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Zynga Officially Snags EA’s Jeff Karp as Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer

in Commerce on August 21, 2011 at 4:31 pm PT

Social games maker Zynga has officially hired Jeff Karp as Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer to manage marketing and communications, international sales and in-game revenue. Previously, Karp held multiple roles at Electronic Arts, including his most recent position as EVP at EA Play. Karp’s departure was reported earlier this month by Develop, a game design blog. Zynga has hired many other EA execs, including former COO John Schappert.

Windows Phone 7: There’s an App for Some of That

in News on October 11, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

How many Windows Phone 7 apps will be available when the first devices running the OS ship? Microsoft refuses to say, but I’m told it will be plenty. Or, as one exec told me, “enough.”

EA Announces "The Sims: Will Wright" Expansion Pack

in News on April 8, 2009 at 1:24 pm PT

Celebrated game designer Will Wright has a new job: doing whatever he damn well pleases. He’s leaving Electronic Arts, the game publisher for which he developed Spore and the wildly successful Sim City and The Sims franchises, to run Stupid Fun Club, an entertainment think tank developing ideas for everything from toys to TV.
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EA Announces “The Sims: Will Wright” Expansion Pack

in News on April 8, 2009 at 1:24 pm PT

Celebrated game designer Will Wright has a new job: doing whatever he damn well pleases. He’s leaving Electronic Arts, the game publisher for which he developed Spore and the wildly successful Sim City and The Sims franchises, to run Stupid Fun Club, an entertainment think tank developing ideas for everything from toys to TV.
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