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KyleOMGPOP: Last Leap Of Faith Brought A Home Run
Although the financial details were off limits during Zynga’s conference call announcing the purchase of OMGPOP, the details were later revealed in a SEC filing which is a requirement for public companies like Zynga. As allthingsd and TechCrunch reported Zynga bought 100% of the outstanding stock of OMGPOP for $180 million dollars. It’s been well
Zynga Officially Announces Purchase Of OMGPOP, Won’t Disclose Financials
Zynga held a conference call earlier today where they formally announced their purchase of OMGPOP the creators of the hit game “Draw Something”. Zynga’s head of mobile David Ko conducted the call from OMGPOP’s New York headquarters. During the call Zynga announced that they are at 240 million monthly active users (MAU), and still have
Live Blog: Zynga Press Event To Announce Purchase Of OMGPOP Developers Of “Draw Something”
2:31pm: Dan Porter says they will not be changing the name of Draw Something to Draw with friends 2:29pm: Chat and drawing saving coming to Draw Something. 2:28pm: Will this be the biggest deal for Zynga… David Koh not commenting on financials 2:23pm: Q&A time 2:21pm: Dan Porter: looking for a partner that
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A Tribute To My Personal Favorite New York CEO, Dan Porter, Wire Style
Dan Porter, the CEO of OMGPOP became Zynga’s New York chief when the popular social games company acquired the New York based company that created “Draw Something”. Sure one of the main reasons I like Dan Porter so much is that he named every conference and meeting space in OMGPOP’s headquarters after characters from the
Zynga Sues Kobojo Over The Use Of “Ville” In Their Social Games
A French developer has created an egyption based social game where you need to make egyption pyramid cities. The game is called PyramidVille and it plays on the classic model of Zynga’s Farmville, Cityville, Frontierville and other Ville style games. Zynga has now sued the French developer over the use of the word Ville. The
Ben Horowitz Sets The Records Straight On Instagram And PicPlz With A Few Words From Mase
The lyrics to Mase’s 1998 hit “Lookin At Me” graced the page of Ben Horowitz, of Andreessen Horowitz, personal blog on Sunday afternoon. Horowitz needed to set the record straight. There’s a lot of haters out there (I know this personally) and people were asking questions. Ridiculous questions if you ask me, but still they
Dan Porter: You Earned That Bump Like A Mother Fucker
Dan Porter the CEO of OMGPOP became a very wealthy man yesterday. After six years of producing games and the blockbuster hit Draw Something, OMGPOP hit the big time being acquired yesterday by Zynga. During the press conference call yesterday Porter highlighted how Zynga got exactly what OMGPOP was doing with Draw Something. He also
OMGPICTURELIFE: Charles Forman’s Next Project Heating Up
The news that Zynga has purchased OMGPOP for a reported $200 million dollars must have made Picturelife.com founder Charles Forman very happy, and very rich. While OMGPOP’s executive team has been running the show, Forman, founder of OMGPOP with Dan Porter, has been busy working on his new start up Picturelife. Picturelife is the collaborative