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Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming. Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
Rachel Dretzin still remembers the first time she traveled to Short Creek, Utah. Dretzin, director and executive producer of the newly released Netflix limited series Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, had a distinct impression of the people she met there. “With their pleated hair, prairie dresses, and diffident, skittish manner, it was easy to see …
Google and Facebook have existed in fierce competition with each other for years, but that doesn’t mean they’re not on equal footing from time to time. Case in point: Google settlement checks that are going out later this year offer one such example. Those payouts will give out as much as $400 to approved members …
If you searched Google this morning for the latest news articles about a juicy bit of gossip that’s electrified the entertainment press courtesy of a report from Insider — the rumor that Netflix might be prepping a bid to buy Roku — don’t be surprised if you feel even more confused after perusing the headlines …
The daily Top 10 lists of content that Netflix maintains inside its family of web and mobile apps offer a fun way to keep tabs on what’s popular and trending on the service at any given moment. But the ranking of titles you often find therein is a curious thing to behold. Take, for example, …
There’s a particular phenomenon that tends to accompany Adam Sandler movies these days — more specifically, a certain reaction that can come from his haters in addition to well-meaning audiences alike. It manifests itself in the form of feeling genuine surprise that a particular Sandler film, the newest being Netflix’s basketball movie Hustle, isn’t terrible. …
By the end of this year, there’s a good chance some percentage of the tens of millions of people with a Netflix account might start seeing ads on the streaming service for the first time. The acknowledgment from Netflix’s leadership a few weeks ago that the company has finally decided to back off one of …
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the Netflix series Stranger Things — not just the newly released Season 4, Part 1, but each of the show’s previous seasons, as well — is utterly dominating the streamer’s weekly ranking of the top series around the world. From May 30-June 5, Netflix’s latest data …
The other day on Twitter, a business owner decided to ask his followers one of those questions designed to spark interaction and engagement: “What’s the weirdest way you’ve ever made money?” One response brought up Facebook, but not in the way you might think. Rather than via something like the social network’s Marketplace tool, the …
There’s apparently one surefire way to impress the most irascible member of the celebrity panel of judges on NBC’s reality competition show America’s Got Talent. When all else fails? You can always just pretend to be Simon Cowell, thanks to sophisticated artificial intelligence and deepfake technology. That’s exactly what singer Daniel Emmet will do during …
One of my favorite entertainment storylines to watch unfold last year was the way the fandom around NBC’s canceled show Manifest pulled together to engineer one of the most grassroots un-cancellations in recent TV history. Part of what made it so fun to watch unfold is also that fans didn’t simply beg Netflix to bring …
