Twitch

• 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.”

  The most recent creator to face a crackdown was Hasan Piker (aka HasanAbi), who was banned for 24 hours after saying that if people cared about Medicare or Medicaid fraud, "you would kill [U.S. Senator] Rick Scott."

  
• As an “economic blackout” targets Amazon, Twitch gets caught in the middle

  The People's Union USA is urging American's to boycott Twitch as part of a broader one-day economic blackout targeting Amazon.

  
• Twitch wants to build up its middle class by letting more streamers make money

  Twitch CEO Dan Clancy provided a monetization update and details on upcoming features in an open letter to streamers.

  
• Twitch streamers are getting “sponsorships from marquee brands” in their dashboards thanks to StreamElements
• Twitch is limiting streamers to 100 hours of Highlights. They’re not happy.
• NASA is taking Twitch viewers into space–and maybe to the moon?
• Is Twitch viewership at its lowest point in four years?
• Is World of Warcraft RP Twitch’s next big thing?
• An AI VTuber is setting world records on Twitch
• The Twitch VOD situation is crazy
• 9.5 million new streamers hit “Go live” on Twitch this year