Twitch is raising US subscription prices for the first time Monthly Tier 1 memberships will go up by $1 in July. will shanklin Updated Tue, Jun 4, 2024 Twitch Twitch is joining Spotify, Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll, EA and other content services in everyone’s favorite corporate trend of raising subscription prices (almost as fun as … Continue reading Twitch is raising US subscription prices for the first time
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Twitch is increasing channel subscription prices for the first time
Twitch is increasing channel subscription prices for the first time Some tiers will soon be more expensive in the UK, Canada, Australia and Turkey. Kris Holt Tue, Feb 20, 2024 REUTERS / Reuters Amazon has been looking to bolster Twitch’s bottom line for a while. After laying off around 500 workers and reducing how … Continue reading Twitch is increasing channel subscription prices for the first time
Tech layoffs: Amazon lays off hundreds from Twitch and Prime Video
By Associated Press and Bobbie Gossage January 10, 2024 Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive division profitable. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy in an email to employees said that even … Continue reading Tech layoffs: Amazon lays off hundreds from Twitch and Prime Video
Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce
Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce The Amazon division remains unprofitable due to high costs. Steve Dent Updated Wed, Jan 10, 2024, ASSOCIATED PRESS Amazon-owned Twitch is preparing to lay off 35 percent of its employees or a little over 500 people. The news was first reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday … Continue reading Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce
Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’
Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’ The decision comes two days after the company said it would allow some sexual content. Malak Saleh Fri, Dec 15, 2023 dpa/picture alliance via Getty I Twitch has quickly taken back its policy update that permitted users to post sexual content as long as it was labeled. … Continue reading Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’
New OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear’s time at Twitch gives clues to the future of the AI giant
By Chris Stokel-Walker November 20, 2023 One of the most tumultuous four-day spans in Silicon Valley history has finally concluded (for now at least), and in the end we’re left with massive changes at both OpenAI and Microsoft—and massive ramifications for the wider world of artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO summarily fired … Continue reading New OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear’s time at Twitch gives clues to the future of the AI giant
Twitch will allow simulcasting to competitor streaming platforms
Twitch will allow simulcasting to competitor streaming platforms Users can stream on other sites, as long as they’re not bound by exclusivity agreements. Malak Saleh Sat, Oct 21, 2023 Getty Twitch will now allow its users to stream concurrently on other live video sites. The announcement was made at TwitchCon in Las Vegas, just … Continue reading Twitch will allow simulcasting to competitor streaming platforms
Twitch is finally adding Stories and a feed for discovering new streamers to watch
Even LinkedIn has Stories now Karissa Bell @karissabe LinkedIn is the latest platform to embrace the disappearing Stories format. The professional networking site unveiled its latest redesign that makes the company’s months-long experiment with LinkedIn Stories official. Beginning today, the company is rolling out the feature to all its users in the US … Continue reading Twitch is finally adding Stories and a feed for discovering new streamers to watch
Trump Joins Twitch Live-Streaming Platform
Trump Joins Twitch Live-Streaming Platform by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, October 11, 2019 Several weeks after Amazon Twitch launched a campaign that tells the world the platform was designed for live-streaming anything, not just gaming, President Donald Trump launched a channel on the platform. The president used the platform and public channel for the first time during … Continue reading Trump Joins Twitch Live-Streaming Platform
Twitch Co-Founder Kevin Lin to Step Down as COO
Jimmy Rodela — January 19, 2018 Follow @dbjim21 — January 19, 2018 Kevin Lin, co-founder of Twitch, will exit as the chief operating officer (COO), the video game streaming site owned by Amazon announced on Wednesday. Lin would be replaced by Sara Clemens, former COO of Pandora. New yet Unnamed Role Lin would still be … Continue reading Twitch Co-Founder Kevin Lin to Step Down as COO