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<title>Zynga axes 500, closes three offices; new focus mobile-only</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/06/03/move.to.save.troubled.developer.up.to.80.million.annually/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344568228_pincusandfarmville-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Game developer Zynga today announced that it has commenced laying off 520 employees, and closing offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York, with an estimated completion date of the moves by the end of August. The moves are described as "substantial cost reductions" and "a hard day for Zynga" but "necessary to move forward" according to Zynga CEO Mark Pincus....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google, others file amicus brief regarding vague patents</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/11/zynga.intuit.rackspace.redhat.dell.join.in.signing.filing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355208934_googlesign-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In an amicus curae ("friend of the court") brief filed on Friday by Google, Facebook, and six other tech companies, the unlikely allies have asked the courts to reject all lawsuits based on patents with unclear concepts instead of specific information and applications. Cosigned by, Dell, Homeaway, Intuit, Rackspace, Redhat, and Zynga, the brief implies that there is a great risk to the technology ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zynga forges new Facebook agreement, loses favored status</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/29/game.developer.free.to.sell.games.refuse.facebook.advertisements/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354235444_zyngapincus-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook and social game developer Zynga have revised terms of a partnership that gave Zynga preferential treatment on the social network. The modification of the deal was noted on regulatory filings from the two companies earlier today. Zynga has been given more flexibility to sell its own games by the agreement, but makes the game developer subject to the same rules as other game makers, if it w...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Struggling Zynga CFO leaves; three other executives shuffled</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/13/latest.move.consolidates.executive.duties.saves.payroll.costs/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343343474_pincus-keynote-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Beleaguered social game developer Zynga announced a wide range of executive changes today. Headlining the shakeup, Chief Financial Officer David Wehner has departed, and has been replaced by the company's top accounting executive Mark Vranesh. Wehner will fill a role at Facebook following his departure. Other changes include David Ko as chief operations officer, vacant since John Schappert vacated...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anonymous said to target Facebook on Guy Fawkes Day</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/04/hacktivists.to.remember.fifth.of.november.with.facebook.attack/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352073960_ScreenShot2012-11-04at7.05.04PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Hactivist group Anonymous is rumored to be planning an attack on social networking giant Facebook tomorrow, marking Guy Fawkes Day by taking down the site unless Zynga backpedals on what Anonymous contends is a plan to cut 1,000 jobs. Tomorrow's action would also include the release of Zynga's games for free download. Anonymous claims that Zynga's job-cutting maneuver is inexcusable in light of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Draw Something released on Windows Phone, exclusive to Lumia</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/28/words.with.friends.to.join.the.platform.in.the.future/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/omgpop-drawsomething-sm-copy.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Draw Something, the popular game created by OMGPOP and owned by Zynga, is now out for Windows Phones [Store]. Though it has only just been released on the Microsoft platform, long after appearing on iOS and Android, it will be exclusive to the Lumia range of Nokia handsets for a two month period....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zynga lays off more than 100 in Boston, Austin, Chicago</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/23/costcutting.measures.attempt.to.bring.company.back.to.the.black/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351033609_bostonzynga-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Zynga's senior vice president of games Todd Arnold arrived at the game manufacturer's Boston office, and closed it down today, leaving 50 people looking for work. Additionally, in parallel at the Zynga studio in Austin, TX approximately 50 more employees were asked to leave. The layoffs occurred during the Apple press event, with speculation that it was done to try and hide the news from the press...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zynga cuts 2012 financial guidance, stock price plummets</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343343474_pincus-keynote-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Brokerages and market analysts have dropped price targets on Zynga stock by up to 40 percent after the social game maker slashed its 2012 guidance further due to revenue damage from departing gamers. Zynga said on Thursday it was losing paid customers from Facebook games CityVille and FarmVille, and reduced its annual guidance for the second time this year. Since the IPO in December 2011, the comp...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zynga chief creative officer exits for mobile game startup</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/29/new.company.backed.published.by.zynga/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346217981_mikeverdu-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Chief Creative Officer Mike Verdu is departing casual Facebook game manufacturer Zynga. Verdu's reports that he is "concerned about how this might be viewed with what else is going on, but itís not a function of anything else going on at the company," likely referring to the plummeting of the stock price and allegations of improper stock sale by company insiders....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: Zynga issues 'equity grants' to full-time employees</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/09/move.aimed.at.preventing.talent.mass.exodus/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344568228_pincusandfarmville-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Beleaguered Facebook game developer Zynga, facing lawsuits from bitter investors and Electronic Arts for different reasons, parceled out equity grants to every full-time employee of the company earlier this month. The move, which aims to compensate shareholder employees for recent losses, was made shortly after a dismal and widely-criticized earnings report published on July 25. While awards of op...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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