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Hon. Darim Ezekiel Dachomo Returns to Jos After India Visit, Receives Warm Reception
The leader of the YES WE CAN Movement, Hon. Darim Ezekiel Dachomo, on Wednesday arrived in Jos, Plateau State, following a recent visit to India.
He was warmly received at the Yakubu Gowon Airport by a delegation comprising supporters, family members, and friends, who gathered to welcome him back to the state.
Prominently present at the reception was the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Riyom Local Government Area, who formally received Hon. Dachomo on behalf of the party.
In his remarks, the PDP chairman reaffirmed the party’s commitment to providing a fair and inclusive political environment for all stakeholders, assuring equal opportunity for participation. He also extended goodwill messages, wishing Hon. Dachomo success in his future political engagements.
You’ve heard of Instagram Reels — now get ready for Netflix Clips.
Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing highlights from original Netflix programming.
“Think of ‘Clips’ as a personalized highlight reel that helps you decide what to watch or play next, without endless scrolling,” Netflix wrote in a press release. “You’ll see short clips from series, films and specials tailored to your tastes, with an easy way to go deeper when something grabs your attention.”
The idea is that if you’re on the go, you likely aren’t going to pull out your phone to watch the next three minutes of the “Love is Blind” episode you’re on. But you might watch a short, curated clip of another Netflix show for a fast laugh (which is exactly what Netflix named a similar feature, Fast Laughs, in 2021).
We may have rolled our eyes five years ago when every social media platform rushed to release a TikTok copycat feature, but now, even LinkedIn is pushing vertical video on its mobile app. It’s safe to say that vertical video is here to stay.
Netflix, for its part, has experimented for years with how to incorporate short-form video, and the company seems to have settled on Clips.
It’s not just TikTok-like social feeds where vertical video is taking over. The microdrama industry –bite-sized episodic series, typically under 10 minutes per episode, designed to be watched on a phone screen — which first caught on in Asia, is building momentum in the U.S., making users more accustomed to watching serialized stories on vertical feeds.
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Other streamers like Peacock and Tubi are also adding vertical video experiences on mobile.
At TechCrunch Disrupt last October, Netflix Chief Product and Technology Officer Elizabeth Stone talked about Netflix’s experimentation with vertical video but said that Netflix isn’t trying to compete with TikTok.
“[Netflix] is not intending to copy or chase exactly what a TikTok or others are doing because we think that there’s a certain type of entertainment — or moment of truth — that’s especially valuable to our members, and we really want to be focused there, versus trying to be all things at every moment, which I don’t think needs to be a core part of the strategy,” Stone said at the time.
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