Twitch CEO Emmett Shear plans to step down after 16 years at the company, replaced by president Dan Clancy; Shear is one of the original founders of Justin.tv
My work on Twitch began in October 2006, when Justin, Michael … Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's Twitch CEO steps down nearly 10 years after acquisition Calum Patterson / Dexerto : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear resigns after 16 years at livestreaming site Tweets: Jake Lucky / @jakesucky : In a now deleted tweet, it appears Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has stepped down from the company https://twitter.com/... Tom Verrilli / @tdrobbo : Incredible 16 year run, @eashear. Thank you. You've changed the internet - a legacy precious few can claim. https://twitter.com/... @rayapollo : Massive thanks to Emmett for bringing Twitch to all of us! Without Twitch a LOT of our lives would be very different. Congratulations again on becoming a dad! It's the very best! https://twitter.com/... Emmett Shear / @eshear : https://twitter.com/... Emmett Shear / @eshear : In October 2006 we started working on live video for the internet. That became Twitch. More than 16 years later, I'm now a father and ready to move to my next phase of life. I wrote a blog post, but the short version is: thank you so much to everyone who built this with me. @twitch : While a 24/7 live reality show wasn't the best idea you all ever had, @eshear, it turns out Twitch and its communities were. And for that, we're forever grateful. Here's to what's next. See you in Chat. https://link.twitch.tv/406pcHB