Zynga Names VP Neil Roseman to Head Up Seattle Office

Tricia Duryee — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:50:36 +0000

Zynga has hired Neil Roseman as VP in charge of building out the social gaming company’s Seattle office. Roseman, who has been serving as an independent advisor as of recently, was the former CEO of Evri, a semantic web startup funded by Paul Allen and one Amazon’s first VPs of Engineering. Roseman reports to Owen Van Natta, EVP of Business. Zynga will be looking at setting up offices in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood.

One Fewer Ad Network: Peer39 Shuts Down "Semantic Ad Network," Concentrating on Technology

Peter Kafka — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:30:39 +0000

I’ve yet to find anyone with a firm grip on the number of ad networks out there: 300? 400? Many more? But now there’s one fewer: Peer39, a New York- and Israel-based company, has turned off its “Semantic Ad Network” and laid off its four-person sales staff.

CEO Amiad Solomon says the company will focus its resources on its core semantic technology, which is supposed to let publishers, ad agencies and other clients quickly assess the content on any given Web page and post an appropriate ad. The company employs 50 people, but will expand to 60 or 70 by the end of this year, Solomon tells me.

The company has raised $11.7 million from Canaan Venture Partners, Dawntreader Ventures, and J.P. Morgan.

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Zynga Names VP Neil Roseman to Head Up Seattle Office

One Fewer Ad Network: Peer39 Shuts Down "Semantic Ad Network," Concentrating on Technology