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April 4, 2011 09:30 pm GMT
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ShrekVille? Zynga Adds DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg To Board
Zynga is bringing in a bit of Hollywood to its board today with the addition of DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg to its board of directors. Katzenberg will be joining Zynga EVP of Business Owen Van Natta, LinkedIn Founder and Chairman Reid Hoffman, Kleiner Perkins Partner Bing Gordon, Foundry Group Managing director Brad Feld, and Zynga's CEO and founder Mark Pincus on the social gaming giant's board. Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation are behind a number of animated blockbuster hits, including Shrek and Kung Fu Panda. Katzenberg co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in October 1994. The studio has a long history of creating animated films; it's first hits, Antz and The Prince of Egypt, debuted in 1998. DreamWorks Animation was a division of DreamWorks SKG until October 2004, when it became a publicly traded company.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/BLKb8BcEQ6s/
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