Emmet Shear, who has served as CEO at Twitch for many years, has resigned from his position. It was announced that Dan Clancy, the head of the platform, will replace Shear.
An era is coming to an end in Twitch, which is the world’s most popular live broadcasting platform with millions of users. He has been the CEO of the platform for many years. Emmet Shearannounced that he is resigning from his post in a statement made today.
Shear, the live streaming platform that later evolved into Twitch of Justin.tv was one of its founders. Founded in 2006, this platform was overshadowed by the game-oriented side service Twitch in the following years and closed in 2014. Shear has been with the company for 16 years and has been at the helm since 2011.
New CEO will be Twitch head Dan Clancy
Twitch’s new CEO after Shear, which was sold to Amazon for $970 million in 2014, is the platform’s chairman. by Dan Clancy announced that it will pass. Clancy has been on the giant platform for 3 years and already plays an important role in many of the company’s operations. So Shear’s resignation is hardly a surprise.
Although Shear leaves his position, he will continue to act as a consultant on Twitch. The famous businessman, in a statement he made on Twitter, stated that he has been on the platform for 16 years, and that he is now a father. to a new chapter of your life He said he was ready to go.
Sheer also added the following regarding his relationship with Twitch:Twitch feels like a kid I raised to me. While I’ll always be there when Twitch needs me, I think now that he’s 16, he’s ready to step out of the house and go on a solo adventure.”
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Twitch has been in big trouble lately for some negative content, including child abuse. to criticism had been exposed. Therefore, many new security measures were brought to the platform. In addition, YouTube’s live streaming platform started to become a big competitor to Twitch, even causing it to lose some popular broadcasters. Shear added that despite all this, the platform will continue to be successful with the new management.