An Apple user since the mid-1980s, around the time Minnesota Educational Computer Consortium (MECC) was providing computers to elementary schools, Stephen has concentrated his journalism work on technology, movies, television, politics, culture, sports, religion, and the various intersections thereof.
He worked for the Consumer Technology Publishing Group, the publisher of Dealerscope magazine and TechnologyTell, between 2007 and 2015. In 2018 he joined AppleInsider, where he writes about the shows, movies and business of Apple TV+, while also authoring the Apple crime blotter column.
Stephen is a Rotten Tomatoes-listed film critic, a co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the Pen & Pencil Club. His work has appeared in New York Press, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Tablet Magazine, RogerEbert.com, Philadelphia Weekly, The National Interest, and The Jerusalem Post.
In January of 2009, he became the first American journalist to interview both a sitting FCC chairman (Kevin Martin) and a sitting host of Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek) on the same day.
A native of Minnesota who has also lived in such other cold places as Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, Stephen now lives in the Philadelphia area, where he has worked as a professional journalist since 2005.
At the virtual Apple TV+ movie premiere of "Cherry," Cleveland-native directors Anthony and Joe Russo talked about filming a personal story of war and addiction, at home.
Alternate-history drama "For All Mankind" speeds forward in time, to a tense '80s Cold War on the moon.
Illegal images are found on a man's iPhone screen after he was arrested, stolen iPhone recovered after a year, iPad video used in a case against a prosecutor, and more in the Apple Crime Blotter.
Finn Jones & Pico Alexander who both joined Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" in the second season tell AppleInsider about the latest episodes, and why things are more "elevated" when it comes to working on an Apple series.
The Snoopy Show on Apple TV+ brings back Charlie Brown and all the Peanuts gang, in a series that is true to the spirit of these beloved characters.
No charges for Sen. Richard Burr, federal charges in iPhone-centered SBA fraud, an iPad damaged in a "wrong house" raid by Chicago police, and more in the Apple Crime Blotter.
The drama, which drew raves from the "virtual" film festival, was reportedly nabbed for Apple TV+ for $25 million.
Singer Justin Timberlake returns to the movies on Apple TV+ in the engaging "Palmer," a Louisiana-set drama about an ex-con who becomes an unlikely father figure.
Apple CEO Tim Cook on an earnings call Wednesday said that the company set a new record for the most FaceTime call volume during the holiday season.
The first fiscal of 2021 marks the first time in nine quarters that Apple's Services segment increased revenue by more than 20 percent.
The new suspense show, "Losing Alice," is unlike anything Apple TV+ has shown before — and indicates a promising art house future for the streaming service
The FBI collects location data as evidence for the Capitol attack investigation, an arrest over an iPhone viral video, an armed robbery of a Boost Mobile store, and more in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.
The series, returning for its second season on January 15, goes deeper into its strange mythology, but loses much of its compelling strength.
Emily Dickinson and friends are back, for more anachronistic adventures in the 19th century, as the Apple TV+ hit returns for its second season.
Men accused of using SBA loans for Apple purchases, pardons for Apple-related offenders, and iCloud leads to charges against the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.
Arrests made in 2019 U.K. Apple Store thefts, two different Target robberies and assault, and a "glitter bomb" to catch package thieves in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.
Debuting on Friday, "Wolfwalkers" is a visually gorgeous adventure story, and is a major animation triumph for Apple TV+.
At the center of a new site aimed at awards judges, Apple TV+ is concentrating its efforts on getting Academy Award nominations for "On the Rocks" writer/director Sofia Coppola, plus actors Rashida Jones, and Bill Murray.
Arrest made in Atlanta Apple Store shooting, a caning for an iPhone thief in Nigeria, a man accused of thefts in Canada said to wipe iPhone to cover his tracks, and more in the Apple Crime Blotter.
The new Apple TV+ documentary series uses groundbreaking technology to capture the beautiful and usually hidden world of nocturnal animals.
Two men accused of crimes against women caught by iCloud, Find My iPhone catches car thieves, and more in the Apple Crime Blotter
The Apple TV+ documentary series "Becoming You" tackles an engrossing topic — the early lives of hundreds of children — but the touch-and-go approach to the subject matter does it no favors.
"Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds," the new documentary from Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer that hits Apple TV+ November 13, arrives highly anticipated.
Three car break-ins of iPads and MacBooks in the city of Atlanta, an iPhone sale ends with a brandished ax, and more from the Apple Crime Blotter.
Apple TV+ got off to a slow start, but Apple's position allows for that — and it's had a great deal to celebrate of late.
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