Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781982156763 |
| ISBN10: | 1982156767 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 288 pages |
| Size: | 228x152x22 mm |
| Weight: | 454 g |
| Language: | English |
| 695 |
Category:
Stream Big
The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
Publisher: Atria Books
Date of Publication: 13 March 2025
Number of Volumes: Hardback
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Short description:
The definitive story of the streaming platform Twitch told through the lives of its biggest creators, providing a portrait of how the booming livestream ecosystem is reshaping technology, entertainment, business, and culture.
Long description:
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, F&&&233;lix “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.
“Less a chronicle of Twitch’s ascent than a cautionary tale about the hopefuls caught up in its wake. [Grayson] has a talent for transforming incisive interviews into captivating prose. His subjects come across as evocative characters.”—The Wall Street Journal
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, F&&&233;lix “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.
“Less a chronicle of Twitch’s ascent than a cautionary tale about the hopefuls caught up in its wake. [Grayson] has a talent for transforming incisive interviews into captivating prose. His subjects come across as evocative characters.”—The Wall Street Journal
