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Amazon's Twitch CEO steps down nearly 10 years after acquisition

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Emmett Shear, CEO of Amazon-owned Twitch, is stepping down from his role.

Shear will be replaced by Twitch President Dan Clancy, who has been a "close partner" to Shear.

Amazon acquired Twitch for almost $1 billion in 2014.

The site is known as a popular livestreaming site for video gamers.

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