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A walk on the California coast with Eric Schiermeyer, the cofounder and former analytics expert at Zynga (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 2, 2014
19 min

We ran a story earlier this week on Eric Schiermeyer, the co-founder of Zynga and the analytics expert behind its success, and his new...

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19 min

The DeanBeat: What the game industry learned from Mark Pincus

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2014
4 min

It's easy to forget what a CEO accomplished in a seven-year run.

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4 min

Big Zynga shakeup leaves founder Mark Pincus out of day-to-day operations

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 23, 2014
2 min

Former Microsoft Xbox Live veteran Alex Garden will run Zynga's game studios.

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2 min

FarmVille on mobile thrills Wall Street

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 17, 2014
2 min

FarmVille 2 may finally usher in Zynga's earnings turnaround.

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2 min

With three new games, Zynga is fighting to matter in mobile

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 3, 2014
4 min

For the past couple of years, Zynga’s problem was clear. The social gaming giant dominated the charts on Facebook, but not on mobile. And...

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4 min

Zynga chief operating officer Downie describes its new gameplan (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 31, 2014
8 min

Clive Downie says the distinction between casual and hardcore games no longer matters at Zynga. The focus is on great games.

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8 min

Zynga’s Mark Pincus asked Obama to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 19, 2013
1 min

The question shows how much Silicon Valley has been stung by the NSA revelations.

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1 min

Zynga cofounder leaves the social-game developer

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 17, 2013
1 min

The former Zynga Poker lead engineer wrote on Facebook that he is heading off on his own again.

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1 min

New Zynga CEO Don Mattrick lays out his 90-day plan

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 25, 2013
2 min

Mattrick set his desk up among the developers of Zynga's FarmVille franchise in an effort to get the best out of them.

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2 min

Zynga will not 'pursue a license for real-money [gambling] in the U.S.'

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 25, 2013
1 min

Zynga is sticking to casual social games to make its money in the U.S.

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1 min