CNN Business reports that the once-popular maker of mobile games, HQ Trivia has decided to shut shop. CEO Rus Yusupov said in a company-wide email on Friday that “lead investors are no longer willing to fund the company, and so effective today, HQ will cease operations & move to dissolution.”
Game over for HQ Trivia – CNN
The company behind the once-popular live mobile trivia game is shutting down, CNN Business has learned. HQ will part ways with 25 full-time employees.When HQ launched in 2017, its first game HQ Trivia quickly attracted millions of peopleacross the world who stopped whatever they were doing twice a day to play the game on their smartphones. The company was profiled by The New York Times and its original host Scott Rogowsky became a household name, appearing on programs like NBC’s “Today” show.
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/14/media/hq-trivia-shut-down/
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