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YouTube unveiled 'Shorts Series' at its Made On YouTube event, a tool letting creators group Shorts into seasons and episodes with custom thumbnails on their channel pages. The feature is rolling out to YouTube Partner Program members across web, mobile and connected TVs.
Hollywood actors, producers and investors are increasingly moving into microdramas, short scripted series built for phones with soap-opera plots and cliffhangers meant to keep viewers paying for more. James Franco now stars in "Love, Lies & Frank" on the app Shortical, one of the first such projects made under SAG-AFTRA's new verticals agreement. Omdia projects the U.S. microdrama market will hit $1.5 billion this year, drawing apps like ReelShort, DramaBox and TikTok's own PineDrama.