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  1. ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

    404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai
    mediagazer.com/260515/p12#a260

  2. A New York judge overseeing the third trial over a rape charge against Harvey Weinstein declares a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)

    hollywoodreporter.com/news/gen
    mediagazer.com/260515/p11#a260

  3. The Guardian says it is "concerned" after Nigel Farage posted the press credentials of a Guardian photographer who had taken his picture (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)

    pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardi
    mediagazer.com/260515/p10#a260

  4. Sources: Paramount's WBD deal to absorb HBO Max may breach its joint venture agreement with Comcast to avoid direct streaming competition in European markets (Jake Kanter/Deadline)

    deadline.com/2026/05/paramount
    mediagazer.com/260515/p4#a2605

  5. A look at neighborhood newsletters in NY and elsewhere, which tend to be solo operations with small-scale followings, but point to a desire for local media (Kyle Chayka/New Yorker)

    newyorker.com/culture/infinite
    mediagazer.com/260515/p3#a2605

  6. When asked what it means to be a good news consumer, 20% of US adults mention being discerning, 17% following the news, 13% getting news from quality sources (Elisa Shearer/Pew Research Center)

    pewresearch.org/short-reads/20
    mediagazer.com/260515/p2#a2605

  7. A look at Matthew McConaughey's novel legal strategy to fight unauthorized AI use of his image, which involves trademarking video and audio clips of him (Todd Spangler/Variety)

    variety.com/2026/digital/news/
    mediagazer.com/260515/p1#a2605

  8. Sistrix: health and tech are the topics most vulnerable to losing clicks to Google's AI Overviews; Ipsos iris says Healthline's audience fell 48% YoY in March (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

    pressgazette.co.uk/media-audie
    mediagazer.com/260514/p20#a260

  9. Q&A with Baltimore Banner CEO Bob Cohn, who says the staff of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's newsroom fell from 100 to 58 and the Banner had $18M in 2025 revenue (Richard J. Tofel/Second Rough Draft)

    dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-b
    mediagazer.com/260514/p19#a260

  10. Indiegraf acquires News Revenue Hub's donation management tool RevEngine, its third acquisition in three months after Hearken and Stylebot (Angela Fu/Poynter)

    poynter.org/business-work/2026
    mediagazer.com/260514/p18#a260

  11. Sources: Paramount is weighing expanding its podcast business into distribution and has had talks with Katie Miller, the Paragon Collective, and Jubilee Media (Axios)

    axios.com/2026/05/14/paramount
    mediagazer.com/260514/p17#a260

  12. 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
    mediagazer.com/260514/p16#a260

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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