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Kamala Harris' Twitch account streamed Tim Waltz rally alongside live WoW gameplay
Kamala Harris' campaign is using Twitch to reach young male voters.
Mariella Moon10.09.2024Twitch makes its complicated rulebook easier to follow
Twitch is adding Enforcement Notes, which it describes as “additional clarifications and examples within the Community Guidelines designed to make our rules easier to follow.” The first ones are already published.
Will Shanklin10.07.2024Twitch will do a better job of telling rulebreakers why their accounts were suspended
Twitch provided some platform updates during its TwitchCon San Diego opening ceremony. Coming soon: more clarity over the reason for a suspension, shared chat for Stream Together sessions and simultaneous vertical and horizontal streams.
Kris Holt09.20.2024Twitch subscription prices are increasing by $2 on iOS and Android
Twitch is updating subscription costs on mobile purchases. Beginning October 1, Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices made in the company's mobile app will be $8.
Anna Washenko08.21.2024Twitch restores former President Trump’s Twitch account
Twitch restored ex-President Donald Trump's ban on the Amazon-owned platform after a three year absence. c
Danny Gallagher07.19.2024Record labels will start reaching into the pockets of Twitch DJs
Twitch DJs who monetize will have to pay labels to use their music. The company says the status quo “was not sustainable.”
Lawrence Bonk06.06.2024Twitch is raising US subscription prices for the first time
Twitch is joining Spotify, Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll, EA and other content services in the corporate trend of raising subscription prices — almost as fun as the parallel trend of Big Tech layoffs.
Will Shanklin06.04.2024Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council
Twitch has terminated the contracts of all its Safety Advisory Council members.
Mariella Moon05.31.2024Twitch introduces new filtering tools that lets you exclude sexual and violent content
Twitch has updated its filtering tools to allow the exclusion of livestreams that feature mature themes, like sexual, violent and profane content. It involves opting out of certain content classification labels.
Lawrence Bonk05.21.2024Twitch is giving all users access to its discovery feed later this month
The feed will first appear as a new tab in the mobile app.
Mariella Moon04.18.2024Twitch CEO says DJs will have to share what they earn on the website with music labels
Dan Clancy said that Twitch is working on a "structure," wherein DJs and the platform "are gonna have to share money with the labels."
Mariella Moon04.11.2024Twitch bans streams overlaid on boobs and butts
If you're out of the loop on all things Twitch, there's a trend going around of streamers projecting their gameplays on green-screened body parts, usually intimate ones like butts and breasts.
Mariella Moon03.28.2024Twitch is ending its pandemic-era Prime Video watch parties
Twitch is removing the Prime Video Watch Party feature from its online streaming platform on April 2, almost four years after it became available to all of its users.
Mariella Moon03.15.2024Twitch will overhaul its mobile app for the first time since 2019
Twitch is redesigning its mobile app for the first time since 2019. The company’s CEO, Dan Clancy, wrote in an open letter on Wednesday that the discovery feed will be the app’s new landing page.
Will Shanklin03.06.2024Twitch is increasing channel subscription prices for the first time
Twitch is increasing the prices of its subscriptions for the first time. The UK, Canada, Australia and Turkey are the first countries impacted by the changes.
Kris Holt02.20.2024Yamaha’s new audio mixer for gamers has a simpler interface and cheaper price
Yamaha has a new audio mixer for gamers and streamers. Nearly three years after the launch of the company’s first gaming-specific soundboard, the company’s new ZG02 adds a dedicated USB-C port for consoles, a more streamlined profile and a lower price.
Will Shanklin01.31.2024Twitch is cutting how much streamers earn from Prime subscriptions
Twitch is revamping its payout models. Streamers will typically earn less from each Prime subscription, but many small- and mid-range creators will benefit from improved revenue-sharing elsewhere.
Kris Holt01.24.2024Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce
Amazon-owned Twitch is preparing to lay off 35 percent of its employees or around 500 people.
Steve Dent01.10.2024Twitch re-revises its guidelines to ban the implication of nudity
Twitch has revised its nudity policies yet again. The latest change bars streamers from pretending to be “fully or partially nude,” as clarified by Angela Hession, Twitch’s VP of Trust and Safety, in a blog post.
Will Shanklin01.03.2024Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’
Twitch has quickly taken back its policy update that gave users permission to post sexual content as long as it was labeled.
Malak Saleh12.15.2023