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Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy - and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe
Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy - and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe
19 May 2022
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Emmett Shear is cofounder and CEO of Twitch, the fast-growing streaming service popular with video gamers, which was purchased eight years ago by Amazon for nearly $1 billion. Emmett is also a part-time partner for the startup accelerator, Y Combinator. Twitch has been in the news recently: It was the platform used by the alleged shooter of 13 people at a Buffalo grocery store to livestream his actions. The company says the stream was removed less than two minutes after the violence…
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