November 2025

💻 UK Indie Shogun Teams With Trinity Content For Microdrama ‘Swipe!’ Starring Nick Moran - Deadline

💻 Global Drama Association Launches in New York, Unveiling Landmark Short Drama Fund - Fox44 News

💻 Drama Byte and Universiti Malaya Empower Students Through Vertical Storytelling Workshop - Newswav

💻 Microdramas ‘Here to Stay,’ Say WAVES Film Bazaar Panelists as Budgets, Genres and Markets Rapidly Evolve - Variety

💻 Weiming Wang on the Future of Film, Vertical Storytelling, and Bridging Art & Algorithms - Popdust

💻 Reel Success - China Daily

💻 How TikTok, micro-dramas, and distracted viewers are reshaping TV - Vox (paywall)

💻 Micro Drama Breaks Cover: Inside the New Gold Rush for Vertical Storytelling - The Drop

💻 Dan Löwenstein Boards Night Train Media U.K. Microdrama as Tallinn Talks Vertical Storytelling Boom - Variety

💻 Vertical video studio Holywater expands into unscripted with Love or Dare - The Drop

💻 Nick Ritacco discusses starring in vertical dramas in the digital age - Digital Journal

💻 Microdramas and Short Form Media Take Center Stage at Crisp-Organized Content Conference in Seoul - Variety

💻 How soapy micro dramas became Hollywood’s next big bet - The Verge (paywall)

💻 Chinese micro-dramas grab global audience - China Daily

💻 How vertical dramas, born in China, are disrupting Hollywood, one minute at a time - South China Morning Post (paywall)

💻 Disney+ outlines 2026 Korea‑Japan short‑form content push- ChosunBiz

💻 Screamify becomes first streamer to launch dedicated micro horrors vertical - Horror Society

💻 The Vertical Revolution: How Microdramas Became a Multi-Billion Dollar Global Phenomenon - Variety

📰 Disney and Fox are investing in micro dramas. What are they and why are they popular? - South China Morning Post (paywall)

💻 Who’s Who In Microdramas: The Power Players Reshaping Short Form Entertainment - Variety

💻 Microdramas Are Booming and Union Actors Are Looking for a Way In - Variety

💻 Disney Execs Talk Gaming IP Push, Microdrama Ambitions and Asia Pacific Localization Strategy - Variety

📰 China’s micro-dramas a screen saver for film world - China Daily

📰 Vigloo Releases First AI-Realized Vertical Micro Dramas - Forbes

💻 Hollywood Goes All-In on Mobile “Short Drama” Series as Phones Become TV - ASO World

💻 Soap Operas On Cocaine - Canadian Affairs (paywall)

💻 The Art of Hooking AudiencesL Execs From A Disney-Backed Microdrama App Tell All - The Ankler

💻 Crisp, Led By Adrian Cheng, Is Writing the Next Chapter of Short-Form Storytelling - Variety

💻 Kyle Fragnoli Talks About Being A Part of Vertical Dramas in the Digital Age - Digital Journal

💻 5 Hollywood Companies from Fox to Disney that are looking to capitalize on soapy ‘micro dramas’ - Business Insider

📰 Hollywood’s romance with Micro Dramas is heating up. Will it last? - Boston Herald

💻 How Vertical Dramas have flipped the script on Hollywood - Prestige

💻 Micro dramas will be more than romance: “there will be other formats and genres in this space” - The Drop

💻 What are Vertical Draas and Why Do People Love Watching Then? - When In Manila

📰 Viva launches new Vertical Content Streaming Platform Viva Movie Box - Journal News

💻 Umay Ayaz: “We Produced New Boss, Our First Vertical Drama - Senal News

💻 Holywater and the New Era of Vertical Drama - The Drop

💻 Story TV to monetise dopamine by marrying Reels & OTT in Micro-Dramas - AFAQS

💻 Short Dramas: The RMB 100B content format marketers cannot igonore - Campaign

💻 RTP and SPI partner on the first Portugese Micro-Dramas Project - FormatBiz

📰 The palm of your hand soap operas turning views away from TV - Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall)

💻 I was laid off as Disney. Then I rebooted my entertaiment career thanks to micro dramas - Business Insider

October 2025

💻 Netflix CTO say more vertical video experiments are coming, but streamer is not competing with TikTok - TechCrunch

💻 One in 20 internet userse watch 10 minutre dramas, finds Ampere Analysis - IBC

💻 How Vertical Content and VFX are transforming the way audiences engage - Animation World Network

💻 Content London adds drama, unscripted and vertical commissioners to speed-networking initiative across 3 day event - C21 Media

💻 Mini-dramas attract mega audiences - Broadband TV News

📰 Are micro-dramas the future of fiction? - The Indian Express

📰 Are 1-minute shows the new way of watching TV? - Vogue Australia

💻 AI, Micro-Drama and the New Digital-First TV Economy - The Drop

📰 Former Miramax Boss Bill Block Launches Micro-Drama Streaming Platform GammaTime With $14M In Funding - Deadline

💻 Former Miramax CEO Bill Block Launches Micro-Drama Streaming Platform - The Wrap

💻 LA City Council looks at tax incentives for vertical, short productions known as 'micro-dramas' - Spectrum News

💻 One Take Media launches microdrama-focused platform VertiGo TV in India - Senal News

💻 Vertical Micro-Dramas Are an $8 Billion Business. Hollywood Is Finally Paying Attention - The Wrap (paywall)

💻 Gangsters, billionaires and love triangles: Behind the scenes of China's micro-drama boom - Sky News

💻 Chinese & British Content Leaders Identify Micro-dramas And Kids’ Content As Frontrunners For Co-Production & Distribution - Deadline

💻 Mipcom 2025: Industry takeaways from Cannes - Broadcast International (paywall)

💻 Disney+ exploring move into microdrama - Broadcast International (paywall)

💻 Micro-Dramas, True Stories, and Global Adaptations Lead the New Season - FormatBiz

💻 For Dulcie Cowling Its Time to Bridge the Gap Between Longer Form Content and Advertising - LBB Online

💻 SAG-AFTRA Addresses Burgeoning Micro-Drama Trend With New Verticals Agreement - Deadline

💻 Fox talks opportunities for unscripted in vertical series: “This gives us permission to experiment” - Realscreen

💻 MIPCOM 2025: Short-vertical content, the new language of young (and not-so-young) generations - Senal News

💻 Fox Entertainment Invests in Ukrainian App Start-Up Holywater, Will Produce 200-Plus Vertical Video Series Including Microdramas Under Deal - IMDB

💻 Fox Invests In Vertical Video Company Holywater - Deadline

📰 Fox Entertainment Invests in Ukrainian App Start-Up Holywater, Will Produce 200-Plus Vertical Video Series Including Microdramas Under Deal - Variety

💻 Fox Entertainment Takes Equity Stake in Vertical Video Platform Holywater - The Wrap

📰TikTok soap operas are bringing in billions - and rivalling Netflix and Hulu - The Mirror

💻 Making sense of microdrama mania - Broadcast International (paywall)

💻 The art of the immediate: Ren Chih Chen’s mastery of vertical short-form editing - Digital Journal

💻 The Mediabrief.com viewers’ guide to English micro-drama platforms - Media Brief

💻 Microdrama’s major appeal draws in foreign OGs - The Economic Times

💻 "Rush for venues, rush for actors, AIGC assistance" - An average of a hundred short dramas filmed daily: An on-site exploration of Zhengzhou's short drama base - Futubull

💻 Spirit Studios & Night Train Ride The Micro-Drama Wave With UK-Originated Series - Deadline

💻 Director Yuwei Zhang on Shaping the Future of Immersive Storytelling Across Cultures - Grit Daily

September 2025

💻 Vigloo Launches AI Full-Length Vertical Dramas - TVDrama.com

💻 How to Snatch A Billionaire hits 33.9M Views as Drama Box joins Disney Accelerator - Film Daily

💻 Writers Guild reminds members that trendy Micro-dramas are covered in minimum basic agreement - Variety

💻 The challenges of vertical storytelling - Lifestyle.Inq

💻 Telemundo Studios Launches Vertical Short Dramas as It Expands Alternative Content Strategy - IMDB

💻 No Time For Drama: The Microdrama Revolution Reshaping Streaming - To Do TV News

💻 India's Micro-Drama Gold Rush: How 80 Million Viewers Are Rewriting Entertainment Rules - Republic

💻 People Are Throwing Absurd Amounts of Money at Vertical Drama Apps, but Why? - Movieweb

💻 Microdramas Emerge as Multi-Billion Dollar Global Phenomenon, China Market Set to Eclipse Local Box Office, Study Finds - AOL

💻 “Straight Until He Kissed Me” Showcases Producer Ruijia Wang’s Vision in Vertical Storytelling - GritDaily

💻 Micro-Drama Revenues In China Set To Exceed Box Office In 2025, Will Reach $9.4B This Year — Deadline

💻 The gay drama ‘Straight Until He Kissed Me’ has everyone thinking the same thing - Queerty

💻 The Secret Life of Amy Bensen Reformatted as Micro-Drama - Worldscreen

📰 China’s mini dramas may be onto something big - South China Morning Post (paywall)

📰 Investors, gaming firms chase the micro drama trend - Hindustan Times

💻 Meet DramaBox, the app that's trying to win the micro drama race by expanding beyond werewolves and billionaire romance - Business Insider

💻 S4C sets out digital-first future with TikTok drama launch - ATV Today

💻 MicroCo Wants to Be the Alpha Werewolf Billionaire That Vertical Dramas Need - Indie Wire

💻 Script Change: The Writers Trading Movie Dreams for Bite-Size Dramas - Sixth Tone

💻 The Rise of Micro Dramas in India - IWM Buzz

💻 MicroCo, StoryTV, Second Rodeo and Vertical Drama Love join Vertical Programming and Microdrama Summit at Content London as sector gains momentum - C21 Media

💻 TheSoul Publishing and Playkot unveil vertical drama app SHRT - The Drop

August 2025

💻 Cignal Play launches 5-minutes vertical microdames for Pinoy viewers on the go - MSN

💻 TukTuki Rolls Out Vertical Format-only Micro-drama App In India - BW Marketing World

💻 Vertical Mini-Dramas Help Dedicated Streaming Apps Soar - Daytime Confidential

💻 Chile’s TVN preps microdrama as it moves into vertical programming market - C21 Media

💻 Are micro-dramas India's next big craze? Your cheat sheet on the new OTT format - India Today

💻 The Micro-Binge Revolution: How Bite-Sized Chinese Dramas are Capturing Gen Z - Insights Trends World

💻 Cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds – here’s why - Screen Hub

💻 How AI is Driving Vertical Streaming Boom - Unite.AI

💻 K29 Studios Partners with Vigloo to Revolutionise Mobile Entertainment with Vertical Drama Series - Film Ink

💻 DramaShorts: Redefining Vertical Storytelling in the Age of Mobile Entertainment - TechRound

💻 Werewolf exes and billionaire CEOs: why cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds - The Conversation

💻 The Rise of Micro Dramas in Global Entertainment Scene - Editorji

💻Vampires, romance and billionaires: The bite-size Chines e shows gaining U.S. fans - NBC News

📰 Chinese ‘vertical dramas’ are booming in America. Should Hollywood be worried? - South China Morning Post (paywall)

💻 New short-form romance streamer Love Drama launches - MSN

📰 Revenge, affairs and fast twists: Inside Korea’s 2-minute drama boom - The Korea Times

💻 What are Chinese micro dramas and why are they so popular? - Indian Express Indulge

📰 DramaBox Selected for Disney’s 2025 Accelerator Program, One of Only Four Pioneering Companies Selected - The Globe and Mail

July 2025

💻 Vertical Programming and Microdrama Summit at Content London adds speakers as sector booms - C21 Media

💻 Micro dramas set to make big impact - China Daily

💻 The New Micro‑Short Soap Operas Explained - Raindance

💻 From TikTok-Style Soaps to Global Fame: The Rise of the Chinese Short Drama Industry - TechTrends

💻 I've become notorious as a 'vertical villain' in Chinese-style mini-dramas. Being evil is fun, but draining. - Business Insider

💻 Vertical Film Editing: Video Editor Qiqi Deng is Making Waves for her Notable Work - Filmdaily

💻 Kedoo launches short-form drama app - Televisual

💻 Americans Are Obsessed With Watching Short Video Dramas From China - Wired

📰 Georgia gets in on the drama: Why film crews are riding a vertical soap opera wave - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

💻 How China’s $7 billion micro drama industry is taking on the U.S. entertainment industry - CNBC

📰 'So bad, it's good': The two-minute soap operas changing the way we watch TV - Sydney Herald (paywall)

💻 Introducing Viralo: Rigi's Power-Packed Platform for Hindi Micro Dramas That Click with Bharat - Business Standard

💻 Israel’s First Micro Dramas Platform Launched by ‘Red Skies’ Maker Yoav Gross Productions - Variety

💻 Rise of vertical films - LAist

💻 Cinematographer Shuang Qin on the business of mobile-first filmmaking - London Daily News

💻 China’s micro-drama boom is just getting started - JingDaily

💻 Swipe, watch, repeat: The rise of vertical dramas for the scroll-happy generation – Part 1 - Adgully

💻 Producers Are Sleeping On Micro-Dramas & Vertical Videos In Korea, Warns KT Studio Genie Boss - MSN

💻 Welcome to the era of micro-dramas - The Week

💻 Rise of micro-dramas: Indian players eye new frontier as global market surges past $7.2 billion - CNBC

June 2025

💻 How to create hit microdrama and vertical programming centre stage at Content London as sector booms - C21 Media

📻 The Rise Of Vertical Dramas - Newstalk

📰 Launch of Film Snap, Los Angeles’ First Vertical Drama App - The Globe & Mail

📺 Tiny Shows, Massive Views: Welcome To The Microdrama Takeover -CNBC

💻 60 Sec Soaps: Why are OTT players and brands betting big on mini dramas? - Exchange 4 Media

📰 Are micro dramas; short-form content the next big thing in entertainment? - Khaleej Times

💻 This is how Chinese micro-dramas are conquering the vertical screen - Marketing 4Ecommerce

💻 Flick TV raises $2.3 million in in Seed Funding to Build India’s First Micro-Drama OTT Platform - Bthe 2B Connect

📰 Cultural crossover with vertical short films - China Daily

📺 China Micro-Drama Boom: Short-form vertically-oriented video series take world by storm - CGTN

May 2025

📰 Vertical Drama Job Outlook: Is This Short-Form Approach the Next Big Thing? - Backstage

💻 Actors, filmmakers flock to China to explore micro drama boom - Africa News

📰 Painting with Light and Motion: How Cinematographer Chang Su Brings Stories to Life - New Wave Magazine

💻 The soap opera of the future is a vertical drama made for your phone. But you’ll have to pay to see the ending - Fast Company

September 2024

💻 Microdramas: China’s New Craze Goes Global - Naavik