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Zynga acquires six studios in six months, is estimated to be worth over $5.51...
Mark Pincus, CEO and founder of Zynga, talked up the rise of social gaming during the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco yesterday, and told attendees the firm has grown tremendously over the last six...
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Pincus: “I want ‘Zynga’ to become a verb”
Earth’s all the way down there, Mark. Did you bring a parachute? Zynga founder Mark Pincus has told the Telegraph that having the most popular game in the world on his books isn’t quite enough. “I...
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Zynga boss: Stock scandal “hearsay and innuendo”
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has denied allegations that the company has wrongfully demanded the return of stock options from entitled employees. “The Wall Street Journal posted a story last night which...
View ArticleZynga predicts subs rise ahead of IPO
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has predicted the number of premium members will spike after the company’s IPO at some point before Christmas, As pointed out by VentureBeat, the company has 215 members, 2.5% to...
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Zynga boss dismisses Tiny Tower copycat claims
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has defended the derivativeness of Dream Heights as standard industry practice. In a memo to employees marked “confidential” but released in full to VentureBeat after it was...
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Rumour – Zynga CEO answers letters from top spenders
Sources claim Zynga values its “whales” – big microtransaction spenders – so highly that CEO Mark Pincus interacts with them directly. “Insider sources” told BusinessInsider that Zynga “treats its best...
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Zynga looking at multiplatform support
Farmville on Xbox 360? It could happen. Speaking to GigaOm, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus made mention of Zynga’s current, broad development focus. “Right now we are building back-end technology, so that your...
View ArticleZynga CEO wants to “create one of these forever brands like Google”
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has said he would like for Zynga to become a “forever brand” like Google and the firm is slowly getting there. “‘m very focused on delivering a positive return on investment for...
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Zynga: OMGPop acquisition a “rare instance”
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has said the buyout of Draw Something developer OMGPop was what he called a “rare instance” for the company. In a financial call last night for its first quarter 2012 results,...
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Zynga wants to be “a lot like Xbox Live”
CEO Mark Pincus has said Zynga intends its web portal to be the Xbox Live of social games. “We think we’ve built the best hosting for social games and deep analytics,” Pincus said of Zynga.com at an...
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Zynga CEO almost tearful over brand’s ‘discouraging’ financial position
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus was said to be ‘near tears’ during a meet up with Apple director Bill Campbell over the company’s rapidly degrading position. Campbell revealed that Pincus is discouraged by the...
View ArticleZynga chief named in Bloomberg’s Worst CEOs list
Zynga boss Mark Pincus has earned the dubious honour of a place on go-to business news publication Bloomberg‘s Worst CEOs of 2012 list. Pincus is in at number four of five thanks to Zynga’s 75% stock...
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Zynga shutters four studios, more than 500 employees lose jobs
Massive lay offs have hit social game studio Zynga, with AllThings D reporting that the studio is closing down its Los Angeles, New York, Austin and Dallas studios; it’ll also lay off more than 520 of...
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Zynga shuffle shows Pincus committed to Xbox dream
Yeah, yeah – Don Mattrick has left Microsoft. Brenna wants to talk about the flip-side: Mark Pincus has stepped down as CEO of Zynga. Important references Mark Pincus’s announcement. Microsoft’s memo...
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Mattrick negotiated Zynga buy-out while at Microsoft in 2010 – report
Zynga CEO Don Mattrick is said to have opened negotiations for a Zynga buy-out while at Microsoft in 2010, according to fresh reports. Bloomberg cites several sources close to the issue that have said...
View ArticleZynga founder: “Right now, I’m pretty bored with all games”
Zynga founder Mark Pincus has said at a Garage Geeks event in Tel Aviv that he is currently bored with all games. He then stressed that he wants to experience the same level of addiction he felt with...
View ArticleZynga’s Mark Pincus stepping down from “all operational duties”
Zynga’s Mark Pincus has announced he is stepping down from all duties at the company he founded. Pincus will now act as chairman of the board and is dropping his title of chief product officer. He will...
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