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What It Means Now That Zynga Has Bought Its Way Back to the Top of the Charts

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 22 at 6:00 am PT

By acquiring OMGPOP, Zynga may have set the expectation that if it doesn’t create the most popular game organically — it will acquire it.

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Zynga Confirms OMGPOP Acquisition, But Not How Much it Paid

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 21 at 12:46 pm PT

As we reported earlier today, Zynga has officially acquired OMGPOP, the New York company responsible for the overnight mobile game hit Draw Something. In a conference call, Zynga’s Chief Mobile Officer David Ko declined to say how much it paid, but our sources say it was a pretty penny: About $180 million plus another $30 million in employee retention payments. OMGPOP’s CEO Dan Porter will become Zynga’s VP and General Manager in New York. Since launching six weeks ago on Android and iOS, Draw Something has been downloaded 35 million times and in the past week alone, players have created one billion drawings.

Zynga’s New Mobile Game Will Incorporate Location-Based Check-Ins

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT

Zynga unveiled a slate of 10 new products today, and mobile was a major theme.

Zynga’s All-New CityVille for Mobile Has Few Links to Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Today, Zynga is rolling out a mobile version of CityVille, the most popular game on Facebook. The game will be familiar to those who already play, except for a couple key differences.

Exclusive: Yahoo Mobile VP Michael Shim Headed to Groupon

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 28, 2011 at 9:29 am PT

In the latest executive departure to hit Yahoo, mobile business development head Michael Shim is leaving the company to join Groupon, Mobilized has learned.

Exclusive: Mickie Rosen to Join Yahoo as Audience Head

Kara Swisher in News on January 10, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Yahoo is hiring former News Corp. and Disney online exec Mickie Rosen to run its Audience unit, which includes the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s powerful content sites, sources said. Rosen will report to Americas head Ross Levinsohn, who has worked with her before, both at News Corp. and Fuse Capital. The move is Levinsohn’s first management rejiggering since he took over last year, and there is likely to be more to come.

Zynga's Titles Invading Android Platform Soon

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 10, 2010 at 12:01 pm PT

Zynga will launch its popular Facebook game Mafia Wars for Android later this month, opening it up to the smartphone platform that is now activating 300,000 new customers a day.

Zynga Buys Newtoy to Expand Mobile Efforts

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 9:41 am PT

Zynga hosted a press conference this morning to announce that it has acquired Texas-based Newtoy, a two-year-old mobile games company, to help expand its games onto all mobile devices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Exclusive: Yahoo Courts Former News Corp. Digital Exec Ross Levinsohn as U.S. Head

Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2010 at 12:11 pm PT

He’s baaaaaack. Former Fox Interactive Media President Ross Levinsohn, that is, who is the top candidate to replace Hilary Schneider as Yahoo’s U.S. head, according to several sources close to the situation. While the deal is not completely struck, sources said Levinsohn is very close to taking the job as the exec primarily in charge of Yahoo’s powerful media properties and giant advertising business.

Exclusive: Yahoo's Head of Mobile, North America Leaves, as U.S. Unit Reorgs

Kara Swisher in News on October 19, 2010 at 5:03 pm PT

Today in Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings conference call, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said tersely of a flood of exec departures at the Silicon Valley Internet giant: “Some people leave, some get promoted and some good people arrive.” Yes, indeedy, and this afternoon, it was David Katz’s turn to say goodbye. He was Yahoo’s head of mobile in the U.S.

What It Means Now That Zynga Has Bought Its Way Back to the Top of the Charts

Zynga Confirms OMGPOP Acquisition, But Not How Much it Paid

Zynga’s New Mobile Game Will Incorporate Location-Based Check-Ins

Zynga’s All-New CityVille for Mobile Has Few Links to Facebook

Exclusive: Yahoo Mobile VP Michael Shim Headed to Groupon

Exclusive: Mickie Rosen to Join Yahoo as Audience Head

Zynga's Titles Invading Android Platform Soon

Zynga Buys Newtoy to Expand Mobile Efforts

Exclusive: Yahoo Courts Former News Corp. Digital Exec Ross Levinsohn as U.S. Head

Exclusive: Yahoo's Head of Mobile, North America Leaves, as U.S. Unit Reorgs

Exclusive: Yahoo's David Ko to Head Mobile at Online Gaming Powerhouse Zynga

No Massive Reorg at Yahoo, But More Exec Departures (Plus the Schneider Goodbye Letter)

Exclusive: Yahoo Email Confirms Exec Departures With an Internal Memo From Bartz's “Foxhole” (Plus 8-K!)

Yahoo Troops Skittish With No Word From Top on Exec Departures (So's Microsoft)

Here Comes the Yahoo Spin Cycle–So Try BoomTown's Soap-Free Guide to What's Actually Happening

Exclusive: Major Meltdown at Yahoo as More Top Execs to Depart, Including U.S. Head Hilary Schneider

Exclusive: Yahoo Exec Churn Continues, With Media Head Pitaro Ready to Bolt

Yahoo Snaps Up Associated Content for $90 Million to Compete With AOL and Demand Media

Yahoo Mobile Head David Ko Takes Over Audience Job Too (But Mobile Product Development Moves Under Balogh)

Yahoo's Bartz Shuffles the Exec Deck, Filling Audience and Other Top Slot; Is the Board Next for a Makeover?

New Yahoo Management Structure: The Entire Memo

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