By Drew Grant 10/04/12 12:14pm

Celebrity Games

Surprisingly, Snoop Dog did not come in last place (Zynga.com)

Alec Baldwin Does Not Enter, Much Less Win, First-Ever Words with Friends Celebrity Challenge

And in a shocking upset, Edward Norton beat out Kristen Bell, Sophia Bush, Jonah Hill and Eva Longoria in Zynga’s first-ever celebrity competition of Words with Friends, a game that we had all previously assumed Alec Baldwin was the hands-down champion of. As it turned out, Mr. Baldwin didn’t even enter the ring, basically throwing the fight to the Fight Club actor, who won $132,500 for his charity, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.

Mr. Norton did give a shout-out to the WWF master in his acceptance speech: Read More

By Patrick Clark 7/26/12 7:33am

Morning Read

‘Curse of Dick Fuld’ Grabs Nomura CEO Watanabe; Sandy Weill’s Simple Life: Roundup

‘Curse of Dick Fuld’: Ken Watanabe, chief executive officer of Nomura Holdings and the driving force behind the bank’s purchase of Lehman Brothers European and Asian operations, resigned as the company indicated that insider-trading offenses committed within the company go beyond those identified by Japanese regulators. Mr. Watanabe leaves Nomura three weeks after Read More

By admin 1/21/11 7:48pm

M&A

Area Code Is Now Zynga New York

Zynga, one of the fastest growing businesses on the web, now has a New York arm. 

Game developer Area Code announced today that they will be known as Zynga New York. 

There are no details at the moment on what Zynga paid to acquire Area Code or if this was more of a Read More

By admin 10/18/10 12:30pm

Apps

WSJ Accuses Facebook of Giving Advertisers Private Data That’s Not Really Private

The Wall Street Journal continues its aggresive reporting on the world of online tracking and advertising under the Orwellian heading of “What They Know.”

Today, The Journal reports that popular third party Facebook apps like Zynga’s Farmville, Texas Hold-Em and Frontierville were transmitting personal information to advertising firms. According to the story, “The Read More