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How vertical shorts are dominating online media
The "Endless Thread" team looks at the online explosion of short serial stories called vertical shorts. Vertical shorts started in China as a way of telling stories in very short bites on TikTok, but it's now a multi-billion dollar industry, employing actors, directors and film crews.
WBUR’s Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson and Cici Yu report.
This segment aired on February 27, 2025.


