Hello! After the flurry of updates from last week, this week was a nice breather. That said, there were still some interesting stories across the streaming space, including YouTube Live finally doing something (sadly, it's not improving live chat), Kai Cenat continuing to dominate the space, and Hololive

Hello! There were quite a few updates this week, thanks to Twitchcon Rotterdam 2024, which just wrapped up! While the opening ceremony reiterated some older news, it also had some new surprises! Overall, the early reviews are positive from what I'm seeing! A thread on accessibility offers a

Hello! How was your weekend? Were you caught up in all the rumors from tweets about historic suspensions, or did you touch grass and not care/notice at all? I won't get into the details, but it's been part of my weekend. In watching how this

Hello! Two announcements to kick off this week's recap. First, for those who like the newsletter but would love to listen to it instead—you're in luck! Starting today, about 15-20 minutes after this newsletter goes out, I'll go live on YouTube and Twitch

What a busy week for Twitch! The company announced two significant changes to the platform, both controversial and financially driven. First, the more challenging bit of news for creators and communities - tier 1 web sub prices are going up. This follows the footsteps of price increases in Canada, the

Hello, and welcome to June! It feels like just yesterday that I was contemplating the passage of time and how it felt like it had slowed this year. Turns out May wasn't so equally slow. I blinked, and it was over! With that said, I have some fun

I have had the busiest weekend and an even busier week ahead - so we'll keep this intro very short! Let's just jump right into it! Twitch News * New Channel Points redeems, including Animated Messages and Gigantified Emotes, appear on the horizon. We may also see

After what can only be described as a lull in Twitch-specific news over the last month, this week saw a slew of updates. We have a preview of the upcoming TikTwitch mobile update, some impactful changes to Partner Managers (and the subsequent relaunch and break up of the Partner Discords)

Last week, I asked you whether you felt time was going faster or slower, and 87% of you said FASTER. That's actually not what I was expecting in the streaming space! Considering everything has been trending down again, my own perception of time has been that it'