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Is Anyone Watching Quibi?https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html

Is Anyone Watching Quibi?https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html

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>> The streaming platform raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can’t get audiences to notice.>> Last year, Scott Gairdner, a comedy writer and director who had worked on Conan and created the animated series Moonbeam City, went to the Hollywood offices of the new streaming platform Quibi for a pitch meeting. He is also the co-creator of a viral Adult Swim video called Live at the Necropolis: Lords of Synth, which Quibi was considering adapting. Gairdner was provisionally excited. In a business where new players pop up only to evaporate, he was used to deals never quite materializing. But a new, deep-pocketed buyer was cause for optimism.
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