Comments on: Disney buys social game firm Playdom for up to $763.2M

By: The Capitals™ – Capitalists' Magazine | 資本家札記 | Disney Infinity takes shape as a huge investment in transmedia (hands-on preview)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:07:05 +0000

[...] Disney adapted to the shift toward social and mobile games acquired social game maker Playdom for $763.2 million in July 2010 and it acquired [...]

By: Disney Infinity takes shape as a huge investment in transmedia (hands-on preview) | GamesBeat

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:29 +0000

[...] Disney adapted to the shift toward social and mobile games acquired social game maker Playdom for $763.2 million in July 2010 and it acquired [...]

By: Signia Venture Partners’ Rick Thompson delivers the über-investor’s take on mobile gaming investments (interview) - strange app - strange app

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:54:47 +0000

[...] has had great successes as a tech investor, most recently selling Playdom to Disney for up to $763.2 million in 2010. His exits for all of his companies have totaled more than $5 [...]

By: Signia Venture Partners’ Rick Thompson delivers the über-investor’s take on mobile gaming investments (interview) | GamesBeat

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:01:57 +0000

[...] has had great successes as a tech investor, most recently selling Playdom to Disney for up to $763.2 million in 2010. His exits for all of his companies have totaled more than $5 [...]

By: The Capitals™ – Capitalists' Consortium | 联合财团 | 聯合財團 | 資本連合 | 관절투자 | How Rick Thompson became the über investor for gaming (interview)

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:31:47 +0000

[...] Magid Associates research firm. Thompson has had great successes as a tech investor, most recently selling Playdom to Disney for up to $763.2 million in [...]

By: How Rick Thompson became the über investor for gaming (interview) | ImpressiveNews

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:25:53 +0000

[...] Magid Associates research firm. Thompson has had great successes as a tech investor, most recently selling Playdom to Disney for up to $763.2 million in [...]

By: How Rick Thompson became the über investor for gaming (interview) | VentureBeat

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:01:14 +0000

[...] Magid Associates research firm. Thompson has had great successes as a tech investor, most recently selling Playdom to Disney for up to $763.2 million in [...]

By: After five No. 1 mobile game hits, Disney Mobile to launch three new holiday games and four big updates | VentureBeat

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:03:37 +0000

[...] overall strategy in social and mobile games has set up the success. The entertainment giant acquired social game publisher Playdom and Decrem’s mobile game studio Tapulous. Then it put outsider entrepreneurs (who understand [...]

By: Disney’s recent history suggests it might not be ‘business as usual’ at LucasArts for long | VentureBeat

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:39:49 +0000

[...] 2010, Disney bought social-gaming platform Playdom and its 46 million monthly users for $763 million. In the wake of that purchase, Disney abandoned [...]

By: John Spinale navigates Disney’s push into social gaming (interview) | VentureBeat

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:02:57 +0000

[...] into the social gaming market — in the right way. He runs the Playdom division, which Disney acquired for $763.2 million in 2010. Disney bought Playdom because it isn’t as easy as you think to take an older brand [...]

By: After big shift, Disney is still making epic console games (Warren Spector interview) | VentureBeat

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:31:13 +0000

[...] under Graham Hopper, right? And now you’re under (former Playdom leader) John Pleasants [Disney acquired that company for up to $763.2 million in 2010]. Has that changed anything you’re doing on your [...]

By: Zynga acquires Wild Needle casual game maker for an estimated $3.8M | Share Blog

Tue, 15 May 2012 02:03:34 +0000

[...] scored big time with Playdom, which Disney bought in 2010 for up to $763 million. He was also an investor in Funzio, which Gree acquired for $210 [...]

By: Zynga acquires Wild Needle casual game maker for an estimated $3.8M | VentureBeat

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:22:49 +0000

[...] scored big time with Playdom, which Disney bought in 2010 for up to $763 million. He was also an investor in Funzio, which Gree acquired for $210 [...]

By: After Disney, Bungie founder dives into mobile games with Industrial Toys (exclusive interview) | Social Network Background Check

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:01:42 +0000

[...] fact, Disney bought social gaming leader Playdom for up to $763.2 million, and Playdom’s leader John Pleasants took over as chief of games at Disney, with Seropian [...]

By: After Disney, Bungie founder dives into mobile games with Industrial Toys (exclusive interview) | VentureBeat

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:01:46 +0000

[...] fact, Disney bought social gaming leader Playdom for up to $763.2 million, and Playdom’s leader John Pleasants took over as chief of games at Disney, with Seropian [...]

By: DeanBeat: Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in 2011 | VentureBeat

DeanBeat: Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in 2011 | VentureBeat — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:03:42 +0000

[...] $1.3 billion in overall value, the deal far eclipses last year’s biggest deal, where Disney acquired Playdom for as much as $763.2 [...]

By: Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games | Tech News Aggregator

Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games | Tech News Aggregator — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:12:45 +0000

[...] Playdom that were previously handled by Pleasants, who was chief executive of Playdom before Disney acquired it for $763.2 million in July of last [...]

By: Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games | VentureBeat « Mouse Slap

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:07:01 +0000

[...] that were previously handled by Pleasants, who was chief executive of Playdom before Disney acquired it for $763.2 million in July of last [...]

By: OnlineMagazine » Blog Archive » Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:43:47 +0000

[...] Playdom that were previously handled by Pleasants, who was chief executive of Playdom before Disney acquired it for $763.2 million in July of last [...]

By: Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games | VentureBeat

Disney poaches OnLive exec to head social games | VentureBeat — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:11:09 +0000

[...] Playdom that were previously handled by Pleasants, who was chief executive of Playdom before Disney acquired it for $763.2 million in July of last [...]

By: Mayfield Fund snags game investor Tim Chang as managing director

Mayfield Fund snags game investor Tim Chang as managing director — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:30:07 +0000

[...] Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists last spring, mainly for his investments in Playdom, which sold to Disney for up to $763 million, and Ngmoco, which sold to DeNA for as much as $403 [...]

By: Mayfield Fund snags game investor Tim Chang as managing director | VentureBeat

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:33:07 +0000

By: Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:32:28 +0000

[...] he has been part of some of the biggest exits of the past year. That includes Disney’s $763 million purchase of Playdom and DeNA’s $403 million purchase of Ngmoco. Those exits helped land him on the 2011 Forbes [...]

By: Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments | VentureBeat

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:01:20 +0000

By: Meet our all-star panel of judges for our game start-up contest, Who’s Got Game? | VentureBeat

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:02:11 +0000

[...] big investments were Ngmoco, which was acquired by DeNA for up to $403 million, and Playdom, acquired by Disney for up to $763.2 [...]