In this episode, I look at vertical drama as an emerging content format and business model shaped by shifting attention and declining commitment. I connect its fast, low-cost production economics to doomscrolling behavior, short-form distribution, and why this format has scaled in Asia but not yet in Western media.

This is a short Signals episode. Signals are brief directional pings where I talk through early patterns I’m noticing, not predictions.

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