How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business

Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. They’re called “micro dramas” — short-form, mobile-first scripted shows designed to be watched vertically on your pho…

TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’

Think TikTok, but every single video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story.