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Sega appoints ex-Disney exec as head of transmedia

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sega announced it has appointed Justin Scarpone, former executive at Disney and Scopely, as head of its transmedia efforts.

He will be executive vice president and head of global transmedia group, effective April 1, 2024. The establishment of a Global Transmedia Group will allow the company to advance its transmedia strategy across its wide portfolio of intellectual property, such as Persona, Like a Dragon, Angry Birds, and more, in the coming years, the company said.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.