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It's game on for Zynga initial public offering

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Zynga is expected to price its shares on December 15 in one of the most highly anticipated IPOs of the year. The IPO is expected to value the fast growing social gaming company at around $10bn, below some earlier estimates of as much as $20bn.

 

With Zynga IPO Looming, CEO Mark Pincus Wants Employees To Return Stock

With Zynga IPO Looming, CEO Mark Pincus Wants Employees To Return Stock

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus wants some of the online game company's early employees to give back stock they own ahead of the company's initial public offering of stock, according to a published report Thursday. The Wall Street Journal said that Pincus, who gave out stock freely to keep top talent early on, developed "giver's remorse."

Senh: There's nothing much you can do about that. They got in early and contributed when it counted most. It's not fair to current employees of Zynga, but they're also not risking as much as the early group of people.

 

Zynga files for IPO of up to $1 billion

Zynga files for IPO of up to $1 billion

Zynga Inc filed paperwork for an initial public offering on Friday, the latest in a series of hot social media companies to seek capital in the U.S. public markets.

Senh: It seems like now's the time to do it while the market's still hot. Facebook is finally bleeding users, so social media is finally slowing down. These companies are still way over-priced when you compare each of their revenue with their valuation. I just hope the social media hype doesn't lead to another bubble. So far, it looks it will.

 

Facebook in No Rush to Go Public

Most everyone in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street agrees: The eventual IPO of social-networking site Facebook could make its founder the world's richest 25-year-old. Yet CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems intent on deferring that multibillion dollar payday.

 

FarmVille’s Parent Company Valued at $1 Billion?

While some of us might be willing to pay to make Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars go away, it appears that Wall Street has other ideas.

 

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