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• For the first time, Twitch opens sponsored campaigns (and their revenue) to Affiliates

  In case you're not familiar, there are two tiers of affiliation and monetization on Twitch--Affiliate and Partner. Affiliate has a much lower bar; it just requires streamers to reach 25 followers, stream for four hours total across four different days, and reach an average of three viewers on those four different days. Once they become an Affiliate, they unlock the ability to earn money through things like ad revenue and subscriptions.

  
• Moonbug’s UCLA partnership will bring more “child development research” into programs like CoComelon

  CoComelon parent company Moonbug is teaming up with the UCLA Center for Scholars & Storytellers to incorporate child development research.

  
• Golf creators are teeing off on YouTube. A new network is ready to be their caddy.

  Creators like Grant Horvat, the Bryan brothers, and Bryson DeChambeau are inaugural partners for the Source Golf network.

  

• NASA is broadcasting history live on YouTube
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