Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on TikTok. It’s a weird business that has proven ...

Was Quibi a failure or just before its time? This month, a short-video app and Quibi-like entertainment service called ReelShort found its way to the top of the App Store, which led to the app gaining ...

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Popularized in China during the pandemic, ReelShort and other apps are hoping to bring minute-by-minute melodramas to the United States. By Claire Moses Reporting from Los Angeles When Albee Zhang ...

The show opens with a dramatic scene. A young woman stands alone in a bar, drinking away her bad memories: her fiancé demanding his engagement ring back in the wake of her family’s bankruptcy and her ...

These days, you might hear the popular saying, “There’s an app for that.” Well, ReelShort has become the app for short-form video content of the serialized variety. Owned by Crazy Maple Studio, ...

ReelShort and Endemol Shine Brasil have teamed up on the Brazilian adaptation of one of the microdrama platform’s biggest global hits, “Married at First Sight.” Locally titled “De Repente Casados,” ...

The camera hasn’t even started rolling and actress Samantha Drews is already shedding charcoal-tinted tears for her latest micro-drama. It’s a sweltering afternoon in central Los Angeles and Drews, ...

EXCLUSIVE: ReelShort, the microdrama service based in Silicon Valley, has set a date on the next instalment of its popular Bound By… romantic drama-meets-mafia franchise. Bound By Love will debut in ...

The Chinese-backed app that lets you watch cheaply made melodramas in tiny chunks is profitable off of microtransactions. The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on ...