Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down after 16 years at the company, replaced by president Dan Clancy, effective immediately; Shear is a Justin.tv co-founder
My work on Twitch began in October 2006, when Justin, Michael … Jay Peters / The Verge : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is resigning James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down Kellen Browning / New York Times : Twitch's Chief Executive Says He Is Resigning Pahi Mehra / TechCircle : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear resigns after 16 years Onur Demirkol / gHacks Technology News : Twitch's next chapter: New leader to take charge Nadeem Sarwar / SlashGear : Twitch CEO And Co-Founder Resigning After 16 Years William Hicks / San Francisco Business Journal : Emmett Shear, longtime CEO of Amazon's Twitch, has stepped down Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's Twitch CEO steps down nearly 10 years after acquisition Alex Calvin / PC Games Insider : Twitch CEO Shear steps down TechPowerUp : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Resigns, Dan Clancy Named as Successor Anushe Fawaz / Neowin : Twitch gets a new CEO as Emmet Shear steps down after over 16 years of service Dade Hayes / Deadline : Twitch Co-Founder And CEO Emmett Shear Stepping Down After 16 Years At Amazon-Owned Livestreamer, Succeeded By President Dan Clancy James Hale / Tubefilter : Emmett Shear is leaving Twitch Lauren Leffer / Gizmodo : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Resigns After 16 Years Ana Diaz / Polygon : Twitch's CEO is stepping down to spend time with his IRL family Tweets: 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. Emmett Shear / @eshear : https://twitter.com/... @lowcotv : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear resigning and locking his post so no one can respond is exactly on point with how he acted as the leader of Twitch: completely disconnected from the community and creators. https://twitter.com/... Justin Kan / @justinkan : Incredibly proud of my cofounder Emmett Shear. 16 year run at Twitch since we started off as our very own live reality show on the internet. Twitch would never have existed without Emmett, and it would never have grown to its current scale without Emmett. Well earned, brother! https://twitter.com/... Amy Potter / @hellomisspotter : #GGEmmett, thank you @eshear. I feel so lucky to get to work in this amazing corner of the internet you built 💜 https://twitter.com/... John Furrier / @furrier : Great run to the entire early team remember those days like it was yesterday https://twitter.com/... Pim de Witte / @pimdewitte : Twitch paved the way for many of us - and accelerated the path towards games becoming vertical social networks by many years. Congratulations on a great and meaningful journey that created opportunities for many. https://twitter.com/... @edwardkuo : I always appreciated how approachable you were. Definitely one of the only CEOs that will reply to my messages 🤣🤣🤣 Going to miss you as CEO. Congrats and enjoy your next journey as a father! https://twitter.com/... Sharmeen / @luckiesharms : Thank you @eshear for all that you did for @Twitch and the incredible communities it supports. Grateful I got to be part of the family for 6 years. It truly is a special place. 💜 #bleedpurple https://twitter.com/... @renee : 100% agree with all of this. I was really disappointed with a lot of the negativity I saw today in regards to Emmett stepping down. This just sums up all my feelings perfectly. https://twitter.com/... Chase / @chasejustchase : Wow...end of an era. I worked with @eshear for 9 years starting with the launch of twitch in 2011 and never doubted his passion for the product or community. there are choices he made behind the scenes back then that really cemented my view. https://blog.twitch.tv/... Jeremy Forrester / @jezforrester : Thanks @eshear for everything you've done for Twitch the company and the community. I'm going to miss our interactions and discussions about product! https://twitter.com/... @aureylian : I see y'all's feelings on this and I have some thoughts to share as someone who was inside and working at Twitch under Emmett's leadership from being a start up with 100 employees to well after the Amazon acquisition with thousands of employees. A:🧵 (apologies for length) https://twitter.com/... Kathy Shin / @zerggirrl : Emmet Shear resigns as Twitch CEO to focus on family, Dan Clancy will take his role. Emmet mentions StarCraft 2 as his big reason for making Twitch a platform for watching video games 😭 Happy 16 years of Twitch to @eshear and SC2! https://blog.twitch.tv/... @pandatvoce : It's legit insane to me ppl are angry he locked his post, he's retiring to spend more time with his kid & so many people had so much bs to say, yes twitch isn't perfect but it's changed so many of our fucking lives & ppl having a go at this guy on his retirement tweet, fuck off. https://twitter.com/... Shaan Puri / @shaanvp : hell of a run. 16 years is an epic run. Congrats @eshear - you're one of the smartest & most fun people I've ever had the chance to work with. 🙌 https://twitter.com/... @alexisohanian : I think there'll be a great #BusinessDad episode about this in the near future. I've known @eshear for a LONG time (since first batch of @YCombinator in 2005) and I can't wait to see him operate as a dad. https://twitter.com/... @ingameasylum : So, looks like Emmett Shear is no long CEO of Twitch, and that leaves... drum roll please! Dan Clancy! The same guy that said he understands content creation and creators because he was in Drama and Theater clubs back in high school (in the 1970s)...jeez. I hope Twitch survives. https://twitter.com/... Jeff Brutlag / @jeffbrutlag : Incredibly thankful for all the work you've done in making Twitch what it is, today This platform has awakened a passion for live entertainment that I see lasting for the foreseeable future, and gave me a community that makes live streams all the better 💖 https://twitter.com/... @zachbussey : Emmett Shear, CEO and the last remaining founder of Twitch, is resigning. Dan Clancy, the current President of Twitch, will be immediately moving into the CEO role. #TwitchNews Max Woolf / @minimaxir : What *has* Twitch actually done new business-wise in the past 5-6 years? Every typical user still uses the same StreamLabs widgets and alerts for years without many new ones, and most of the streaming workflow improvements are upstream in OBS itself. https://www.theverge.com/... @jakenbakelive : I've had my gripes, but I've become more optimistic that we will see more positive changes going forward. I hope to see Twitch grow into a more fruitful space for streamers and viewers alike in the future. 🤞🏼 Don't let us down Dan! 🤠 https://twitter.com/... Sam Chen / @djfluffkins : I know Twitch has had its problems over the years. But every time I got to work with Emmett, I was impressed w/ his level headedness, I learned a lot, and had compassion for the difficulty of his job. I have many criticisms of Twitch's CEO, but never of Emmett as an individual. https://twitter.com/... Hubert Thieblot / @hthieblot : Thank you @eshear for having changed my life, your mentorship and your passion for twitch, it's streamers, and the gaming industry in general! https://twitter.com/... Jessica Livingston / @jesslivingston : Congratulations Emmett - I am so happy for you. And honoured to be a small part of your journey. https://twitter.com/... Jessica Verrilli / @jess : Twitch has been on the bleeding edge from its earliest days as JustinTV. And, remarkably, they've stayed at the very forefront of internet culture and product for 16 years *and* through an acquisition, all led by @eshear. Congrats Emmett on an incomparably epic run. #GGEmmett https://twitter.com/... @suhail : Amazing run. Changed the world. https://twitter.com/... 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/... @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 @uhmaayyze : Thank you for making this platform, because it changed my life. Good luck on the rest of your journey, and thanks again. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer