Why Amazon is bringing Twitch's most lucrative parts deeper into the Amazon Ads fold

Why Amazon is bringing Twitch's most lucrative parts deeper into the Amazon Ads fold

At the moment, Amazon appears to be picking apart Twitch, with an eye toward potentially transplanting its most lucrative assets elsewhere in the company.

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