Papaya Mobile builds its mobile social network by making itself critical to
game ...
VentureBeat
Si Shen is the chief executive and co-founder of Papaya Mobile, the mobile
social gaming network based in Beijing, China. The company's customers have
more than 65 million mobile game users in a network for social game sharing
and cross-promotion.
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Zynga Reshuffles Its Senior Executives
Wall Street Journal
Zynga Chief Operating Officer John Schappert will no longer be responsible
for the company's games, as the San Francisco company tries to capitalize
on the user shift to mobile games and revamp its Web offerings. Chief
Mobile Officer David Ko and ...
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Zynga's Mark Pincus Grabbing Game Oversight from COO
All Things Digital
As part of restructuring, David Ko, Zynga's chief mobile officer, and Steve
Chiang, its EVP of games, will report directly to Pincus, according to
Bloomberg, which first reported the changes. Ko and Chiang previously
reported to COO John Schappert, one of ...
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Schappert stripped of game duties as Zynga shifts toward mobile games
The Verge
The move, meant to help shift the struggling company away from Facebook
games and toward gaming on mobile devices, has David Ko, who runs Zynga's
mobile operations, and Steve Chiang, executive vice president of games, now
reporting directly to CEO ...
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EA bullish on mobile as social games slow down
VentureBeat
Electronic Arts said today that revenue growth in social games is slowing
down but mobile games are picking up. EA, one of the world's largest game
publishers, is facing a big shift from retail sales to digital sales. Chief
operating officer Peter Moore said in an ...
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There Has Just Been A Huge Shake-Up At Zynga, And Mark Pincus Is Taking ...
Business Insider
Zynga has confirmed a huge re-organization of its game divisions, now led
by chief mobile officer David Ko and EVP of games Steve Chiang — with COO
John Schappert no longer working on games, AllThingsD reports. More
importantly, it appears that CEO ...
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Mobile News Wrap-Up: July 31, 2012
Side Mission (blog)
With the London 2012 Olympic Games in full swing, over 2 million players
worldwide have downloaded the official mobile game. The London 2012
Official Mobile Game features nine events, including Archery, Double Trap,
110m Hurdles, Swimming, and ...
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Zynga COO Said to Lose Product Oversight as Growth Slows
Bloomberg
David Ko, who runs Zynga's mobile operations, and Steve Chiang, executive
vice president of games, both of whom reported to Schappert, now report
directly to Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus, said the people, who asked
not to be identified because the ...
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