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How an army of video clippers is paid to help make content go viral
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June 6, 2026
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4:00Now PlayingThe clipping economy, where internet stars are paying people to flood social media pages with clips of their content to make it go viral, is on the rise. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz explains how the industry works.
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