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Head of iPhone Game Technology Leaves Apple

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Graeme Devine, the person heading the iPhone Game Technology department in Apple has left the company. Graeme Devine has been working for Apple for a year now after leaving id Software.

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Darren Newnham Surfaces at TeePee

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Following a career as business developer for the famous SEGA Europe company and a role as Head of Licensing at the notorious publisher Telcogames, Darren Newnham now surfaces at Tony’s TeePee Games.

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Glu Strongly Reduces EU Headcount

November 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »

The rumors have been flying around for some time, but I think we and most of our readers have been expecting this for a while. Last week, lot’s of Glu employees in Europe received their termination notice.

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Cedric Maisonnier Joins Selatra

November 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Cedric Maisonnier, one of the guys from Player X (now ZED) is joining Selatra to help the company expand their aggregation business toward network operators.

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Digital Chocolate Adds David Fox to its US Team

October 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

David Fox has joined our San Mateo headquarters team of Digital Chocolate and will function as the Vice President of the company and report directly to the CEO.

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Symbian’s Lee Williams Steps Down

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 2 Comments »

Symbian’s Executive Director Lee Williams has announced that he will be leaving his post at the Foundation. He said he is leaving the foundation for personal reasons.

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Greg Ballard to Head Warner Bros. Digital Games

October 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 1 Comment »

Just months after surfacing at mobile video advertising network Transpera, Greg Ballard has been hired by Warner Bros to lead their digital games and downloads division.

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John Pleasants to Head Disney’s Games Division

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Disney has announced that former Playdom chief John Pleasants will be heading all (mobile) gaming related activities within the Disney Interactive Media Group.

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Board Changes & Fresh Cash for Connect2Media

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »

While we only just reported that Eric Hobson had left Connect2media, we now have received the full press release detailing the changes and the investment into the company.

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Eric Hobson Leaves Connect2Media

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Eric Hobson, the guy always identified with Mforma, has left his role as CEO of Connect2Media. Eric became part of Mforma/C2M when the company bought BlueBeck Studios, a company he founded in 2002.

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