Mark Pincus Says Zynga and Facebook Are 'Still BFFs'

Today Zynga co-founder and CEO Mark Pincus appeared on "CBS This Morning" to reassure co-hosts Charlie Rose and Gayle King that after its struggles with disappointing earnings and an overall shift from desktop to mobile, the gaming company and Facebook are "still BFFs," restoring friendship to Social Media Land and goodwill to investors who were wondering what it all means for them.

Today Zynga co-founder and CEO Mark Pincus appeared on “CBS This Morning” to reassure co-hosts Charlie Rose and Gayle King that after its struggles with disappointing earnings and an overall shift from desktop to mobile, the gaming company and Facebook are “still BFFs,” restoring friendship to Social Media Land and goodwill to investors who were wondering what it all means for them.

We know you were losing sleep over this one, so here are the highlights:

ROSE: So let’s just start with the obvious; what’s happened to the stock price?

PINCUS: Okay, beyond the obvious, what’s happened is you have to step back and realize that social gaming as an industry and even the Internet is going through a tectonic shift to mobile.

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