Buzztime Games Moving Online After Restructuring, Layoffs

Bruce V. Bigelow3/3/09

NTN Buzztime (AMEX: NTN), a Carlsbad, CA, company that sells interactive, multi-player games to sports bars and restaurants, said today it is reorganizing and refocusing its business, and named Terry Bateman as CEO. As part of a cost-cutting initiative, the company said it laid off about 17 percent of its workforce in January, without saying how many employees were affected. NTN Buzztime plans to make its Buzztime games available online and on mobile devices by the end of the year.

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