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: Independent creators on platforms like TikTok and YouTube are now critical marketing channels for major streaming services.

We no longer watch what the networks force-feed us on Thursday night. We curate our own film festivals on Letterboxd. We find niche book-to-screen adaptations on streaming services we forgot we paid for. We get our news from a Substack newsletter and our comedy from a Twitch streamer.