4 posts and columns on Cory Ondrejka

Facebook Will Help Social Games Ditch Flash for HTML5

in Social on January 27, 2011 at 11:34 am PT

Facebook, in addition to declaring its public support for HTML5 as a way to unite development across desktop and fragmented mobile platforms, is building tools to help social game makers use HTML5 instead of Flash.

Exclusive: News Corp. Online Gaming Head Sean Ryan to Head Facebook's Social Gaming Partnerships

in News on January 3, 2011 at 11:47 am PT

Sean Ryan, who arrived at News Corp. mid-year to set up a new online gaming unit, is moving to Facebook to head partnerships at its key gaming platform, according to sources. Currently, Facebook does not create social games, but hosts third-party publishers of them on its king-making platform. Its most stunning success has been Zynga, maker of Farmville and CityVille.

Facebook Acqhirees Make a Quick Mark on Its Products

in Social on November 23, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook has a well-defined M&A strategy of bringing in talent from young, small companies and shutting down their products. But there’s also a pattern emerging for what happens to that talent. Acqhired CEOs hold prominent roles on Facebook’s product team; nearly every recent Facebook product launch seems to have been introduced by an acqhired employee.

From Google to Gone: EMI Boots Digital Boss Douglas Merrill

in Media on March 23, 2009 at 1:06 pm PT

Douglas Merrill, the Google vet tapped by struggling record label EMI to run its digital operations a year ago, is out. He doesn’t have a formal replacement, but the company’s top digital exec will now be Cory Ondrejka, whom Merrill brought in as his number two. Merrill’s hire in April 2008 was supposed to represent EMI’s willingness to break free from its old CD-based businesses, and a breath of fresh air. Merrill, who had formerly been Google’s CIO, cheerfully admitted that he had no background in the music business.
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