Week like this makes one think about how and where one conducts their business. To focus on a single platform in growing a community that is within your niche is a great start but, you do need to plan for the eventual fall of that platform. What happens when the platform you've started streaming to fails within a year? Do you have a secondary location that you can direct your community over to? Do you find a place that is also new to the streaming space? These are just some of the questions many probably were asking themselves this past week and it's a shame that the effects of LiveSpace shutting down might not be felt for a while.

It's not all doom and gloom and I hope that in some way you were affected by the shutdown of LiveSpace. You can get back on your feet and carry on to better outcomes.

Live Streaming Platform News

• LiveSpace announces they will shut down the site on May 1st, 2024.

Dear community,

It is with heavy hearts we share that LiveSpace will shut down on May 1, 2024, due to rising expenses and our inability to secure the level of investment needed to continue to scale. We are proud to have had thousands of creators call LiveSpace home, and this an extremely hard decision to make.

https://about.live.space/post/thank-you?lng=en

• Peertube has released their new newsletter which can be found here. Peertube Newsletter
• There's a new live-streaming start-up making its public debut on April 24th called Beam. Is it too soon for another new place? Will be taking a look into it when it opens up. Beam Site

Creator Equipment News & Updates

• Ghost is actively getting into the ActivityPub Fediverse. They posted on Threads that there is a sign-up page for people who are interested in getting early access. Ghost ActivityPub
• The Embracer Group is going to be splitting into three different companies following studio splits and mass layoffs. Reuters
• US Senate Looks to Advance TikTok Ban Proposal. SocialMedia Today
• Another alternative to OBS is making itself known within the streamer space. Meld Studio offers "Go live with perfect audio, flawless video, and cutting-edge performance. Spend more time streaming and less time fiddling." Meld Studio

Podcast Rundown

• This past weeks podcast was the Independent Creator, which looked into what do you want from a platform. What does a platform offer you for streaming to it and how can the options found within, benefit you as the creator?

Tid Bits of Note

• The open source forum world is coming together in getting connected and the wider fediverse with work on their ActivityPub integration with NodeBB, Discourse, and Flarum. Forum Fediverse
• Check out this demo of a new federated alternative to Bandcamp called Emissary. Peertube Link Be sure to check out the creator's Mastodon as well Ben Pate
• PodcastAP allows you to follow podcasts with your federated account easily

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