Amazon's Twitch will be undergoing another round of layoffs for 35% of its staff. Twitch will be laying off approximately 35% of its staff, or 500 of its employees just after the company laid off 400 employees last March 2023, as reported by Tech Crunch, citing Bloomberg as their source.
Major change hits Twitch as 16-year CEO Emmett Shear resigns. The CEO of Twitch, Emmett Shear, made the announcement on Thursday that he is resigning from his position as the company's top executive.
He will be replaced by Twitch President Dan Clancy, who has been serving in the company since 2019. After 16 years of service in Twitch, Chief Executive Officer and co-Founder Emmett Shear will step down from his position effective immediately.