diff --git a/ui/component/fileActions/index.js b/ui/component/fileActions/index.js
index 9593f5db7..7a2f5e48d 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileActions/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/fileActions/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   makeSelectClaimForUri,
   doPrepareEdit,
   selectMyChannelClaims,
+  makeSelectClaimIsStreamPlaceholder,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { makeSelectCostInfoForUri } from 'lbryinc';
 import { doSetPlayingUri } from 'redux/actions/content';
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const select = (state, props) => ({
   renderMode: makeSelectFileRenderModeForUri(props.uri)(state),
   costInfo: makeSelectCostInfoForUri(props.uri)(state),
   myChannels: selectMyChannelClaims(state),
+  isLivestreamClaim: makeSelectClaimIsStreamPlaceholder(props.uri)(state),
 });
 
 const perform = (dispatch) => ({
diff --git a/ui/component/fileActions/view.jsx b/ui/component/fileActions/view.jsx
index 3a90aac4a..59a33725e 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileActions/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/fileActions/view.jsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Props = {
   myChannels: ?Array<ChannelClaim>,
   doToast: ({ message: string }) => void,
   clearPlayingUri: () => void,
+  isLivestreamClaim: boolean,
 };
 
 function FileActions(props: Props) {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ function FileActions(props: Props) {
     myChannels,
     clearPlayingUri,
     doToast,
+    isLivestreamClaim,
   } = props;
   const {
     push,
@@ -112,7 +114,18 @@ function FileActions(props: Props) {
           className="button--file-action"
           icon={ICONS.EDIT}
           label={__('Edit')}
-          navigate="/$/upload"
+          navigate="/$/upload?type=livestream"
+          onClick={() => {
+            prepareEdit(claim, editUri, fileInfo);
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
+      {claimIsMine && isLivestreamClaim && (
+        <Button
+          className="button--file-action"
+          icon={ICONS.PUBLISH}
+          label={__('Publish Replay')}
+          navigate="/$/upload?type=file"
           onClick={() => {
             prepareEdit(claim, editUri, fileInfo);
           }}
diff --git a/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
index 2a07b9c59..1b55b999f 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
           {publishing && <Spinner type={'small'} />}
           {inProgress && (
             <div>
-              <Button button="close" label={__('Cancel')} icon={ICONS.REMOVE} onClick={clearPublish} />
+              <Button button="close" label={__('New')} icon={ICONS.REFRESH} onClick={clearPublish} />
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
diff --git a/ui/component/publishForm/index.js b/ui/component/publishForm/index.js
index 462b42a36..af8d06050 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishForm/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/publishForm/index.js
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import { selectUnclaimedRewardValue } from 'redux/selectors/rewards';
 import { selectModal, selectActiveChannelClaim, selectIncognito } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 import PublishPage from './view';
-import { selectUser } from '../../redux/selectors/user';
+import { selectUser } from 'redux/selectors/user';
 
-const select = state => ({
+const select = (state) => ({
   ...selectPublishFormValues(state),
   user: selectUser(state),
   // The winning claim for a short lbry uri
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ const select = state => ({
   incognito: selectIncognito(state),
 });
 
-const perform = dispatch => ({
-  updatePublishForm: value => dispatch(doUpdatePublishForm(value)),
+const perform = (dispatch) => ({
+  updatePublishForm: (value) => dispatch(doUpdatePublishForm(value)),
   clearPublish: () => dispatch(doClearPublish()),
-  resolveUri: uri => dispatch(doResolveUri(uri)),
+  resolveUri: (uri) => dispatch(doResolveUri(uri)),
   publish: (filePath, preview) => dispatch(doPublishDesktop(filePath, preview)),
   prepareEdit: (claim, uri) => dispatch(doPrepareEdit(claim, uri)),
   resetThumbnailStatus: () => dispatch(doResetThumbnailStatus()),
-  checkAvailability: name => dispatch(doCheckPublishNameAvailability(name)),
+  checkAvailability: (name) => dispatch(doCheckPublishNameAvailability(name)),
 });
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(PublishPage);
diff --git a/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx b/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
index e5ae2e4d2..e07711e1d 100644
--- a/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
               previewing
             }
           />
-          <Button button="link" onClick={clearPublish} label={__('Cancel')} />
+          <Button button="link" onClick={clearPublish} label={__('New')} />
         </div>
         <p className="help">
           {!formDisabled && !formValid ? (
diff --git a/web/setup/publish.js b/web/setup/publish.js
index aefe2973b..3f3fec2a9 100644
--- a/web/setup/publish.js
+++ b/web/setup/publish.js
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ export default function apiPublishCallViaWeb(
   connectionString: string,
   token: string,
   method: string,
-  params: { file_path: string, preview: boolean },
+  params: { file_path: string, preview: boolean, remote_url?: string }, // new param for remoteUrl
   resolve: Function,
   reject: Function
 ) {
-  const { file_path: filePath, preview } = params;
+  const { file_path: filePath, preview, remote_url: remoteUrl } = params;
 
-  if (!filePath) {
+  if (!filePath && !remoteUrl) {
     return apiCall(method, params, resolve, reject);
   }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ export default function apiPublishCallViaWeb(
 
   // Putting a dummy value here, the server is going to process the POSTed file
   // and set the file_path itself
-  params.file_path = '__POST_FILE__';
+
+  const body = new FormData();
+  if (fileField) {
+    body.append('file', fileField);
+    params.file_path = '__POST_FILE__';
+  } else if (remoteUrl) {
+    body.append('remote_url', remoteUrl);
+  }
 
   const jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({
     jsonrpc: '2.0',
@@ -45,8 +52,7 @@ export default function apiPublishCallViaWeb(
     params,
     id: counter,
   });
-  const body = new FormData();
-  body.append('file', fileField);
+  // no fileData? do the livestream remote publish
   body.append('json_payload', jsonPayload);
 
   function makeRequest(connectionString, method, token, body, params) {
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ export default function apiPublishCallViaWeb(
       xhr.open(method, connectionString);
       xhr.setRequestHeader(X_LBRY_AUTH_TOKEN, token);
       xhr.responseType = 'json';
-      xhr.upload.onprogress = e => {
+      xhr.upload.onprogress = (e) => {
         let percentComplete = Math.ceil((e.loaded / e.total) * 100);
         window.store.dispatch(doUpdateUploadProgress(percentComplete, params, xhr));
       };
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ export default function apiPublishCallViaWeb(
   }
 
   return makeRequest(connectionString, 'POST', token, body, params)
-    .then(xhr => {
+    .then((xhr) => {
       let error;
       if (xhr && xhr.response) {
         if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300 && !xhr.response.error) {