The most successful YouTuber of all time, Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, is bringing his content to Twitch for the very first time. <\/p>
Later today PewDiePie will launch NetGlow<\/a>, a new Twitch channel. The move was announced in a now-deleted video on his YouTube channel, but a tweet<\/a> promoting the channel’s launch still exists. <\/p>
PewDiePie, who has over 54 million YouTube subscribers, made his name on the platform with gaming and comedy content. A series of recent controversies have affected his relationship with YouTube\u2014but PewDiePie reportedly<\/a> stated that the Twitch channel launch is not related to these issues.<\/p>
A Wall Street Journal report<\/a> in February highlighted a video where PewDiePie had paid two men to hold up a sign with an anti-Semitic message, as well as other potentially offensive jokes as part of his comic videos. The report caused PewDiePie to be dropped by the Disney-owned Maker Studios and YouTube’s YouTube Red program. <\/p>
In March the Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> that major brands, including Microsoft, Toyota and Amazon, had their ads featured on videos with racist or other offensive content. In his latest video<\/a>, PewDiePie joined the chorus of YouTubers claiming the evidence in this report was falsified\u2014though no proof has ever been presented for this claim. <\/p>
h\/t <\/em>Tubefilter<\/em><\/a><\/p>
