Zedge, Inc. Appoints Tim Quirk as SVP of Marketplace
September 25, 2017 at 03:13 pm EDT
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Zedge, Inc. announced that Tim Quirk, Freeform's co-founder and CEO, will assume the position of SVP of Marketplace. Tim Quirk is a pioneering product executive who helped build and launch Google Play and Rhapsody, the first on demand music subscription service. His co-founder, Bryan Calhoun, who will also be joining the Zedge Marketplace team, has a rich and successful background in managing digital strategy for multi-platinum artists, from early initiatives for Kanye West to ongoing work with Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, The Roots and many others.
Zedge, Inc. is engaged in building digital marketplaces and competitive games. The Company's products include Zedge Ringtones and Wallpapers, which is a freemium digital content marketplace offering mobile phone wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones and notification sounds; pAInt, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) wallpaper maker; GuruShots, a skill-based photo challenge game, and Emojipedia. It uses open-source software in connection with its services. The Zedge Ringtones and Wallpapers app is available both in Google Play and the App Store. Its GuruShots product offers a platform spanning iOS, Android, and the Web that provides an educational and structured way for amateur photographers to compete in a variety of contests. It has added non-fungible token (NFT) functionality to a limited number of Zedge Premium creators via NFTs Made Easy, and all NFT Made Easy transactions are made using Zedge Credits.