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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)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/israel-sue-new-york-times-sexual-abuse-palestinian-prisoners
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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)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bet-gets-into-microdrama-business-new-atwist-partnership-1236595002/
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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)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/byron-allen-buzzfeed-starz-streaming-1236595447/
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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)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/byron-allen-wants-to-turn-buzzfeed-into-a-free-tv-super-app
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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)
https://www.businessinsider.com/khosla-ventures-jeffrey-katzenberg-backing-trueshort-ai-vertical-film-app-2026-5
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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)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/14/spotify-adopting-apples-new-video-podcast-tech-for-easier-cross-platform-publishing/
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