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Interviewer John Battelle of Federated Media linked Pincus' no-show to Zynga's upcoming IPO -- and an increasingly nervous atmosphere among the online gaming company's financial and legal chiefs.
Zynga has repeatedly amended its S-1 filing with the SEC (its vital pre-public launch document). The most recent amendment, released on Thursday, revealed that Pincus has an unusually large amount of control over his company.