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Twitter Music Is Here Today, and You Can’t Use It
Unless you’re famous.
News Byte
Remember Draw Something? Here Comes the Sequel.
Last year’s mobile one-hit wonder Draw Something is getting a sequel, per this tweet from OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter. Porter was responding to a tweet by Ryan Seacrest with a Draw Something 2 screenshot depicting “American Idol’s” Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey. Zynga acquired OMGPOP last year, but the popularity of Draw Something plummeted shortly thereafter. Zynga had to write down the acquisition by as much as $95 million.Mind-Boggling: The Numbers Behind Ruzzle’s Rise (And Fall?)
Eat our D-U-S-T, Zynga … hey, wait, where’s everyone going?
ATD Q&A: Zynga’s President of Games Steve Chiang
Here are some highlights from a recent interview with Steve Chiang, Zynga’s new president of games.
Zynga Underwriter J.P. Morgan Reduces Stake to Almost Zero
J.P. Morgan now owns less than half of a percent of the social games company.
News Byte
Google and Apple Dominated App Installs on Android and iOS Last Year
Nope, it wasn’t Instagram or Electronic Arts. While most publishers complain about how hard it is for customers to discover their apps, here are two companies you won’t hear a peep from: Apple and Google. In 2012, the top app publishers by download were Apple on iOS and Google on Android, according to a year-end report published by Distimo, an analytics provider from the Netherlands. Apple, which has a half-dozen apps, earned an average of $7.43 per paid download, the report found, whereas Google made zero from its catalog of 60. In the case of Google, downloads included apps that were preinstalled on the handset.News Byte
After Leaving Zynga, Wilson Kriegel Surfaces at Paltalk
Wilson Kriegel has been named president and COO of Paltalk, a provider of group video calls. Prior to joining the New York company, Kriegel was at Zynga, having joined the social games maker through the acquisition of OMGPOP, where he was chief revenue officer. Kriegel will be responsible for Paltalk’s growth and research and business development.Zynga’s Next Gamble: An Ad Platform
What could a Zynga-built advertising platform look like?
Why Zynga Should Have Seen Draw Something’s Fall Coming
A study conducted by Flurry, a mobile-analytics provider, found that social games can be among the most intensely used apps, but they have a short shelf life.
Should Mark Pincus Take Zynga Private?
Several options have been floated for what Zynga should do next already. But could it go private?