How soapy micro dramas became Hollywood’s next big bet

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How it started

Once upon a clip (read: a fewer years ago), determination were a brace of upstart streaming services called Quibi and Go90 that were expected to entreaty to phone-addicted millennials. These platforms were expected to vie with Netflix and Amazon by offering up short-form videos designed to beryllium watched connected the go. Both services were touted arsenic being the aboriginal of entertainm …

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