HQ Trivia’s parent company appoints Tinder CEO to its board

“Rus and the Intermedia team have created a truly important innovation in HQ,” Seidman said.

HQ Trivia launched with a bang in 2017, drawing a huge mobile viewership for group quiz games. Players who answered all 12 questions correctly shared in the day’s pot of money.

But Intermedia has been dogged by questions about whether it can become more than a one-hit, one-year wonder. While some quizzes still draw upward of 500,000 simultaneous viewers, growth has stalled.

Kroll and Yusupov, who previously co-founded Vine, worked together on the app, with Yusupov initially serving as CEO.

According to the report, Liew moved to replace Yusupov with Kroll as CEO. In September the change took effect and Yusupov became “chief creative officer.” The only other board member at the time, Cyan Banister, gave up her board seat amid the conflict.

Kroll was CEO for three months before he was found dead in his New York City apartment.

Yusupov resumed CEO duties. And Seidman’s arrival on the board is the first management change since Kroll’s death.

“His experience and perspective will help us navigate the opportunities ahead,” Yusupov said in a statement.

While trying to grow HQ Trivia with tweaks to the game and advertiser tie-ins, Intermedia is also launching other games, including a “Wheel of Fortune” type app called HQ Words.

It came out in late December, shortly after Kroll’s death, and it is located within the main HQ app.

HQ Trivia, meantime, has substituted cash prizes for points on some of its daily games, but the points can be used to gain an advantage during the cash jackpot games.