Mark Pincus

New ranking results suggest that Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the company behind FarmVille and Words With Friends, is losing one million players every day. On October 1, AppData -- an independent researcher of metrics and trends -- reported that Zynga had 340 million monthly active users. As of today,...

Rumors suggest that Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) CEO Mark Pincus might take his company private. This would be an interesting turn of events for the social game company, which continues to decline. Regardless, it is unlikely to happen. Never mind the analysts, who warn that by taking Zynga private so...

Zynga's (NASDAQ: ZNGA) demise is fast approaching as investors abandon the creator of FarmVille, CityVille and other social media games. Built almost exclusively with the help of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and its impeccable number of users, Zynga was once believed to be the next big company in the...

Struggling online game creator Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is reassessing its business model. Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus told The Wall Street Journal, “I think that there's an opportunity on mobile for there to be a connector of these experiences.” Zynga's second quarter results revealed a...

As growth continues to slow in Farmville's hometown, better known as Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), Chief Operating Officer John Schappert may have lost his role - one that required growth revival for the floundering company along with product oversight. The news coincides with two lawsuits that...

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the social games provider, and Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), the toys and games manufacturer, are teaming up to bring toys based on the popular Farmville online game into the real world. The deal sees Hasbro granted the rights to create a range of toys and games based on Zynga's...