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Before algorithms, a TV show needed millions of viewers to survive. Today, a YouTube channel about restoring vintage Soviet watches can generate a six-figure income. Popular media has shattered into a million micro-genres. "Entertainment" is now whatever you want it to be, precisely tailored by the machine. For most of the 20th century, popular media had gatekeepers