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Synacor scores Zynga games for TV Everywhere portals
Synacor struck a deal with casual game producer Zynga that could allow Synacor customers such as Cable One and Charter Communications to add Words With Friends, FarmVille2 and other games to their TV Everywhere online video portals.
Zynga, Facebook renegotiate deal allowing for partnerships with other players
Facebook and Zynga have renegotiated the terms of their social games publishing partnership, liberating Zynga to expand its products to additional platforms but also giving Facebook the latitude to build its own branded games.
Zynga elevates Tim LeTourneau to chief creative officer
Zynga is promoting Tim LeTourneau to Chief Creative Officer. He replaces Mike Verdu, who left the embattled social gaming firm in August to launch his own startup.
Zynga Treasurer Mike Gupta jumps ship for Twitter
Treasurer Mike Gupta is the latest high-profile executive to exit the beleaguered social gaming firm-- Bloomberg reports Gupta, who joined Zynga in 2011 after eight years at Yahoo, has been named vice president of corporate finance and treasurer at Twitter.
Zynga CFO Wehner bails to join Facebook, Ko promoted to COO
Zynga is once again reshuffling its executive team, the firm's latest move to resuscitate its beleaguered social gaming platform.
Zynga acquires November Software in move to 'midcore' mobile gaming market
Zynga has acquired mobile game studio November Software, best known for its work on LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed franchise. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Zynga: Mobile accounts for 20% of bookings
Zynga in the third quarter reported a 5 percent drop in revenues from the previous quarter, to $317 million. However, the company did beat analyst's estimates for the quarter, despite downgrading its full-year guidance for the year earlier this month.
Zynga shutters Boston office, slashes staff, sunsets games
Zynga is slashing staff and pulling the plug on more than a dozen games in advance of what is expected to be a grim third-quarter earnings report.
Report: Zynga building ad platform to attract third-party developers
Zynga is developing its own advertising platform in an effort to boost revenues but also to enhance the social gaming network's appeal to third-party developer partners, All Things D reports.
Wireless in the third quarter of 2012
How did the wireless industry perform in the third quarter of 2012? Check here throughout the second-quarter earnings report season for full earnings reports from the wireless industry's carriers, handset makers, equipment suppliers and others.
