Vertical drama news
Micro drama and vertical series stories, picked from the trades and beyond. New stories every morning, older days below.
Each story opens on the outlet that reported it.
Monday, Oct 12
Taye Diggs Taps Miranda Bailey, Ben Ramsey and More for Microseries Platform Slate (opens TheWrap in a new tab)
WeChat Launches "Green Bubble" Short Drama Mini-Program, Challenging Hongguo's 168 Million Daily Active Users (opens BigGo Finance in a new tab)
Myntra launches micro-drama series to integrate shopping services into pop culture content via SW Network, BIAS Studios (opens marketech apac in a new tab)
Grace Fluharty: Age, Movies, and Her Rise to ReelShort Stardom (opens EkSukoon in a new tab)
Cynopsis 10/12/2026: Microdrama Apps Are Licensing Real TV Shows Now (opens Cynopsis in a new tab)
ChatGPT’s microdrama debut puts Revathy in the shoes of an unlikely intern (opens afaqs! in a new tab)
ByteDance's PineDrama tops 100 million downloads in 9 months, free model shakes up overseas short-drama landscape (opens BigGo Finance in a new tab)
One in five consumers watching microdramas, dentsu study finds (opens The Drop in a new tab)
BULLET Microdrama’s ‘Deadline’ wins National award (opens Indian Broadcasting World in a new tab)
Micro Drama: Why Brands Should Pay Attention (opens Campaign Middle East in a new tab)