Venture capital and private equity gobbling up popular channels.
Middle managers all want their cut, and they want more from less while treating as disposable the unique talent who built the following of the 'brand' which the soulless ghouls have acquired.
Sociopathic neoliberalism, to put it redundantly
https://youtu.be/AwTieDfvRUI?si=gvDCCKGK-nxu2DRk
It's as if fields of endeavour are neighbourhoods, being gentrified as the soul evaporates when the money moves in.