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July 20, 2012 01:00 am GMT
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Zynga Appoints Founding Yahoo Exec Ellen Siminoff to Board of Directors
Ellen Siminoff, President, and CEO of Shmoop University, an educational publishing company, and a founding executive at Yahoo, joined Zynga's board of directors today. Siminoff joinsDreamWorks Animation CEOJeffrey Katzenberg, LinkedIn Founder and ChairmanReid Hoffman, Sidecar Rideshare CEO Sunil Paul, Kleiner Perkins PartnerBing Gordon, LinkedIn board member Stanley J. Meresman, Zynga EVP of Business Owen Van Natta, Zynga COO John Schappert and Zynga CEO and founderMark Pincus on the gaming giant's board.Siminoff's background and comments about extending Zynga'splatformcould signal a push towards the intersection of online education and gaming. But the board does have a very diverse set of backgrounds, and we'vespeculatedabout board members changing Zynga's direction before, so take it with a grain of salt.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3poc04DPXGc/
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