After a Decade, Can Amazon Make Twitch Profitable?

In 2014, Amazon spent almost $1 billion on Twitch Interactive. A decade later the livestreaming platform popular with gamers is still losing money. WSJ reporter Salvador Rodriguez joins host Zoe Thomas to explain why making money has been a challenge for Twitch and how Amazon is trying to make the platform profitable. Plus, WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern tells us about her year driving an electric vehicle, and her one regret about getting an EV.

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In 2014, Amazon spent almost $1 billion on Twitch Interactive. A decade later the livestreaming platform popular with gamers is still losing money. WSJ reporter Salvador Rodriguez joins host Zoe Thomas to explain why making money has been a challenge for Twitch and how Amazon is trying to make the platform profitable. Plus, WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern tells us about her year driving an electric vehicle, and her one regret about getting an EV.

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