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Chris DeWolfe's SGN gaming company acquires Mob Science
SGN, the social gaming company led by Myspace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has acquired Carlsbad-based game developer Mob Science, the shop behind “Legends: Rise of a Hero,” the company said Thursday. The deal will add Mob Science’s 11...
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Gaming
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Environmental activists to crash Facebook's shareholder meeting
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is the latest Silicon Valley company to bar the media from attending its annual meeting. Google and Zynga also decided to keep out the media this year. Instead, Facebook suggests the media watch a live webcast of its first...
Tags: Media Industry, Marketing, Chris Christie, Google Inc., Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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California Film Commission sees big jump in tax credit applications
The California Film Commission saw a nearly 20% jump in the number applications for its annual film tax credit lottery. The Film Commission said 380 projects had applied for a piece of the $100 million the state allocates annually for film and...Tags: Politics, Credit and Debt, Taxation, Jack Reacher (movie), Television Industry
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Zynga to cut 18% of workforce
Social video game company Zynga Inc. on Monday said it will cut 18% of its staff, or about 520 employees. The struggling maker of games such as "FarmVille" and "Words With Friends" is making the cuts as part of an effort to reduce costs by $70 million...
Tags: Words With Friends (game), FarmVille, Gaming Industry, Pandora Media, Inc., Financing and Stock Offerings
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Nasdaq settles Facebook IPO debacle with SEC
NEW YORK — Nasdaq OMX Group will pay $10 million for botching Facebook's initial public stock offering last year, a debacle that shook investors' confidence in Wall Street. Nasdaq's penalty would be the biggest ever paid by an exchange, said the...Tags: Securities, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Media Industry, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UBS AG
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Nasdaq to pay $10 million for botching Facebook IPO
NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq OMX Group will pay $10 million for botching Facebook's initial public offering last year, a debacle that shook investors' confidence in Wall Street. Nasdaq's penalty would be the biggest ever paid by an exchange, said the U.S....
Tags: Father's Day, Media Industry, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, NASDAQ, Stock Market
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‘Candy Crush Saga’ gives addicted mobile-game players a sugar rush
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesI slide three shiny red jelly beans together. Trumpet blast. I put three lemon drops in a line. A xylophone […]... -
Local gamers share their curiosity about Xbox changes
The Baltimore SunCheck back on this slug frequently for updated details about the Xbox release. Microsoft today showcased details of its next-generation gaming platform, Xbox One, which will succeed the Xbox 360. The announcement at Microsoft's Redmond campus followed...Tags: Entertainment, Baltimore County, Culture, Sony Corp., Arts and Culture
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California Senate approves protections for minors on Internet
Despite opposition from Internet firms including Facebook and Google, the California Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would require social networking sites to remove identifying information about teens and younger children from their pages...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Media Industry, Ellen M Corbett, Politics, Fines
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California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills
SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...
Tags: Mark Leno, Jim Nielsen, Safety of Citizens, Sociology, Bonnie Lowenthal
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'Mortal Kombat' creator Ed Boon back with DC superhero game
Ed Boon was pulling punches. I could tell immediately: Why else would Aquaman be wiping the floor with Batman? Not to mention, I was playing Ed Boon in a video game, a fighting game, that Ed Boon, the king of the fighting-game genre, created. The game...
Tags: Nintendo Company Ltd., Entertainment, Politics, Xbox, Joe Lieberman
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