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Good day! I have a personal (community) achievement to share. Three weeks ago, I asked my Discord community if I should apply for Twitch Partner now that the Affiliate and Partner contracts are the same. They said yes - we did it on stream! Well, last Thursday, I got the

Good Monday to you all! Two weeks ago, I asked how you are all feeling about the streaming space now and compared to last year. Overall, the average sentiment was 4.26/7, with the most common answer being 5/7 (35%). Compared to how you felt about the streaming

It's a Monday. It's warm and humid in my office. Twitter is now X, which is concerning for anyone planning to look at X videos. Don't Google that at work if you don't get it. Let's get right into the

I did an interview recently with Avi Gandhi's Creator Logic. Avi was previously the Head of Creator Partnerships at Patreon and, so naturally, has had a lot of interactions with creators from various fields. But immediately, something about the way he was asking questions stood out to me

Twitchcon Paris weekend just wrapped up, and we got a lot of expected announcements (most of which were previously announced in the blog earlier this year.) Though, they offered more insight into how and when they will launch. Naturally, all of those details are available below. I also wanted to

Keeping this intro as short as possible as we enter the week of Twitchcon Paris. I plan to watch a bunch of Twitchcon on my stream, assuming there aren't disruptions to it due to the current situation in Paris. But we'll cross that bridge if it

Twitch launched multiple projects this week, and followed most of them with live streams from executives an hour later. That's a significant departure from the relative silence of launches in the past. While this new communication is often met with negative sentiment from the community, these are seeds

Good Morning and Happy Juneteenth! How are you feeling about the state of the streaming space right now? Personally, I find it overwhelming, and I cover the space! It's one of the reasons I love doing this newsletter - it gives me a chance to document and review

Twitch showed how little they consider creators when making decisions; while introducing new simulcasting restrictions, nicmorks loses his in-game skin, and OTK launches a game publishing company.