Business
Global
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Jul 21, 2026
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4 min read
The global TV market opened a vertical desk. Bring a series
The world's biggest television market just gave microdrama its own summit
Global
+2
Jul 19, 2026
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4 min read
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
Global
+2
Jul 15, 2026
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4 min read
WWE just signed on. Vertical keeps recruiting stars
The first major sports brand just built a story inside a microdrama app
Global
+2
Jul 14, 2026
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4 min read
Douyin put $210M behind live actors. Sets get busy
The world's biggest short-video platform just made human-made drama the better-paid option
Global
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Jul 10, 2026
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4 min read
A chatbot giant joined vertical. The cast talks back
The chatbot giant that just turned a microdrama into a two-way conversation
Global
+2
Jul 6, 2026
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4 min read
Shortical raised $100M. The vertical land grab escalates
The capital is stacking up, the buyers are multiplying, and the shelves keep getting longer
Global
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Jul 4, 2026
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4 min read
Uber Eats joined a murder mystery. Vertical grew up
A marquee studio built a scripted whodunit around a delivery app
Global
+2
Jun 30, 2026
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3 min read
Yash Raj backed a startup. The franchise race is on
Bollywood's biggest franchise machine wants vertical's first lasting hit
Global
+3
Jun 26, 2026
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4 min read
StoReel turned a script into a studio. Vertical's barrier just dropped
An upload-a-script production studio just opened to solo creators
Global
+2
Jun 17, 2026
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3 min read
aTwist put microseries in theaters. Vertical went big-screen
The format built to fight the multiplex just bought a ticket inside it
Global
+2
Jun 16, 2026
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4 min read
Neymar bet on microdrama. Sports is vertical's new lane
A 220-million-follower superstar just turned World Cup season into a vertical genre
Global
+2
Jun 10, 2026
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3 min read
Jamie Oliver is making a microdrama. Vertical keeps poaching brands
A celebrity chef just turned his whole company toward vertical
Global
+2
Jun 5, 2026
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3 min read
Cannes Lions, the ad world's Oscars, made room for microdrama. Brands are next
Microdrama hit the Cannes main stage. Brand money is right behind
Global
+3
Jun 4, 2026
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4 min read
The man who built DreamWorks backed a telenovela app
A Latin American vertical platform just raised real money and handed its makers all the profit
Data
+2
May 26, 2026
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3 min read
ReelShort cleared $80M. Vertical isn't a side bet.
ReelShort's Q1 just changed the floor for every vertical drama pitch in town
