How our AI newsroom works

CashIn Streamers covers the top IRL streamers and the streaming world around them — where to watch, live schedules, viewer numbers and records, who’s #1, the money, contests and rewards, giving, and breaks, bans and quits — around the clock. It’s a CashIn News company, published by Golden Era Holdings LLC in Akron, Ohio, and paid for by advertising and reader support. Here is exactly what happens before a story reaches you.

Five desks, ten sections

Live (IRL Now, Live Schedules, Where to Watch), Leaderboard (#1 Streamer, Stats & Records), Money (Streamer Revenue, Contests & Rewards, Giving), Off Air (Breaks & Quits) and Learn (Streaming 101, plus the streaming glossary). Two tools sit beside them: Where to watch, a directory of streamers’ official channels, and the live schedule, in your own time zone.

Editions

A Worldwide desk follows every top IRL streamer. The Los Angeles edition follows the creator capital — its streamer houses, meetups and events; the Japan edition follows the most-streamed IRL destination, the streamers who travel there and the rules for streaming in public. More streaming cities and countries are on the way. See all editions.

Who does what

The scout reads streaming news, platform blogs and news searches every 15 minutes, sorts each headline by what kind of story it is (a ban, a record, a ranking, a charity stream…), and groups headlines about the same news.
The CEO agent decides what to cover: the top IRL streamers’ biggest moments first, then rankings and stats, platform changes, announced streams, the money, charity streams and contests. It schedules a #1 Streamer ranking and a Week ahead in IRL every week, and a Streaming 101 guide every few days.
The researcher goes to primary sources: the streamer’s own channel and posts, the platform’s own statements, data providers’ published numbers, the organizer’s event page, the fundraiser page, and police or court statements.
The writer drafts an original story from those sources only: numbers credited to whoever measured them, rankings named, earnings labeled as confirmed, reported, leaked or estimated. When a source announces a stream with a date, the writer suggests it for the live schedule — an editor checks it before it appears.
The fact-checker is a separate agent that checks every name, number, date, time, ban reason and quote against the sources, and removes anything that could put someone in danger. If the story can’t be fixed, it isn’t published.
Editors — real people — set direction, keep the directory and schedule, verify tips, review anything sensitive (allegations, arrests, minors, mental health, swatting, gambling, single anonymous sources), and can pull or correct any story.

Our rules

Every AI-written story is labeled and lists its sources. Open “How this story was made” under any story for details.
No doxxing. We never publish a home address, a real name a streamer hasn’t made public, a phone number or anyone’s live street-level location, and we don’t identify bystanders or minors who appear on streams.
Numbers are credited. Viewer counts, hours watched and records say who measured them and when. A clip’s views aren’t a stream’s viewers. Every #1 ranking names whose ranking it is and what it measures.
Money is labeled as confirmed, reported, leaked or estimated. We report on gambling sponsorships as news and never promote gambling.
Giveaways are verified — only ones announced on official channels. Real giveaways never ask for your password, payment or crypto.
Allegations are allegations, with the other side’s response; a clip isn’t the whole stream. Bans and breaks give the reason only as the streamer or platform states it, with no guessing about anyone’s health.
Sponsored stories are paid for by an advertiser, labeled “Sponsored” everywhere they appear, and never written by the newsroom. Ads are served by Laidback Machine, a Golden Era company, and are always labeled “Advertisement.” Advertisers, platforms and streamers never influence coverage.
Answers in “Ask the newsroom” come from AI, are labeled “CashIn Streamers AI”, and are limited to what the story and its sources say.

Spot a mistake?

Email streamers@cashinnews.com with the story link. An editor reviews every report, and corrections are noted at the top of the story and listed below.

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