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Janko Roettgers @ The Verge · 10/23/2025 11:30 EDT

Hollywood is in love with microdramas, for all the wrong reasons

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. What if you could make hundreds of millions of dollars with cheaply produced content, all while sidestepping powerful distribution platforms like Netflix and YouTube? This promise is at the core […]

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