Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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America’s grip on popular culture is loosening. Many predicted that globalisation would lead to a stale monoculture, where everyone watched and listened to the same things. But, as The Economist’s media editor, Tom Wainwright, explains, there’s been a revival of home-grown content.

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