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  1. Israel threatens to sue the NYT for defamation over the article on sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners but the legal viability of the lawsuit is in doubt (The Guardian)

    theguardian.com/world/2026/may
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  2. BET partners with microdrama company aTwist, formerly known as Microco, to develop and distribute the latter's series across linear and digital platforms (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)

    hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne
    mediagazer.com/260514/p15#a260

  3. Q&A with Byron Allen on his plan to place BuzzFeed and HuffPost content on his AVOD service, Local Now, and his plan to buy Starz, in which he has an 11% stake (Erik Hayden/The Hollywood Reporter)

    hollywoodreporter.com/business
    mediagazer.com/260514/p14#a260

  4. Byron Allen says he plans to add new shows and user-generated and licensed content to the BuzzFeed app: "This world really appreciates streaming and free" (Bloomberg)

    bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
    mediagazer.com/260514/p11#a260

  5. TrueShort, which makes vertical AI-generated movies broken into one- to three-minute episodes, raised a $12M seed led by Keith Rabois at Khosla Ventures (Lucia Moses/Business Insider)

    businessinsider.com/khosla-ven
    mediagazer.com/260514/p10#a260

  6. Spotify says it will adopt Apple's HTTP Live Streaming tech for video podcasts later in 2026, helping creators distribute podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

    9to5mac.com/2026/05/14/spotify
    mediagazer.com/260514/p9#a2605