Zynga CEO: ‘The most vibrant, largest, most social audiences on mobile are in messaging apps’

Zynga reported one of its strongest revenue quarters in years today as it hit $207 million in bookings, up 14 percent form a year ago. The drivers were growth in mobile games, improved live operations for existing games, and better operating expense efficiency. Earnings weren’t quite as good, but they beat Zynga’s own expectations, and the stock price is up in after-hours trading.
I talked with Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga, in an interview today about how things are going. The com