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: Hyper-capitalized social video platforms like YouTube and TikTok are now primary competitors for major film and TV studios. Report on Media Item: Deeper, Episode "Pigeonholed" (May
In music, the mega-album rollout is dying. May has seen a trend of surprise drops and "soft" releases. Artists are realizing that the traditional three-month marketing rollout exhausts the audience before they even hear the song. Pre-2020 — mainstream acting career, conventions, fanbase