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Skillz Says Real-Money Betting in Mobile Games Is Paying Off

Eric Johnson in Commerce May 14, 2013 at 1:16 pm PT

RWF Bullride

Running With Friends Adds a Dash of Diversity to Zynga’s Mobile Games Catalog

Eric Johnson in Mobile May 8, 2013 at 10:00 pm PT

670 posts and columns on Zynga

Twitter Music Is Here Today, and You Can’t Use It

in Media on April 12 at 9:30 am PT

Unless you’re famous.
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A Year After OMGPOP Sale, Zynga Exec Dan Porter Leaves

in Media on April 2 at 10:02 am PT

He drew something.
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Facebook Media Czar Dan Rose Shares His Sharing Plans

in Dive Into Media on February 25 at 12:21 pm PT

Want some of Facebook’s one billion users? This is the guy to talk to. What does he want in return?
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What if Mobile Ads Don’t Catch Up?

in Media on December 4, 2012 at 7:44 am PT

The mobile ad market is small, but the mobile Web is booming, so dollars will follow eyeballs, right? Here’s the counter to that argument.
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Where Did Spotify’s Billion Dollars Go? Ask Netflix.

in Media on November 11, 2012 at 9:26 am PT

Lots of private Web companies have had valuation haircuts in the wake of Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. But Spotify has another factor working against it.
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How to Become an App Store Millionaire: Make a Hit App, and Don’t Make Anything Else

in Media on August 23, 2012 at 7:56 am PT

Igor and Marko Pusenjak have made millions from Doodle Jump. But if you’re looking for a new game from the two brothers, you’re out of luck: They’re happy to keep plugging away at the same game.
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Facebook: Trust Us! We’re Going to Nail Mobile.

in Media on July 26, 2012 at 3:19 pm PT

On its first earnings call, Sheryl Sandberg and company take great pain to explain, over and over, that they’ve got a plan for mobile ads.
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Come on Down, Mark Zuckerberg! How to Read Facebook’s First Earnings Report.

in Social on July 26, 2012 at 4:42 am PT

Tech companies have done a good job of freaking out Wall Street this week. Will Facebook follow suit?
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Two Years and $33 Million Later, Start-Up Investor Lerer Ventures Starts Building Its Own Companies

in Media on April 5, 2012 at 7:02 am PT

Like lots of other investors, Ken Lerer, Ben Lerer and Eric Hippeau are plowing money into start-ups. Unlike some of the other guys, they’re making some of them themselves.
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News Byte

New York Times Game Lets You Blow Up the New York Times

in News on April 4, 2012 at 7:47 am PT

Now this is how you promote a long, thinky story on the Web: Tack a free, super easy shoot-’em-up game at the top. The story is a new piece in the New York Times magazine, about the rise of casual games like Angry Birds. The game lets you destroy, Asteroids-style, most of the Web page surrounding it, including the ads. Poynter’s Steve Myers has more.

QOTD: Stick to Pictures

QOTD: Thanks, Mark Pincus, but No Thanks

Zynga Paid Cash for OMGPOP

Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP for $200 Million

Posted by Peter Kafka in News, March 21, 2012 at 10:16 am PT

After Five Years, Draw Something Is an Overnight Hit for OMGPOP. Now What?

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, February 29, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Zynga Ad Exec Manny Anekal Leaves for Mobile Start-Up Kiip

Spotify’s New Deal: No Facebook, No Music

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, September 26, 2011 at 11:39 am PT

Why Betaworks Broke Up the Band

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, September 15, 2011 at 7:08 pm PT

More Funding for Crowdfunding: IndieGoGo Raises $1.5 Million

Posted by Peter Kafka in Commerce, September 7, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

Brightcove’s Old-School IPO

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, August 24, 2011 at 8:07 am PT

Marc Andreessen Says There’s No Bubble. But He’s Happy if You Think There Is.

Posted by Peter Kafka in D9, June 1, 2011 at 9:03 pm PT

Was TweetDeck's Sale a Good Deal? That Depends on Bill Gross.

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, February 14, 2011 at 2:04 pm PT

China's Tencent Buys Riot Games for $400 Million

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, February 4, 2011 at 6:21 pm PT

Casual Games Start-Up OMGPOP Raising a Serious Funding Round

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, November 2, 2010 at 1:55 pm PT

Is Twitter Going Back to the Funding Well for a Giant New Round?

Posted by Peter Kafka in Media, October 22, 2010 at 10:12 pm PT