Morgan Stanley to Sever Ties With Crispin Odey After Assault Allegations
The City of London started distancing itself from hedge fund manager Crispin Odey hours after the publication of
2023-06-08 22:58
US Supreme Court Bolsters Voting Rights Act, Backs Black District
The US Supreme Court gave an unexpected boost to the Voting Rights Act, rejecting a Republican-drawn congressional map
2023-06-08 22:54
Telecom Italia Nearing Crossroads Decision on Network Sale
Telecom Italia SpA is nearing a crossroads for its future amid mounting pressure to cut its €30 billion
2023-06-08 21:56
UK Wage Growth Accelerates at Record Rate, Indeed Says
Wage growth in the UK is growing at a record rate, according to data collected by Indeed Hiring
2023-06-08 21:51
Wildfire Smoke Spreads Haze Across US East, Threatening Flights
The worst Canadian wildfire season in recorded history spread an orange haze from Massachusetts to South Carolina and
2023-06-08 21:50
Imran Khan’s Party Defectors Announce New Political Group
A group of politicians that recently quit former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party announced a new group,
2023-06-08 21:25
Streamer Pokimane says OnlyFans-style platforms are ‘the future’ amid Twitch branded content backlash
Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys has had her say on the recent controversial changes to Twitch, which has seen the streaming platform face an online backlash. Earlier this week, Twitch changed its branded content guidelines and faced immediate pushback from content creators. The changes impacted how users could advertise sponsorships as well as banning them from multi-streaming to “Twitch-like” platforms. Just a day later, Twitch revealed that they were removing the new guidelines after receiving widespread criticism. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “Yesterday, we released new Branded Content Guidelines that impacted your ability to work with sponsors to increase your income from streaming. These guidelines are bad for you and bad for Twitch, and we are removing them immediately,” a statement read. “Sponsorships are critical to streamers’ growth and ability to earn income. We will not prevent your ability to enter into direct relationships with sponsors – you will continue to own and control your sponsorship business. “We want to work with our community to create the best experience on Twitch and to do that we need to be clear about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. We appreciate your feedback and help in making this change.” Despite the apology, users have continued to hit out at Twitch. Pokimane has now spoken about the direction streaming could take in future, and urged users to pursue new routes to get what they deserve for their content. “I feel like because content creation is becoming so saturated [and] we often have trouble relying on the platforms we use, the future is direct to consumer paid content (patreon, onlypans, consumer goods, etc),” Pokimane wrote. “Cut out the middle man and get proper compensation for what you make/do!” she added. “Social media platforms will obviously always be used, but I think people will start looking at them as tools to gain exposure instead of being the way to make money,” the streamer went on to say. It comes after the CEO of Twitch, Dan Clancy, personally apologised during a recent stream for the abandoned changes to guidelines and said the company had “messed up”. “Let me just go straight to the point. For those who don’t know, we recently released this branded content policy. I won’t go through all the details,” he said recently. “We got a lot of negative pushback and the bottom line is we messed up. It’s on us and I apologise for that.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-08 19:58
China’s Biggest Jewelry Chain Slows Expansion to Boost Profit
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd., one of the world’s largest jewelry retailers by market value, is dialing
2023-06-08 19:49
LaGuardia Inbound Flights Grounded Again: Smoke Latest
Inbound flights to New York’s LaGuardia airport were grounded again due to low visibility as the impact of
2023-06-08 19:28
FIFA Urged to Avoid Women’s World Cup Blackout
Governments in major European countries are putting pressure on FIFA and public broadcasters to resolve a dispute over
2023-06-08 18:26
Deutsche Bank Names New Emerging Markets Boss as Young Exits
Deutsche Bank AG tapped Marco Pagliara as the international private bank’s new chief for emerging markets including Asia
2023-06-08 18:22
EDF Moves Back Into State Hands With a Multitude of Burdens
Electricite de France SA is set to return to full state ownership on Thursday, almost 18 years after
2023-06-08 18:18