{"id":6639,"date":"2026-10-13T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:11:21","slug":"monoculture-is-dead-and-legacy-media-was-able-to-make-backrooms-and-the-handmaid-as-a-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=6639","title":{"rendered":"Monoculture is dead, and legacy media was able to make ‘Backrooms’ and ‘The Handmaid’ as a result"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1983, M.A.S.H.\u2019s two-and-a-half-hour finale drew in an estimated 125 million viewers, breaking the record for a television program\u2019s ratings and marking a time in popular culture when a single show could capture the attention of American\u2014or global\u2014audiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Legacy media veterans say this era of monoculture is dead, but they\u2019re far from mourning it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proliferation of often-niche online communities has presented media outlets and studios with opportunities to stumble upon outside-the-box ideas and reach previously untapped audiences, Kathleen Grace, chief AI officer of Lionsgate, explained at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Santa Barbara, California, on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile there\u2019s no single monoculture, there\u2019s lots of these little cultures,\u201d Grace told Most Powerful Women Editorial Director Ellie Austin. \u201cWe\u2019re helping elevate and support and make these worlds bigger for these creative people that have discovered these great communities that they\u2019re making stuff for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Lionsgate released the psychological thriller The Housemaid <\/em>adapted from author Freida McFadden\u2019s book of the same name. Grace\u2019s colleague found the book via BookTok, TikTok\u2019s \u201creally rapid\u201d reading community. The film studio\u2019s talent agency 3 Arts Entertainment represents Kane Parsons, the filmmaker behind Backrooms<\/em>, which Parsons said was inspired by online images of a bare conference room, which were originally posted on the forum site 4chan in 2019. The film has tallied more than $400 million at the box office globally, making it A24\u2019s highest-grossing film.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the case of Kane Parsons, it\u2019s a really compelling filmmaker who then kind of got elevated through 3 Arts through this partnership with his manager, finding the right place for that,\u201d Grace said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much work out here.\u201d<\/p>\n

NBC News benefited similarly from the breakdown of the monoculture, according to NBC News anchor and correspondent Savannah Sellers. Because social media platforms change so quickly, young people are often experts at connecting with audiences on those sites. Rather than being a news authority found only on television, NBC News has gained new audiences by spreading through social media and finding new talent among young people outside the traditional news landscape.<\/p>\n

In 2018, NBC News launched the Snapchat show \u201cStay Tuned\u201d with Sellers as its co-host, and the short-form news videos have since migrated to TikTok and Instagram, where it has a total of 1.8 million followers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us at NBC, we\u2019re the total legacy organization to really get in the game,\u201d she told Austin. \u201cAnd now we\u2019re the No. 1 U.S. news organization for TikTok engagements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news platform now hires its talent in part based on the ability to connect with audiences through these decentralized avenues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that there\u2019s like this convened power anymore,\u201d Sellers said. \u201cBut I think it makes it kind of an interesting time to do what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n