Episode 3: Twitch

Ben and David discuss Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014.
Unlike previous episodes, this recent acquisition still has a lot
of open questions, and Amazon hasn't publicly reported growth of
Twitch since the purchase. Ben and David talk about Justin Kan's
original product with Justin.tv, and the transformation into the
Twitch that Emmett Shear is running today.


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