter report July 26, when the company reported that it lost $156 million in that time frame, despite an increase in revenue. What will Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg say about Facebook’s progress over the past three months?

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Zynga Scales Back Outlook, Cites ‘Challenging Environment’ On Facebook Platform

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:04:44 +0000

The stock of popular Facebook application developer Zynga has dropped despite growing revenue, which the company reported Wednesday in its second-quarter financial results. Zynga noted that it is scaling back its outlook for the rest of 2012, citing a challenging environment on Facebook’s platform.

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CNBC Tracking Worth Of Major Facebook Shareholders’ Stakes In Real-Time

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:34:01 +0000

Now that trading of Facebook stock is under way, CNBC launched a real-time tool that updates the worth of major stake-holders in the social network, based on its stock price.

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Facebook IPO Priced At $38 Per Share

David Cohen — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:58:52 +0000

The much-ballyhooed Facebook initial public offering will open trading Friday morning at $38 per share, the top end of the range the social network filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week, CNBC reported.

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News.com.au Looks At Pre-IPO, Post-IPO Estimated Worth Of ‘Facebook Insiders’

David Cohen — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:34:29 +0000

The Wall Street Journal isn’t the only news organization to turn to interactive online technology to cover Facebook’s May 18 initial public offering, as Australia’s News.com.au put together an interactive graphic featuring the estimated worth of key players inside and outside of the social network before and after the IPO.

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Facebook Developer Zynga Paid $180 Million For Omgpop

Jackie Cohen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:08:46 +0000

Zynga’s acquisition of Draw Something maker Omgpop cost $180 million that will come from the secondary stock offering. continued…

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Zynga CEO Dispels Facebook Game Copying Accusations

David Cohen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:51:01 +0000

“We’re not copycats, you are. Besides, everyone copies.” That sums up Zynga Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus’ response to accusations that his company’s upcoming Bingo release for Facebook was a copy of Bingo Blitz, from Buffalo Studios (see infographic below).

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The Future of Global Currency? Facebook Credits Now Available in UK

Eric Barry — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:03:58 +0000

Facebook Credits, the popular digital currency used within social gaming on the Facebook Platform, can now be purchased in-person at retailers in the UK, a move that has much broader implications.
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Zynga Had 33 Million Players Yesterday

Nick O'Neill — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:45:35 +0000

During a panel at the Techcrunch Disrupt conference this morning, which sounded like a solid pitch for Zynga, CEO Mark Pincus announced that they company had a whopping 33 million players yesterday. With 1200 employees and over 200 million monthly players, the company has become one of the most dominant forces in Silicon Valley. Despite the controversy surrounding the company’s business tactics, the company has revenue estimates
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By The Way, The Internet Is Filled With Spam

Nick O'Neill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:25:57 +0000

To see the ongoing conversation about aggressive online advertising is both reassuring as well as disconcerting. The reason that it’s disconcerting is that Mike Arrington has just begun to breach a much greater issue by randomly attacking one (or a couple) companies in this space. If this attack was done just for page views then writing about the issues are almost as bad as the people performing the act.
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