Recap

Some significant changes to Twitch's monetization structure were announced last week. Namely, changes to the Partner Plus Program will open it to more creators and create a new tier more suited for affiliates. I may have a video soon detailing how many creators this will positively impact (and

I did a big intro in last week's recap, so we'll keep it short this week! Instead, I'll take this brief intro to ask you TWO questions that will help me help you. 1. What do you want to see more of in this

Over the years that I've been on Twitch, I've seen two distinct eras. The first era I was part of was post-Amazon acquisition till roughly the end of 2018. This era took a Bleed Purple sentiment and supercharged it with Amazon dollars. It was an era

Welcome to the first official recap of 2024! I'm excited to start the year off where we are, and even more excited to see where we finish. I have a lot of plans this year to improve what I offer while maintaining the core reason why you subscribe

I'll likely be changing the schedule for the newsletter over the next couple of weeks due to landing on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Also, with that in mind, the content over those two weeks will likely be slightly different, as I don't

The newsletter is late today, as I was contemplating what I wanted to do. Right now, there's a call for a global strike to protest the fact that the UN failed to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. While most countries voted for it, the

It's December, and I'm not ready for 2023 to be over! There are so many things I planned to do this year that have just NOT happened. Goals I set that I haven't achieved. Content I wanted to do that I didn't.

A pretty quiet week in the streaming world - but that's to be expected with American Thanksgiving. Plus, Twitch is slated to launch a bunch of things in the next two weeks before they go on company-wide holidays so that the lull won't last. In any

Last night, just as I was heading to bed, the news dropped that former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear was being made interim CEO of OpenAI, the company most recognized for ChatGPT. That's not something that was on my Bingo card for 2023. In fact, Emmett Shear being mentioned