Video games are nice, but Amazon badly wants Twitch to be the next YouTube

This could get interesting. Twitch has reportedly been approaching big stars like Will Smith about streaming live, and it's likewise been quietly making overtures to a variety of top YouTube talent. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear in a recent staff meeting said he wants to hit $1 billion in ad sales, which would double the current sales figure. And the company is talking to creators like Rafi Fine, who with his brother runs high-profile YouTube channels through their Fine Brothers Entertainment, about m...