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Twitch expands partner program to give more streamers access to higher revenue shares
Changes include removing the $100,000 cap on its 70/30 tier
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Twitch laying off 35% of staff
Update: Twitch CEO Dan Clancy confirms cuts, cites resizing business as main reason
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Twitch to cease operations in South Korea next year
Streaming platform plans to help creators move to "alternative live streaming services"
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Twitch app to be delisted on Nintendo Switch | News-in-brief
New users won't be able to download the app from the eShop starting November 6, while existing users will lose access starting January 31, 2024
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Twitch makes another round of layoffs
Latest cuts limited to customer support as streaming service relies more on outsourcing
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Twitch bans streamers from promoting skin gambling sites
The change also includes a prohibition on sponsorships
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Twitch pulls in 1.76bn hours in viewership during May
Nintendo's Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom debuted with 37 million hours watched during the month
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Twitch introduces new content classification labels
The new labels will replace the current toggle for mature content, but community guidelines will remain the same
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Twitch introduces 70/30 revenue split in new Partner Plus program
Streamers who match the criteria will benefit from a 70% share on their net subscription revenue up to $100,000 annually, after which it'll revert back to a 50/50 split
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Twitch rolls back ad guideline updates
The streaming platform's changes would have limited how users could generate revenue
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Twitch hours watched drop another 5% in March
StreamElements reports another month of declines but notes Q1 2023 was only down from 1% from Q4 2022
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ADL criticizes Fortnite, Call of Duty for lax stance on Holocaust denial
Group's report card of game and social media companies finds lack of policies, slow responses, and no action taken on user reports
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Twitch viewership dips 8% in February as it hit 1.64bn hours
StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg say that Hogwarts Legacy pulled in 71 million views on the streaming platform
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Amazon to cut 9000 roles
Update: Over 400 Twitch staff laid off as user and revenue growth fail to meet expectations due to "current macroeconomic environment"
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Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down
Current president Dan Clancy takes charge as co-founder resigns to spend time with family
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Kai Cenat breaks the record for most Twitch subscriptions within a month
The content creator pulled in over 300,000 subscribers throughout Black History Month
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Twitch updates measures to clamp down on child grooming
Mandatory phone verification, updated moderation and Spirit AI acquisition expected to assist efforts against predators
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Twitch exec addresses backlash over revenue split change
Chief monetisation officer says Amazon ownership is irrelevant because Twitch is expected to be "a sustainable, viable, long-term business"
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Betting is increasingly normalized in the video game world and beyond, but we don't need to embrace it so eagerly
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Twitch lowers top streamers' revenue share
Partners who had been receiving a 70/30 split will be downgraded to a standard 50/50 split after first $100,000
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Twitch updates gambling policy, will no longer allow streaming of unlicensed sites
Changes to come into effect on October 18, full details to be shared in the coming weeks
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Twitch streamer Sliker admits to $200,000 gambling scam
Influencer scammed fans and peers to fund his addiction, other streamers plan to boycott Twitch over lax stance on gambling streams
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New Twitch policy enables wider strategies for building your brand | Opinion
Twitch Partners can now stream on other platforms as well, which StreamElements' Gil Hirsch says opens the door to new opportunities for content creation
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Creative Enterprise backs GI Live: London
Twitch and Makers Fund join the line-up for September event
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Twitch viewership fell as Facebook Gaming rose in June
StreamElements points to Facebook's focus on emerging markets for split in viewership trends