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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.
It’s one of the politician’s oldest tricks in the book. But it still works, because it’s so effective. One of the best ways to accrue goodwill from voters? Throw money at them, in the form of everything from stimulus checks to tax rebate payments. Congress is too gridlocked at the moment to move forward with …
The surprises at Netflix keep mounting. Last month, the streamer dropped a bombshell (a few of them, actually) when the company said it’s working to introduce ads to the service. Also, a crackdown is in the works that will target people who share their Netflix account passwords with freeloaders. The dual efforts come at a …
The last we saw of Lalo Salamanca in what’s been a fantastic Better Call Saul Season 6 so far, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck along a dusty road, a bandana obscuring part of his face. His arms were crossed as he sat motionless, staring into the distance, clearly intent on …
Stimulus checks offered a powerful economic lifeline to millions of Americans over the last couple of years. Especially in 2021, the second full year of the Covid pandemic, over the course of which the federal government sent out more than half a dozen stimulus checks. Tens of millions of families got a share of those …
It’s not quite a “great reset,” but a confluence of factors has brought about a significant moment of change for the world’s biggest streaming service. The company is cooking up an ad-supported tier, and laying off employees, partly as a consequence of facing more adept streaming rivals than ever. Subscribers, meanwhile, have increasingly voiced their …
A retail chain beloved by bargain hunters has unveiled a big expansion it’s going to be embarking on over the course of the next several months. As many as 28 new Costco store locations are opening through the rest of this year, including almost a dozen in a matter of months. It’s the kind of …
The Netflix cancellation ax has been swinging faster than ever at the streamer in recent years, sending all manner of fan-favorite shows to that great TV graveyard in the sky. As a result, examples of Netflix originals that have lasted beyond four seasons are far and few between. Ozark, for one, has been a huge …
A new book from two New York Times reports, titled This Will Not Pass, offers an abundance of newly reported detail about the 2020 presidential election and the first year of the Biden administration. That means lots of fascinating detail and behind-the-scenes insight about milestones like, among other things, the passage of the $1.9 trillion …
South Africa, 1980. “When I was a little boy,” a freedom fighter reminisces at one point in the new Netflix release Silverton Siege, “I watched the police gun down my parents. I made a promise to myself — I wouldn’t stop until I avenged them. And that choice put me here.” By “here,” he means …
States around the US are still finding creative ways to give their residents a new stimulus check, at a time when such payments will remain a state and local phenomenon for the foreseeable future. The newest example is the state of Maryland, which is launching a program to help low-income households with water bills. It’s …
