Recode Decode: Niccolo de Masi, Glu CEO

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo de Masi talks with Kara Swisher about Glu's hit games like Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Katy Perry Pop, and what makes them different from earlier video games based on licensed intellectual property. He also handicaps the future of the gaming business, and discusses what will separate the winners from the losers. Later on: Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode review the top gadgets of 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is stamps.com.
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0:21.6	Get a free audiobook of your choice at audible.com slash decode.
0:27.0	Recode radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:33.7	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:36.6	You may know me as the star of the hit reality show sweeping up with the swishers, but in
0:40.3	my spare time I talk tech and you are listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and
0:44.9	media's key players, big ideas and how they fit in the changing world we live in.
0:49.6	Today in the red chair we have Nicolo Demasi, the CEO of Glue Mobile.
0:54.0	Glue might not be a household name, but you've probably seen its mobile games, which have
0:57.6	included Kim Kardashian, Hollywood, Deer Hunter and the recently released Katy Perry
1:02.1	pop.
1:03.1	Welcome, Nicolo.
1:04.1	Pleasure to be here.
1:05.1	Thanks for coming in.
1:06.1	So I am not a big game player, but I want to talk about a bunch of things including these
1:09.5	new games, especially the celebrity games, and you just started this Katy Perry one on your
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