• BoomTown, Monday, October 4, 2010 1:06 PM

David Ko, who just put in his resignation as the head Yahoo's U.S. Audience unit, has already found a new gig at social gaming start-up Zynga, sources tell BoomTown. "For Zynga ... mobile is becoming a critical new platform for growth, as consumers use a variety of increasingly functional mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers," notes Kara Swisher. "Sources said Zynga has been pursuing Ko for months."

Many of the execs presently fleeing Yahoo seem to be landing on their feet. Jimmy Pitaro, who also just left Yahoo as SVP of Media, has taken a position at Disney as the new co-president of its Internet division. Before heading the Audience unit at Yahoo, Ko ran its mobile operations, which included heading product development, making distribution deals and the like.

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