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Once, entertainment was an escape. You went to the cinema, sat in the dark, and for two hours, you were somewhere else. You tuned in to one of three television networks at a specific time, or you spun a vinyl record on a turntable. Entertainment was an event —something you sought out, paid for, and savored. We are no longer just consuming stories

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