Dropout’s Playbook for Surviving an Unforgiving Internet

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( extremely online [Dropout’s Playbook for Surviving an Unforgiving Internet]( As the comedy platform sheds its CollegeHumor past, CEO Sam Reich reflects on the effectiveness of his “radically boring” strategy. Photo: CollegeHumor Like so many other web 2.0 companies, CollegeHumor started as one thing (a site for posting memes, humorous essays, and short-form videos), then became something else (a home for scripted sketches, as well as the production company behind shows like [Adam Ruins Everything]() before devolving into a zombie shell of itself after Barry Diller and IAC decided a modest comedy audience wasn’t good enough for investors. But unlike so many other companies that ran aground on the shores of [Facebook](, CollegeHumor came back. In 2018, the brand launched Dropout, a subscription-based platform with original, mostly unscripted, mostly long-form content. In 2020, [IAC laid off]( all but seven employees at CollegeHumor, leaving now-CEO Sam Reich in control of the newly divested company. Since then, Dropout has had remarkable success with shows like Dimension 20, Game Changer, and Um, Actually. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. Subscribe now to [save over 60%]( on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Below Deck Mediterranean: [Smoke and Mirrors]( • Only Murders in the Building: [Fathers of the Bride]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Who Killed Ben Glenroy on Only Murders in the Building? The pieces of the puzzle — and the lousy review of Death Rattle — are finally coming together.]( By Jen Chaney [A Field Guide to the Anarchic and Experimental World of Spy Kids Only one Hollywood franchise features Alan Cumming as a deranged Willy Wonka–esque TV host and an army of giant CGI ninja thumbs.]( By Calum Marsh [The Other Black Girl Reads Better Onscreen With a few key changes to Zakiya Dalila Harris’s story, the TV adaptation addresses some of the novel’s missed opportunities.]( By Ile-Ife Okantah [Three Jews and a Painting Who is Marc Dennis teasing?]( By Jerry Saltz [XOXO, Truman Capote Demi Moore and Chloë Sevigny avenge deadly gossip in Ryan Murphy’s Feud.]( By Alejandra Gularte [Moonlighting, the ’80s Classic, Will Finally Stream on Hulu Making it legally available online for the first time next month.]( By Josef Adalian [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 11-Across, Five Letters: Chain with a much-hated pre-movie promo. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved