Stream Big
The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
Nathan Grayson
- Told
- through
- the
- diverse
- and
- fascinating
- careers
- of
- nine
- streamers,
- this
- is
- the
- definitive
- story
- of
- Twitch
- and
- how
- the
- livestream
- platform
- revolutionized
- technology,
- entertainment,
- business,
- and
- pop
- culture.With
- 2.5
- million
- viewers
- at
- any
- given
- moment,
- the
- streaming
- platform
- Twitch
- is
- in
- the
- lead
- and
- often
- well
- beyond
- mainstream
- networks
- like
- CNN
- and
- Fox
- during
- primetime.
- On
- Twitch,
- the
- Amazon-owned
- tech
- behemoth,
- the
- biggest
- personalities,
- like
- Kai
- Cenat,
- Félix
- “xQc”
- Lengyel,
- and
- Hasan
- “HasanAbi”
- Piker,
- can
- earn
- millions
- per
- year
- by
- firing
- up
- their
- internet
- connection
- and
- going
- live.Veteran
- technology
- and
- gaming
- journalist
- Nathan
- Grayson
- takes
- us
- inside
- the
- triumphs
- and
- tribulations
- of
- Twitch
- with
- exclusive
- access
- to
- its
- biggest
- content
- creators
- who
- helped
- make
- the
- platform
- into
- a
- billion-dollar
- global
- business.
- From
- Twitch’s
- early
- days
- of
- rapid
- growth
- to
- acquisition
- by
- Amazon
- to
- the
- defection
- of
- creators
- and
- rival
- platforms,
- Grayson
- makes
- the
- radical
- argument
- that
- many
- social
- technology
- companies
- are
- far
- more
- dependent
- on
- their
- creators
- than
- the
- creators
- are
- on
- their
- platforms.Rivetingly
- told
- through
- nine
- exceptional
- Twitch
- creators
- whose
- on-screen
- personalities
- helped
- the
- company
- grow
- into
- a
- powerhouse,
- this
- is
- the
- explosive
- story
- of
- when
- entertainment
- meets
- the
- internet
- in
- the
- era
- of
- social
- and
- video
- content domination.
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