Ryan Faughnder

1 week ago | latimes.com | Ryan Faughnder

When filmmakers say they’re experimenting with artificial intelligence, that news is typically received online as if they had just declared their allegiance to Skynet. And so it was when Darren Aronofsky — director of button-pushing movies including “The Whale” and “Black Swan” — last week announced a partnership with Google AI arm DeepMind to use the tech giant’s capabilities in storytelling.

2 weeks ago | hastingstribune.com | Ryan Faughnder

LOS ANGELES - If you want to understand what's going on in the streaming business, go find Elmo and Cookie Monster. Netflix's recent deal to stream the upcoming season of "Sesame Street" is, on its own, a major step in the entertainment giant's effort to become a go-to destination for preschooler programming. At the same time, it's a useful way to understand one of the media industry's other big stories of the last week - Warner Bros.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Ryan Faughnder

LOS ANGELES - If you want to understand what's going on in the streaming business, go find Elmo and Cookie Monster. Netflix's recent deal to stream the upcoming season of "Sesame Street" is, on its own, a major step in the entertainment giant's effort to become a go-to destination for preschooler programming. At the same time, it's a useful way to understand one of the media industry's other big stories of the last week - Warner Bros.

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Ryan Faughnder

If you want to understand what’s going on in the streaming business, go find Elmo and Cookie Monster. Netflix’s recent deal to stream the upcoming season of “Sesame Street” is, on its own, a major step in the entertainment giant’s effort to become a go-to destination for preschooler programming. At the same time, it’s a useful way to understand one of the media industry’s other big stories of the last week — Warner Bros. Discovery’s re-rebranding of its streaming service back to HBO Max.

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Ryan Faughnder

LOS ANGELES — If you want to understand what’s going on in the streaming business, go find Elmo and Cookie Monster. Netflix’s recent deal to stream the upcoming season of “Sesame Street” is, on its own, a major step in the entertainment giant’s effort to become a go-to destination for preschooler programming. At the same time, it’s a useful way to understand one of the media industry’s other big stories of the last week — Warner Bros.