TikTok paid out USD 82M.

ReelShort wrote a syllabus. Vertical just grew up.

The format now has a course code, and a platform's lead writer grading the work

Webtoon enters microdrama. It brought 155M readers.

Webtoon's biggest comics go vertical, and the genre wall cracks in Europe

Hollywood is shrinking. Its stages went vertical.

Microdrama is the only line still growing in a contracting Hollywood

An Oscar nominee went vertical. The union came with him.

Hollywood talent keeps arriving, and this time the paperwork arrived too

Disney opened its vault. TikTok creators walk in.

Opt-in creators get licensed Disney IP and a feed on both TikTok and Disney+

Microdrama grew an S-class. Now it pays like it.

A premium USD 400K to 600K tier is splitting off from the churn factory

YouTube raised the pay bar. Vertical has other doors.

The path to your first YouTube payout just got twice as steep

America shows up for microdrama. In the millions.

The US crowd for vertical is set to double this year, and the ad money is already circling

TikTok trained the audience. Vertical drama cashed in.

The hooks and cliffhangers you love were built on the feed, not the TV

YouTube's hottest drama lane is vertical. And free.

The open, no-greenlight path just became the fastest-growing lane in all of drama

ReelShort nears USD 1B this year. Vertical turns its first profit.

The biggest app in the format is about to prove the whole model can bank money, not just burn it

A $450 AI drama made $500K. Now the rate is crashing.

China's AI-made dramas are minting real money overseas

Comcast is casting creators. The prize is six figures.

Comcast built its own vertical reality show

YouTube's new AI rule: disclose it or lose the payout.

A rewritten monetization rule puts a price on undisclosed AI, right as vertical creators lean on it hardest

HBO Max blinked. Now every streamer scrolls vertical.

The last big streamer added a vertical feed

Fallon got there first. His microdrama shot in a day.

The Tonight Show quietly became the first late-night franchise to actually ship a microdrama

The format got a red carpet. Actors, take a bow

Vertical drama now has its own convention and its own awards night

TikTok built a paywall for vertical. Will the US pay?

TikTok puts microdrama behind a paywall, and the list of buyers keeps multiplying

A third of the audience is now men. Romance's grip just slipped

A new My Drama and Owl & Co report says the format's viewers are younger, more male, and watching in bed

The Daily Show is making a microdrama. Vertical hit late night

The sharpest room in comedy just picked up the phone

Premium TV just opened a vertical storefront

RoseBerry's Epis is live worldwide, with Fremantle and BBC titles on the shelf.

The global TV market opened a vertical desk. Bring a series

The world's biggest television market just gave microdrama its own summit

Hollywood is recruiting off your phone. The swipe pays now

A star built on ninety-second dramas just landed a role in a Ryan Murphy series

Vigloo opened its AI pipeline. More people can build now

The pipeline that made AI microdramas cheap just opened to anyone who wants to try