More than half a dozen celebrity video game streamers returned exclusively to Twitch in 2024, after their multimillion-dollar YouTube and Kick contracts expired
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg : X: @cecianasta X: Cecilia D'Anastasio / @cecianasta : New: Streamers are returning en masse to Twitch after 7 and 8-figure content deals dried up. Twitch and YouTube...
Ex-FaZe Clan staff describe mismanagement at the creator collective as its valuation falls from $725M during its 2022 SPAC merger to ~$15M; FaZe fired its CEO
The board fired CEO Lee Trink following a steep decline in the shares — Three months after its July 2022 debut on the Nasdaq … X: @cecianasta , @cecianasta , @joonian , @celineorelse , @mattjmcd , @...
YouTube names Leo Olebe, who held executive roles in Google Play's games partnership unit and at Meta, as head of its gaming unit, after an eight-month vacancy
great hire!! Carry the torch forward! Stephen Ellis / @snoopeh : @cecianasta Congrats @LeoOlebe 👏🏻 we started some magic in 2016 against all odds at FB, love seeing you back in the video ring! LFG 🚀
An interview with Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu on the “crypto winter”, raising funds, breaking up Meta and Microsoft's “digital dictatorships”, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @pingroma , @ysiu , @cecianasta , @markmilian , @cecianasta , and @animocabrands Tweets: Zheping Huang / @pingroma : Animoca Brands says its goal is to end Big Tech's “digital dic...
Franchised esports leagues have allowed players to become full-time employees but critics say game publishers like Activision have too much power over players
Franchised leagues are a modern experiment in what happens when a marketing initiative becomes a billion-dollar industry. Tweets: @gadgetlab , @grady_booch , @cecianasta , @fairplayesports , @stephenj...