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Creative Freedom Has a Different Distribution Map
· New York time
Lilly Singh’s return to YouTube sketch comedy centers creative freedom and her original audience, according to YouTube’s blog. Dude Perfect’s Disney partnership, reported by Tubefilter, instead adds settings across Disney+, ESPN, YouTube and live events. These projects place different working priorities beside one another: renewing a direct creative relationship and developing entertainment across a partner’s outlets. A recognizable audience can be a destination in its own right, while a distribution agreement can introduce more places to perform. Neither route eliminates the need to make work people want. The industry likes to draw growth as an arrow leaving the original platform. Sometimes the useful arrow points back to a stage where the performer already knows why the audience came, without requiring a map of the conglomerate.
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