Three executives are shifting on from the platform, together with head of gaming Ryan Wyatt. Senior director of creator partnerships Jamie Byrne and vice chairman and world head of product partnerships Heather Rivera are departing too.

“Like many other companies, we’ve seen some of our people choose a new direction in the new year,” YouTube instructed . “We are also fortunate to have a deep bench of talented leaders to take our business forward. We thank Heather, Jamie, and Ryan for their incredible contribution to YouTube over the years and can’t wait to see what they do next.”

Wyatt, who additionally led YouTube’s digital and augmented actuality tasks, joined Google in 2014 after a . He mentioned on Twitter that he is leaving YouTube within the coming weeks to hitch Polygon Technology, an organization within the area, the place he’ll head up the Polygon Studios division.

Wyatt wrote that he’ll be “focused on growing the developer ecosystem through investment, marketing and developer support.” He’ll oversee gaming, leisure, vogue, information, sports activities and different areas for Polygon Studios.

, YouTube has added quite a lot of options to cater to gaming-focused creators and viewers, corresponding to , and . In 2020, YouTube to stream Call of Duty League and Overwatch League occasions for 3 years. The service has additionally lured a number of high-profile streamers away from Twitch over the previous few years, together with , , and .

had been with YouTube since 2006 and most not too long ago was overseeing areas like creator acquisitions and Shorts partnerships. According to Tubefilter, he is becoming a member of NFT endeavor Bright Moments to steer operations and partnerships — simply because it appears YouTube . Rivera, in the meantime, was concerned in rising ad-supported and subscription companies, .