2011

SGT Podcast: John Szeder of hi5
Social Games Today, July 27, 2011 Play Podcast

Pay Attention - Or Pay Cash
Inc., May 11, 2011 Los Angeles Games Conference - Interview with Alex St. John, President & CTO of hi5
Technorati, May 2, 2011 Industry Heavyweights Say the Future of Gaming is Console-less
Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2011 Los Angeles Games Conference - Facebook as a Gaming Platform
Technorati, April 27, 2011 Spil Games, GSN Dominate As Most-Popular Online Game Sites, But Guess Who Ranks No. 6?
All Things Digital, April 20, 2011 hi5 Becomes a Top Ten Online Game Site
New York Times, April 20, 2011 hi5 Becomes a Top 10 Online Gaming Site
Gamezebo, April 20, 2011 hi5 Becomes A Top 10 Online Gaming Site
AOL GameDaily, April 20, 2011 Do you have to be a leader in the space?
FastCompany, March 15, 2011 Opinion: How Facebook will be Committing “Commercide” on July 1st
VentureBeat, March 2, 2011 Fed Up With Facebook? Hi5 Tells Social Game Developers There’s an Alternative.
All Things Digital, February 28, 2011 Hi5's Alex St. John On Anti-Social Gaming
Wall Street Journal, February 28, 2011

Talking SocioPath and SocioPay with Hi5’s Alex St. John
GameZebo, February 28, 2011 Videogame Makers Seek Footing on Shifting Landscape
AFP, February 27, 2011 Hi5 Launches SocioPay Monetization Platform
Gamasutra, February 23, 2011 Social Game Platform Hi5 Launches SocioPay for Cross-Platform Game Monetization
Inside Social Games, February 23, 2011

2010

hi5’s Alex St. John’s Prescription for Anti-Social Games
Gamesauce, November 17, 2010 St. John: 'Money made on social games is tiny compared to general online'
GamesIndustry.biz, November 12, 2010 Hi5′s SocioPath Searches for Facebook’s Weak Points
Inside Social Games, October 14, 2010 Will Hi5’s new SocioPath game platform lure developers away from Facebook?
VentureBeat, October 6, 2010 Hi5's SocioPath will help social gamers and studios escape Facebook
AOL Games, October 6, 2010 Opinion: Social Gaming Market Reaches Its Final Stage…and It’s Not Looking Pretty
TechCrunch, September 17, 2010 Can hi5’s brash boss rule the ‘playground’?
The San Francisco Business Times, August 13, 2010 Hi5 switches to social gaming to take on (bit of) Facebook
The Guardian, July 22, 2010 Hi5 exec Alex St. John wrestles sumo stand-in for Facebook (video)
VentureBeat, July 21, 2010 Hi5 beats Facebook in real-world sumo-wrestling showdown
AOL Games, July 21, 2010 Hi5 Launches Developer Portal, Slams Facebook’s Spammy Games
GigaOm, July 21, 2010 Q&A: Alex St. John on Facebook, social games and sumo wrestling
TechFlash, July 20, 2010 Hi5 Raises Over $14 Million for Social Games, Virtual Goods
Gamasutra, July 13, 2010 Hi5 Raises $14 Million in Venture Financing for Social Entertainment
Social Times, July 13, 2010 Hi5 Raises $14 Million Round, Continues with Social Gaming, Virtual Goods Plans
Inside Social Games, July 13, 2010 hi5 raises $14M as it shifts into social games and virtual goods
VentureBeat, July 13, 2010 Gaming-Focused Social Network hi5 Raises $14 Million
TechCrunch, July 13, 2010 Social Gaming Site hi5 Nets $14 Million in Second Round Of Venture Financing
Industry Gamers, July 13, 2010 Opinion: Facebook Announces Their Commitment to Sucking at E-Commerce
Industry Gamers, July 12, 2010 Facebook will fail at social gaming - Hi5
Financial Times, July 3, 2010 Opinion: Facebook's Evil Twin Dilemma
Industry Gamers, June 25, 2010 Social Ties: Are online social games the future of interactive entertainment?
GameSpot, May 28, 2010 Mercury News interview: Alex St. John, president, hi5
San Jose Mercury News, March 26, 2010 Hi5's Alex St John
GamesIndustry.biz, March 18, 2010 Videogames See Social Networks As Growth Engine
Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2010 Social Network Hi5 Gets Its Game On
BusinessWeek, March 12, 2010 hi5 Launches Game Developer Program
DevWebPro, March 10, 2010 GDC: hi5 Launches Game Dev Program To Attract Studios, Exclusive Titles
Gamasutra, March 11, 2010 Hi5 "declaring war" on Facebook, viral game spam
Games.com, March 10, 2010 Them's fightin' words: Hi5 prez calls Zynga games 'mediocre'
Games.com, March 10, 2010 hi5 Launches Game Developer Program Offers Special Access to Users and Monetization
Inside Social Games, March 11, 2010 MySpace turns to games to regain prominence
San Francisco Chronicle, March 10, 2010 hi5 CTO: Zynga Is Mediocre. It Isn't Social, It Just Discovered An Opening For Spam
TechCrunch. March 10, 2010 Facebook's game strategy is schizophrenic
VentureBeat; March 10, 2010 Hi5 Launches New Game Dev Program
Virtual Goods News, March 10, 2010 Facebook Games from Zynga Are 'Parasitic,' says Alex St. John
Industry Gamers, March 5, 2010 Social network hi5 launches program to court game developers
VentureBeat; March 10, 2010 hi5 latches onto Facebook's coattails, allowing developers to publish on both platforms
VentureBeat; March 2, 2010 hi5 to announce new online games management team, acquisition of Big Six
VentureBeat; February 24, 2010 hi5 Acquires Social Gaming Company Big Six
TechCrunch; February 24, 2010 hi5 Buys Big Six To Bolster Social Gaming Plans
Gamasutra; February 24, 2010 hi5 Buys Social Game Developer Big Six
Industry Gamers; February 24, 2010 hi5 Beefs Up Social Games Platform with Purchase of Big Six
Inside Social Games; February 24, 2010 hi5 Acquires Social Developer Big Six
Virtual Goods News; February 24, 2010 hi5 buys Big Six
San Francisco Business Times; February 24, 2010 Austin social gaming developer Big Six acquired
Austin Business Journal; February 24, 2010 hi5 Buys Social Game Developer Big Six
paidContent; February 24, 2010 Profiting from friendship
The Economist; January 28, 2010 Interview: Alex St. John Reminds Us Why Console Gaming Is Dead
Industry Gamers; January 26, 2010 Socializing Games: Why social networks will overtake consoles as game platforms
Forbes; January 25, 2010 Why Brand IP Doesn't Matter to Online Games
Industry Gamers; January 20, 2010 New generation of online games attracts millions

2009

San Jose Mercury News; December 2, 2009 Lady Gaga, swine flu top '09 Google searches
TODAYShow.com/MSNBC; December 1, 2009 Michael Jackson Rules over Google, Yahoo Searches for 2009
eWeek; December 1, 2009 Google Publishes Zeitgeist 2009
TechCrunch; December 1, 2009 hi5 taps industry veteran St. John
Develop Online; December 1, 2009 WildTangent Founder Alex St. John Joins hi5 as President, CTO
Industry Gamers; December 1, 2009 St. John returns
MCV; December 1, 2009 WildTangent founder Alex St John joins hi5
GamesIndustry.biz; December 1, 2009 DirectX creator to work on social games for Facebook competitor hi5
GamePro; December 1, 2009 hi5 Appoints Wild Tangent Founder St. John As President, CTO
Gamasutra; December 1, 2009 hi5 recruits a beastly gaming veteran as its president
VentureBeat; November 30, 2009 Hi5 Gets Gaming Veteran as President and CTO
Inside Social Games; November 30, 2009 Game On: hi5 Brings In WildTangent Founder Alex St. John As President, CTO
paidContent; November 30, 2009 Social networking upstart hi5 taps Alex St. John as president
TechFlash; November 30, 2009 Compared to a movie or video game, virtual merchandise is a bargain
WalletPop; October 26, 2009 For social networks, it's game on
USA TODAY; October 15, 2009 Welcome to the New hi5, Now with 3-D Avatars
Games.com; October 13, 2009 Meet The New hi5: It’s Game Time
TechCrunch; October 13, 2009 Hi5’s New Redesign: Another Big Milestone in its Gaming Strategy
Inside Social Games; October 13, 2009 PC Gamers: A Dying Breed?
TechNewsWorld; October 8, 2009 hi5 alive to social gaming
CasualGaming.biz; September 23, 2009 The virtues of virtual
San Francisco Business Times; August 7, 2009 OLX And hi5 Join Forces For International Expansion Plans
TechCrunch; August 6, 2009 Hi5 Looks to Core Gamers for Growth, Adds RealGames Titles to Games Channel
Virtual Worlds News; July 14, 2009 Hi5 Adds Another Revenue Stream - Downloadable Games From RealNetworks
paidContent; July 14, 2009 hi5 Expands with Downloadable Games from RealNetworks
Inside Social Games; July 14, 2009 Gaming startup Outspark plans expansion
San Jose Mercury News; July 13, 2009 Bigpoint Launches Seafight Game on hi5 in 20 Languages
IGN; July 2, 2009 Bigpoint Launches Seafight on hi5 Game Channel
Social Times; July 1, 2009 Opinion/Round-Up: Social Gaming - Where's The (Creator) Fun?
Gamasutra; June 25, 2009 In recession, social gaming comes of age
GamesBeat; June 24, 2009 Not Making It Easy
MediaPost; June 17, 2009 MySpace Has 120 Million Uniques And 1000 Employees; Hi5 Has 60 Million Uniques And 60 Employees
Silicon Alley Insider; June 16, 2009 Televisa, hi5 Team For Web TV Play
Billboard; June 16, 2009 Mexico's Televisa To Launch Internet Channel With Hi5
Wall Street Journal; June 3, 2009 Televisa in video deal with social network hi5
Reuters; June 3, 2009 Televisa, social site hi5 join to boost audience
Forbes.com; June 3, 2009 Televisa gives Hi5 keys to archive
Variety; June 3, 2009 Televisa, hi5 team for online TV
Hollywood Reporter; June 3, 2009 Televisa, social site hi5 join to boost audience
San Francisco Chronicle; June 3, 2009 Hi5 Strikes Deal with Televisa Interactive
Information Week; June 3, 2009 Hi5 and Televisa Partner Up; Add to Reach, Inventory
Virtual Worlds News; June 3, 2009 hi5 Seeks Growth in Latin Market, Teams with Televisa
Social Times; June 3, 2009 Televisa se sube a la red de hi5
CNNExpansion; June 3, 2009 Televisa lanza canal de video con red social hi5
El Nuevo Herald; June 3, 2009 Televisa forma alianza con Hi5; abrirá canal de video
El Economista; June 3, 2009 Televisa se asocia con la red social Hi5 para lanzar canal de video en línea
El Comercio; June 3, 2009 SmallWorlds and Hi5 combine virtual world and social networking
VentureBeat; June 2, 2009 SmallWorlds Partners With Hi5
Virtual Goods News; June 2, 2009 hi5 Gets Virtual with SmallWorlds Partnership
Social Times; June 2, 2009 Battle of social-networking sites
The Independent; May 28, 2009 Virtual worlds an inroad to new generation
ZDNet; May 25, 2009 Facebook payments: Think virtual
CNET; May 22, 2009 Hi5’s latest virtual moves: Another games deal, flirting and ad-blocking services
VentureBeat; May 20, 2009 'Virtual currencies' power social networks, online games
CNN.com; May 19, 2009 Webware 100 winner: hi5
CNET; May 19, 2009 Hi5 Adds Additional Third-Party Content
Virtual Goods News; May 19, 2009 Hi5 Partners With RockYou On Virtual Currency
Virtual Goods News; May 14, 2009 RockYou Pets Becomes First hi5 App to Launch with Virtual Currency Integration
Inside Social Games; May 14, 2009 Hi5 begins giving developers access to its virtual currency
VentureBeat; May 13, 2009 hi5 Grows Games and Cash Flow with RockYou “Pets”
SocialTimes; May 13, 2009 IM brings Hi5 one step closer to "social entertainment"
VentureBeat; May 5, 2009 hi5 Adds Chat, With A Social Twist
TechCrunch; May 5, 2009 hi5 Launches Instant Messaging Service
Information Week; May 5, 2009 Hi5 Adds IM To Social Network
Virtual Worlds News; May 5, 2009 Hi5's New Direction: Virtual Goods, Gifts, and Games
Virtual Goods News; April 16, 2009 PlaySpan helping social network Hi5 to cash in on virtual goods
VentureBeat; April 14, 2009 In Quest For Real Revenue From Virtual Goods, hi5 Teams Up With PlaySpan
TechCrunch; April 14, 2009 Hi5's Glittering Gold
Forbes.com; March 16, 2009 Paymo Strikes Deal With hi5 To Use Mobile Payments For Virtual Goods
TechCrunch; March 9, 2009 Buy hi5 Virtual Currency with Just Your Phone Number
Mashable; March 9, 2009 Hi5 Launches Social Games
InformationWeek; February 5, 2009 Social Playtime: hi5 Adds Casual Gaming Section
Washington Post; February 5, 2009 Social Network hi5 Aims Its 60 Million Users At Games
VentureBeat; February 5, 2009 Social Playtime: hi5 Adds Casual Gaming Section
TechCrunch; February 5, 2009 When Times Get Tough, The Tough Play Games
Mashable; February 5, 2009 hi5 Launching Integrated Social Flash Games Today
InsideSocialGames; February 5, 2009 hi5 Games Make More for Network’s Virtual Cash
SocialTimes; February 5, 2009 hi5 Announces Launch of hi5 Games
VirtualGoodsNews; February 5, 2009 hi5 Targets Casual Gamers
GamerVixens; February 5, 2009 Will hi5 Virtual Goods be the Real Billion Dollar Idea?
Social Times; January 23, 2009 hi5’s virtual entertainment plans could hit a virtual jackpot
VentureBeat; January 22, 2009 10 Web Sites That Will Matter in 2009
PC World; January 22, 2009 hi5 attracting non-U.S. users by the millions
San Francisco Business Times; January 16, 2009

2008

Kara Visits hi5 (The Quieter Social Network)
All Things Digital; December 31, 2008 3-minute interview: Ramu Yalamanchi
San Francisco Examiner; December 24, 2008 Kiva Now Taking Loans via hi5
Social Times; December 18, 2008 What is the Value of a Virtual Gift?
Wired; December 11, 2008 Hi5 Hopes To Make Real Coin With Virtual Gifts
TechCrunch; December 10, 2008 Hi5 launches virtual-gift emporium
CNET News; December 10, 2008 Hi5 adds virtual gifts in time for holidays around the world
VentureBeat; December 10, 2008 hi5 Introduces Virtual Gifts and Currency With International Flair
Mashable; December 10, 2008 Seeking a better world, click by click
San Francisco Chronicle; December 4, 2008 Hi5 - The Largest Social Network You Don't Know
Silicon Valley Watcher; December 2, 2008 Hi5, el tercer jugador del mercado
La Nacion; November 28, 2008 Winning Global Markets
Forbes Video Network; October 22, 2008 hi5 guns for Facebook
Fortune; October 15, 2008 What hi5 Networks' PostgreSQL installation tells us about Web 2.0
CNET; September 23, 2008 hi5 Networks Upgrades OpenSocial Platform
InformationWeek; September 4, 2008 hi5 Fully Launches OpenSocial Version 0.8
SocialTimes; September 3, 2008 Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction
Forbes.com; August 29, 2008 Hi5 introduces its mobile app in 26 languages, to bolster international growth
VentureBeat; August 28, 2008 Hi5 goes mobile: It's a bigger deal than you think
CNET; August 28, 2008 hi5 Mobile Launches Internationally with 26 Languages
Mashable; August 28, 2008 hi5 Launches Mobile Service in 26 Languages
Social Times; August 28, 2008 Intriguing Trends in Social Networking Growth During 1H 2008
Inside Facebook; July 27, 2008 Facebook has f8, but hi5 has the fastest growing social network
VentureBeat; July 23, 2008 hi5 Gains 25MM Extra Visitors in 6 Months
Mashable; July 23, 2008 hi5 Networks named AlwaysOn Global 250 Category Winner
AlwaysOn; July 17, 2008 Epitomizing social networking boom (PDF)
Indian Express – North America; June 20, 2008 Social Networking Without Boundaries
Sramana Mitra on Strategy; June 7, 2008 hi5 CEO Ramu shares OpenSocial milestones
Vator.tv; June 3, 2008 The Latin American social networking wars: Market leader hi5 has been growing...
VentureBeat; June 3, 2008 hi5 to Report Strong Expansion in CIS
The Financial; May 27, 2008 hi5 Gifting Google with Crowdsourced Translation Standards
Mashable; May 21, 2008 hi5 Launching Crowd-sourced Translation Service for hi5 and Apps
InsideFacebook.com; May 21, 2008 Dairy to dollars: Yogurt helps startup win social networkers
Sacramento Business Journal; April 25, 2008 hi5’s Dev Platform is Rip-Roaring Along [podcast]
Mashable; April 24, 2008 hi5's Developer Platform growing, worth a closer look
VentureBeat; April 21, 2008 hi5 Gives High-Five to OpenSocial Foundation with Developer Platform Launch
CNET/The Social; March 31, 2008 OpenSocial aftermath, developers deserve a hi5
Sociable Code; March 21, 2008 hi5 Gets Ready to Take OpenSocial Global
TechCrunch; March 13, 2008 Global Race Among Social Networks Heats Up — Keep Eye on hi5
TechCrunch; February 27, 2008 Perhaps the Greatest Untold Story in Social Networking
Global Neighbourhoods/SAP Global Survey; February 16, 2008 Social-networking sites going global
USA Today; February 11, 2008 Selling on the Web
The Nation (Bangkok); February 3, 2008 Deal Radar 2008: hi5 Going Strong
Sramana Mitra on Strategy; January 20, 2008 Of hi5 and Orkut: Growth in social-networking sites explodes abroad
MIT Technology Review; Jan/Feb 2008

2007

First hi5 Platform apps launch, using OpenSocial standards
Inside Facebook.com; December 26, 2007 Online Social Networking Frenzy Points to Internet's Future
TMCnet; December 26, 2007 VC gives a ‘hi5’ to hot social network
CNN Money.com, Media Biz; July 24, 2007 International as a Social Marketing Niche
BusinessWeek, Blogspotting; April 5, 2007