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Online gaming giant Zynga will reportedly pay $180 million for Draw Something‘s company, OMGPOP, plus $30 million for employee retention benefits. The breakout viral game has already been downloaded over 30 million times. Our own Shira Lazar chatted with OMGPOP today during the live show, and we’ll have the conversation up again on the web soon for those of you who missed it.
OMG! A big Zynga group hug to OMGPOP, talented creators of Draw Something zynga.tm/1hF #letsplay @omgpop
— Zynga (@zynga) March 21, 2012
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Can you draw $200 million? That’s how much Zynga paid for OMGPOP, maker of popular Draw Something app on.wsj.com/GFJnA9 via @allthingsd
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 21, 2012
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Zynga buys Draw Something maker OMGPOP, will soon own everyone and everything: arst.ch/szu by @KyleOrl
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) March 21, 2012
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OMG! Zynga makes huge acquisitionhuff.to/GLQ1TO
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) March 21, 2012
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Done Deal: Zynga Gets “Draw Something” Phenom By Acquiring OMGPOP. (We’re Hearing $210M.) tcrn.ch/GDB4DR by @kimmaicutler
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) March 21, 2012