The rise of Mark Wahlberg's $400M business empire: How actor went from Wahlburgers to Hollywood 2.0
From a booming restaurant chain to a clothing line, Mark Wahlberg has already found incredible success in a number of business ventures
2023-06-08 20:29
Finland's popular foreign minister announces bid to run in 2024 presidential election
Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, says he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year
2023-06-08 20:23
Andrew Tate: How much does 'rich' controversial influencer charge per interview?
Andrew Tate has decided to charge a certain amount for interviews if approached by 'legacy media'
2023-06-08 20:20
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
GameStop slumps after it fires former Amazon executive brought into modernize the gaming retailer
Shares of GameStop are plunging before the opening bell after the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive that was brought in two years ago to turn the struggling video game retailer around
2023-06-08 19:49
Coinbase CEO: Win or lose, our clash with regulators is good for crypto
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is confident his battle with federal regulators will benefit the crypto industry, no matter how the judge rules.
2023-06-08 18:58
Why does Pokimane think OnlyFans-style platforms are better for content creators amid Twitch policy change?
Pokimane thinks content creation is becoming 'saturated,' with a plethora of streaming possibilities and far too many options
2023-06-08 18:55
'Savings running out': high inflation hits Hungarians
Antal Palya looks for the cheapest cuts of chicken at a Budapest market. Others in Hungary, home to the European Union's highest inflation rate, now need food aid. For some...
2023-06-08 18:16
Ukraine Promises Embassies, Grain to Counter Russia’s Influence in Africa
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba laid out his country’s plans to counter Russia’s influence in Africa, while saying
2023-06-08 17:47
Turkey State Lenders Return to Lira’s Defense After Sharp Drop
Turkish state lenders returned to supporting the lira after a temporary halt to dollar sales on Wednesday triggered
2023-06-08 17:29
Yandex granted Nasdaq lifeline subject to Russia restructuring
By Alexander Marrow Russian internet firm Yandex on Thursday said it had been granted permission to retain its
2023-06-08 16:46
Turkish lira extends losses as Ankara loosens grip on forex market
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL Turkey's lira weakened 0.8% to a record low on Thursday, extending
2023-06-08 16:28