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Piers can see the writing on the wall, the viewership is online for long, multi-hour content to compliment short form clips on TikTok, not broadcast media and their strict regime of schedules.
Have to say, I have also seen regular content creators on YouTube, Rumble, Odysse et al also move in this direction. Channels that used to put out 20-30 minute concise content are now expanding it to 1-2 hour live streams, if not longer on increasing occasion.
The days of 10-60 minute video and audio form content is dying. People either want long form or clip form content, nothing in between.
I realized this after doing the forum thing for a bit: Your average TV show, or talk radio host, just does not have the time to get into details, even in a hour long show. Forums allow discussions to take place over days, or even weeks, with minute details presented and discussed. This kind of thing just can't happen in traditional media.
It can in alternative media, without the need to break every 7-10 minutes for 2 minutes of commercials.
Witness the interview with Putin just now. Tucker can go for over 2 hours continuous, no commercials, no breaks. Why? He's on twitter, and doesn't need commercial breaks.
I find it heartening that long form content is starting to become more popular, perhaps we can get more than a half an inch deep when we discuss things now.