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    New Facebook Filings Reveal Details of its Relationship With Zynga

    By Christina Warren | Mashable – Wed, Feb 8, 2012

    Facebook just amended its S-1 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the documents offer deeper insight into Facebook's relationship with Zynga.

    Facebook amended or added 26 new documents to its SEC filing and these updated documents provide more color on Facebook's stock allotment and its relationships with other companies.

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    As first reported by Business Insider, that includes a more detailed look at how Facebook and Zynga work together.

    In original IPO filing, it was revealed that Zynga accounts for 12% of Facebook's revenue. That news was enough to lift Zynga's stock and made clear that the relationships is symbiotic.

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    The amended filings include a Developer Addendum effective as of May 14, 2010 that discloses the developer relationship between the two companies.

    The documents says, in part:

    The parties acknowledge that FB desires to enable Zynga to build the Zynga Platform on top of the Facebook Platform, and the parties desire to, amongst other goals set forth herein, work together to increase the number of users of each party's products and services.

    The parties further acknowledge that Zynga is making a significant commitment to the Facebook Platform (i.e., using Facebook as the exclusive Social Platform on the Zynga Properties and granting FB certain title exclusivities to Zynga games on the Facebook Platform). In exchange for such commitment, the parties have committed to set certain growth targets for monthly unique users of Covered Zynga Games.

    In essence, what this agreement says is that in exchange for building atop Facebook's platform, Zynga got Facebook's assurance that it would meet certain growth targets.

    Those growth targets are based on a linear weekly growth rate for web and mobile. In exchange for meeting these targets, Zynga promised exclusivity of its titles on the Facebook Platform and promised exclusive mobile integration.

    There are more documents in the new filing that also look interesting and we'll be following the wider story as it develops.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    10 comments

    • Rodbober1
      Rodbober1  •  3 mths ago
      Yeah, but Zynga still can't fix the problems with their games, are ignoring them. This is what people need to know BEFORE they buy Zynga stocks.
    • The Devil
      The Devil  •  Arlington, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Quit Zynga around 8 months ago - best decision ever - Seriously thinking of closing my Facebook - It is becoming one of the type of companies I don't like dealing with - Greedy.
    • Eagle
      Eagle  •  3 mths ago
      Zyaga is addicting people to their stupid games, and bulking gamers out of billions, Facebook
      makes 12% of that. So Join me instead of buying a VIRTUAL COW, lets cancel our Facebook accts. and make Facebook VIRTUAL STOCK......I did just fine without knowing when my friends took a crap.......
    • me
      me  •  3 mths ago
      Close your Facebook accounts!
    • Jeb_Stuart D
      Jeb_Stuart D  •  3 mths ago
      I quit playing Farmville because of the numerous bugs and errors that continually happened when trying to play the game. They also kept coming up with stupid quests that I know a lot of people weren't interested in playing, as we just wanted to play the game and not have to do those tasks. When I tried getting help via their forums, the admins were rude and would lock comment threads or delete them if anything negative was said so that other people couldn't comment either.
    • lauraj
      lauraj  •  Milwaukee, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      Zynga is based on greed. Don't waste your time,esp,money on the Zynga games.
    • Blank
      Blank  •  3 mths ago
      If you buy into the Facebook IPO you are probably going to regret it.
    • K in Kansas
      K in Kansas  •  Olathe, Kansas  •  2 mths ago
      They HAVE to know (since we keep telling them and there have been articles saying it) all they have to do is make the stupid zynga games work. They have no trouble getting new players, but they don't give a fig about keeping them.
    • Shelia
      Shelia  •  Seattle, Washington  •  2 mths ago
      YAWN!!! Another lack luster, no substance article which yields no profit or potential of profit for the families of this country.
    • Ann
      Ann  •  3 mths ago
      Zynga is a swindler.
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