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Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded intoa multi-billion dollar business.They’recalled “micro dramas” — short-form, mobile-first scripted shows designed to be watched vertically on your phone. Think soap opera meets TikTok, complete with secret billionaire romances, disapproving werewolf mothers-in-law, and cliffhangers engineered to keep users tapping. The leading app,ReelShort, made$1.2 billionin consumer spending last year alone.
On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast,Rebecca Bellan and TechCrunch senior reporter AmandaSilberlingsit down with Henry Soong, founder of Watch Club, who thinks the micro drama industry is still “in itsMySpaceera.”Hehas a vision for what the Facebook moment could look like.
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