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Exclusive: Former Facebook Ad Head Mike Murphy Takes Senior Advisor Role at Zynga

Kara Swisher in News on January 23, 2011 at 7:02 pm PT

Mike Murphy–Facebook’s first head of advertising sales, who left the social networking giant in October to take some personal time off–seems done with relaxing. He is now taking a part-time, but significant, role at online gaming phenom Zynga to help formulate its advertising strategy. In addition, though, Murphy is also close to formalizing an additional consulting relationship with Facebook.

Kool-Aid Guy Too Harsh? Then How About These Visual Metaphors for Twitter's $1 Billion Valuation!

Kara Swisher in News on September 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm PT

Earlier today, BoomTown wrote a tongue-in-cheek post to depict what I thought of the $1 billion valuation that Twitter recently got from investors. It was meant all in fun, as poking holes in the frothy atmosphere around the microblogging hottie is kind of an easy layup. But someone on Twitter called my use of an image of the Kool-Aid pitcher man as “harsh,” and I got several other emails from those who think bubble-investing is dandy! So, in the interest of fairness, here are some other visual choices for a metaphorical depiction of the amazing valuation.