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 to start the month on my stream a couple of hours after sending this! Come by and win a sub, merch, or even a Logitech G product! And with that, let's get into the news!
Twitch News
- Prime Sub rates change from a matching percentage to a fixed rate starting today.
- Twitch terminated its Safety Advisory Council this week, as first reported by CNBC. Instead, it appears it is replacing the paid roles with the free labor of Twitch Ambassadors—or paid in travel, as they flew the Ambassadors to Twitch HQ for a mid-month summit.
- Twitch is making a "Special Announcement" (likely related to music or DJs) this week in LA. It will be interesting if it's related to DJs needing to pay some of their revenue to the music industry.
- Safety released its H2 Transparency Report. My Twitter thread covers some key charts. Tldr; Twitch is mostly doing everything better than ever.
- Twitchcon San Diego 2024 tickets officially went on sale. Last week's numbers were accurate, except for the 1-day tickets being $5-6 cheaper.
- Twitchcon San Diego 2024's chat badge is a sailboat.
- The Minecraft 15th Anniversary Twitch badge is a slightly modified Adobe Stock image.
- Spanish media claims Twitch is threatening to ban creators who promote they also stream on Kick. I have not found any evidence, but there are a few folklore tales.
- A new Global Emote for the King World Cup was added.
- The updated mobile app will get autoplay settings in the coming weeks.
- Amazon partnered with IAS to offer new measurements on Twitch ads.
- Twitch has been testing new email notifications, such as receiving a gift subscription or clips you may be interested in. Email & Notification controls can be found here.
Streaming Industry News
- Dreamhack introduced new IRL streaming rules for its conventions after the problems at Dreamhack Melbourne.
- Guilded, a Discord alternative, has announced that after July 15, 2024, you will need to connect to a Roblox account to use the service.
- Discord's "Next Chapter" suggests that it is doubling down on gaming content and leaning more towards game integrations, streaming, and communities.
- YouTube expanded its Playables experiment to the US, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.
- SOOP has launched its new global website. All creators can monetize after streaming for 60 minutes until August 31. Then, they will need 300 streaming minutes, 30 followers, and 3 CCV. Gems offer a 60% split to Affiliate creators, while Subs are 70%, excluding fees. (70% Gems and 80% Subs for Partners)
- Twitter will require all creators wanting to earn money from their content, to verify their ID by July 1st. New creators must verify immediately.
This post is for subscribers only
Sign up to read this post and all other free member only posts.
Already have an account? Sign In
