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    Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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.
    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: Pandora Media, Inc., Financing and Stock Offerings, Gaming Industry, Words With Friends (game), Zynga Inc.

    2. May 25, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  2. ‘Candy Crush Saga’ gives addicted mobile-game players a sugar rush

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    I slide three shiny red jelly beans together. Trumpet blast. I put three lemon drops in a line. A xylophone […]...
    3. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Not all fun and (video) games

    Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its Baltimore County office several weeks ago.
    Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its...

    Tags: Computer Hardware, Apple iPad, Entertainment, Highlandtown, Timonium

    4. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Zynga closes Timonium video game studio in broader consolidation

    Zynga, the video game maker best known for FarmVille and Words With Friends, has closed its Timonium office as part of a broader corporate consolidation, company officials said Monday.
    Zynga, the video game maker best known for FarmVille and Words With Friends, has closed its Timonium office as part of a broader corporate consolidation, company officials said Monday. The company also made changes at three other offices, closing and...

    Tags: Employees, Gaming, Entertainment, Timonium, Media Industry

    5. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Gavin Newsom says the revolution will be digitized

    <strong>Citizenville</strong>
    -------------------- Citizenville How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government Gavin Newsom with Lisa Dickey Penguin Press: 272 pp., $25.95 -------------------- California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has a lot more time on his hands than...

    Tags: Human Interest, YouTube, Politics, Dyslexia, Government

    6. Sep 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Zynga calls EA lawsuit 'baseless,' countersues

    Zynga Inc. has fired back at Electronic Arts Inc., calling EA's copyright infringement lawsuit against it "baseless" and filing a countersuit alleging that the video game giant for prevented its employees from leaving to work for Zynga.
    Zynga Inc. has fired back at Electronic Arts Inc., calling EA's copyright infringement lawsuit against it "baseless" and filing a countersuit alleging that the video game giant for prevented its employees from leaving to work for Zynga. “Today we...

    Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Gaming, Entertainment, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

    7. Aug 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Facebook to Zynga: Social games are growing, not shrinking

    The tiff between the world's largest social network and the company behind the&nbsp;"FarmVille"&nbsp; social game escalated this week.
    The tiff between the world's largest social network and the company behind the "FarmVille"  social game escalated this week. Facebook on Tuesday shot back at Zynga, saying the number of people playing games on the social network on a monthly basis grew...

    Tags: Social Media, Sociology, Arts and Culture, Germany, Economy, Business and Finance

    8. Aug 9, 2012 |Column| Hartford Courant

  8. New Media Offer New Ways To Dodge Those Darn Reporters' Pesky Questions

    The Hartford Courant
    We are approaching a moment when candidates running for Congress don't have to bother with old-fashioned media. Not so long ago, it might have been unthinkable for a non-incumbent to largely kiss off all but carefully scripted exchanges with local...

    Tags: YouTube, Politics, Elections, U.S. Senate, Dannel P. Malloy

    9. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Professor's journey for a school is rich in life lessons

    Laura Pincus Hartman stood before a congregation in a church just south of 75th Street, gazing at anticipatory faces.
    Special to the Tribune
    Laura Pincus Hartman stood before a congregation in a church just south of 75th Street, gazing at anticipatory faces.    The pastor had just finished preaching an hour-long sermon from the Gospel of Mark about Jesus healing a woman. Hartman was about...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Science and Technology, Geography

    10. Jun 19, 2012 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  10. Woman charged with stealing nearly $10K to purchase 'goods' for Facebook game

    Usually when people steal money it&rsquo;s to buy something, and that something is typically real and tangible.
    Q13 FOX News reporter
    Usually when people steal money it’s to buy something, and that something is typically real and tangible. But an Arlington, Wash., woman who has been charged with stealing nearly $10,000 in very real dollars to purchase “goods” for...

    Tags: Credit and Debt, Facebook, Theft, Prosecution, FrontierVille

    11. Jun 12, 2012 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  11. Facebook may give access to children under 13

    SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; How young is too young to join Facebook?
    SAN FRANCISCO — How young is too young to join Facebook? The Menlo Park, Calif., company currently bans anyone under age 13 from joining the world's most popular social network. Yet an estimated 7.5 million preteens — most of them under age...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Facebook, Culture, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Companies and Corporations

    12. May 10, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  12. Facebook announces 'app center', paid apps

    Facebook users who haven't yet discovered the joys of FarmVille or plugged in to the sounds of Spotify will be getting an easier way to find apps that run on the site.
    CNN
    Facebook users who haven't yet discovered the joys of FarmVille or plugged in to the sounds of Spotify will be getting an easier way to find apps that run on the site. On Thursday, the site unveiled Facebook App Center, a clearinghouse for social apps...

    Tags: Social Media, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Zynga Inc.

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