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Hollywood is recruiting off your phone. The swipe pays now

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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Vigloo opened its AI pipeline. More people can build now

Jul 17, 2026

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4 min read

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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Douyin put $210M behind live actors. Sets get busy

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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Uber Eats joined a murder mystery. Vertical grew up

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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A new streamer is buying indie vertical. The shelf just grew

Jul 1, 2026

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3 min read

A new streamer is buying indie vertical. The shelf just grew

A new streamer launched to buy and distribute independent vertical work

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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Short drama's growth went vertical. Marketers want in

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

Short drama's growth went vertical. Marketers want in

The numbers behind short drama's takeover, and the people betting on what comes next

The Vertical
The Vertical

Craft

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MuVpix put Shakespeare on two screens. Vertical's reach widened

Jun 27, 2026

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4 min read

MuVpix put Shakespeare on two screens. Vertical's reach widened

The week a 400-year-old love story got cut for both your phone and your TV

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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StoReel turned a script into a studio. Vertical's barrier just dropped

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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CandyJar's parent built an all-AI action app. The cost math shifted

Jun 12, 2026

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3 min read

CandyJar's parent built an all-AI action app. The cost math shifted

A separate, fully AI-built action app puts vertical's economics on the table

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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A casting app for vertical just landed. Actors, your move

Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

A casting app for vertical just landed. Actors, your move

The format that runs on speed finally has a swipe-to-match casting tool of its own

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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China is scrubbing micro-dramas. The bar just went up

Jun 8, 2026

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4 min read

China is scrubbing micro-dramas. The bar just went up

China's new two-month sweep is reshaping what the format's biggest market will make

The Vertical
The Vertical

Craft

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TikTok took microdrama to Sundance. Writers, get in

Jun 7, 2026

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4 min read

TikTok took microdrama to Sundance. Writers, get in

TikTok and Sundance are training the next vertical writers, and the door is open through July 1

The Vertical
The Vertical

Global

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The man who built DreamWorks backed a telenovela app

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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The TV giant behind Real Housewives bets on microdrama

Jun 3, 2026

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5 min read

The TV giant behind Real Housewives bets on microdrama

USA, Syfy and CNBC's parent just took a stake in GammaTime, and the vertical IP map shifted overnight

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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Don Benjamin built vertical a new lane

May 29, 2026

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6 min read

Don Benjamin built vertical a new lane

A Black and Latino-led microdrama app just signed three of the internet's biggest creators

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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Tribeca and TikTok vets built vertical a festival

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

Tribeca and TikTok vets built vertical a festival

A Tribeca veteran and a TikTok creator lead just gave 9:16 storytelling its own room in New York

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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TikTok's first Hindi microdrama shelf just opened.

May 27, 2026

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4 min read

TikTok's first Hindi microdrama shelf just opened.

TikTok licensed 21 Hindi microdramas

The Vertical
The Vertical

Data

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ReelShort cleared $80M. Vertical isn't a side bet.

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

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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Vertical signed a pop-punk band. Album rollout, rewritten.

May 25, 2026

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4 min read

Vertical signed a pop-punk band. Album rollout, rewritten.

A rock band just turned its album launch into a kidnap microdrama

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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Black Forest pitched Cannes. Vertical went continental.

May 24, 2026

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3 min read

Black Forest pitched Cannes. Vertical went continental.

A German studio is selling Europe its first fully integrated microdrama house

The Vertical
The Vertical

Platforms

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Rivr Media swipes vertical. Knoxville is on set.

May 23, 2026

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3 min read

Rivr Media swipes vertical. Knoxville is on set.

A Fixer to Fabulous prodco just opened a microdrama division

The Vertical
The Vertical

Creators

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ReelShort hires the crews Hollywood let go

May 19, 2026

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2 min read

ReelShort hires the crews Hollywood let go

The format Hollywood ignored is now making its payroll

The Vertical
The Vertical

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