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Amazon just confirmed what the Information reported Monday morning: The online retailer—and video producer, and a hundred other things—is buying video streaming service Twitch for $970 million.

The announcement comes as a surprise, not because no one expected Twitch to be bought, but because YouTube was widely expected to be the buyer. Three months ago the sale of Twitch to Google’s video service, for a cool billion, looked all wrapped up, and the pairing seemed natural. Twitch, founded onl

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