Posted on December 16, 2009 by michael nurse
Pocket Gamer biz reports that Zynga – maker of Mafia Wars and Farmville social games for Facebook and myspace – has just raised $180 MM in venture capital from the same Russian investment consortium that invested in Facebook. The deal puts Zynga’s valua tion at somewhere between $1.5 and $3 BILLION. My first reaction was [...]
Filed under: Digital strategy | Tagged: business model, Facebook, linkedin, measurement, venture capital | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2009 by michael nurse
So Venture Beat reports that AOL (sorry… Aol) is considering selling Bebo as part of their reorganization. Now, Aol is repositioning itself by moving away from its current subscription-based service model to an ad-supported digital media business – so aggregate or develop content and sell advertising. Now, Bebo is a social networking platform. A platform [...]
Filed under: Digital strategy | Tagged: advertising, Aol, Bebo, business model, corporate strategy, Facebook, social media | 2 Comments »
