Twitch

• Can AMP own summer with a monthlong subathon? IDK, but they got T-Pain to ride in on a white horse
• Twitch makes most of its revenue directly from viewers’ pockets–not from ads

  
• Creators accuse Twitch of “double-taxing” their income with supposed community-centered feature

  "So people gift subs to support creators and you take 50%, then creators use their cut to buy bits or gift subs to support others and then Twitch takes ANOTHER 50%?"

  
• Tired of the radio? A new app lets you listen to Twitch streams in the car.

  An app called CarStream makes it possible to listen to distraction-free Twitch streams while driving your car.

  
• TikTok beats Twitch to become the #2 most-watched streaming platform on the net–and says creators are making $10 mil a day
• Jynxzi made $452,000 on Twitch in the last 30 days. Here’s why that’s good for our industry.
• PBS pulled a documentary about a trans speedrunner. So the director put it on Twitch instead.
• Twitch was making money off subscriptions to permabanned channels. Thanks to streamers getting loud about it, refunds are on the way.
• Twitch is getting backlash for its bans (and unbans). CEO Dan Clancy stepped in to explain why things are “tricky.”
• As an “economic blackout” targets Amazon, Twitch gets caught in the middle
• Twitch wants to build up its middle class by letting more streamers make money
• Twitch streamers are getting “sponsorships from marquee brands” in their dashboards thanks to StreamElements