Rovio, the Finnish game developer behind Angry Birds and its many spin-offs, including Bad Piggies and Stella, is cutting up to 130 jobs. Mikael Hed, who will be stepping down as chief executive_on January 1, 2015, said it was right for the company to make changes “sooner rather than later.” Firing 130 employees would equate to 16 percent of its workforce. “We have been building our team on assumptions of faster growth than have materialized,” he added. “As a result, we announced today that we plan to simplify our organization around our three key businesses with the highest growth potential:...
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