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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cracked Opens App for Apple TV ]]></title>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Baumgartner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                        <dc:description><![CDATA[ null ]]></dc:description>
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                                <figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="JojjgrEFb3jrnzFco8JVUo" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JojjgrEFb3jrnzFco8JVUo.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JojjgrEFb3jrnzFco8JVUo.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>Cracked, the Scripps-owned media satire offering focused on millennial audiences, said it has launched an app for Apple TV devices.</p><p>The app features fresh videos each day and serves as an online home for series such as <em>After Hours</em>, <em>Honest Ads</em> and <em>We’re Not Alone</em>.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/scripps-snaps-cracked-39m-404075" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/scripps-snaps-cracked-39m-404075">RELATED: Scripps Snaps Up Cracked for $39M</a></p><p>Cracked, which says it has more than 1.4 million subs on its YouTube channel, has also built streaming apps for other platforms, including Roku devices, and is featured on two ad-supported OTT aggregation services --  Pluto TV and Xumo.</p><p><a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/xumo-mobilizes-its-ott-platform-405912" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/xumo-mobilizes-its-ott-platform-405912">RELATED: Xumo Mobilizes its OTT Platform </a></p><p>“Our loyal and tech-savvy fans are already on the Apple TV platform, and as we expand our OTT footprint, we believe it is important to convert new audiences to our brand,” Mandy Ng Rusin, vice president and general manager of Cracked, said in a statement. “Millennials love having the freedom to choose their programming and now they can enjoy all of our smart and funny content on the big screen for an even more powerful experience.”</p><p>“We are leveraging the strong relationships we have created between Newsy and big OTT service providers to build Cracked as a successful OTT brand as well,” added Adam Symson, Scripps chief operating officer. “Newsy appears on 16 OTT platforms, and its reach and traction have helped us create meaningful partnerships with OTT providers looking for more great content that’s appealing to an OTT audience.”</p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scripps Snaps Up Cracked for $39M ]]></title>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Baumgartner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                        <dc:description><![CDATA[ null ]]></dc:description>
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                                <figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="QEAzN9AqbYVRTnJuVZY4zT" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QEAzN9AqbYVRTnJuVZY4zT.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QEAzN9AqbYVRTnJuVZY4zT.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>Looking to expand its reach to millennial audiences, The E.W. Scripps Company said it has put up $39 million to acquire Cracked, the multiplatform satire specialist that operates a Web site, mobile apps, creates original digital video and a podcast.</p><p>Scripps, which is buying Cracked from Demand Media, noted that Cracked, an ad-supported offering, pulled in revenues of about $11 million in 2015, and that the business was profitable.</p><p>Cracked, launched in 1958 as a humor magazine, was acquired by Demand Media in 2007.  The Santa Monica, Calif.-based Cracked team will remain there and will be led by Mandy Ng Rusin, general manager and vice president, and Jack O’Brien, vice president and editor-in-chief.</p><p>The acquisition follows other OTT-facing and millennials-focused deals for Scripps, which last year bought podcast company Midroll Media and, in 2013, <a href="https://www.nexttv.com/news/scripps-pays-35m-newsy-356766" data-original-url="https://www.multichannel.com/news/scripps-pays-35m-newsy-356766">acquired Newsy</a>, an online video news service that reaches several streaming platforms, such as Apple TV, Roku players, Amazon Fire TV devices, smart TVs from Samsung and LG, and is  also distributed by Sling TV, Pluto TV, and Watchable (Comcast’s new curated OTT service for mobile devices and its X1 set-top box platform)</p><p>“Cracked is the expert in using clever humor to engage a younger audience that is very loyal to its brand,” said Rich Boehne, chairman, president and CEO of Scripps, in a statement. “Its editorial vision brings a fresh perspective to the way the next generation creates and consumes news, information and entertainment.”</p><p>“Cracked is a natural extension of the Scripps strategy to take a leadership position in high-growth content marketplaces,” added Adam Symson, Scripps’s chief digital officer. “Scripps will help Cracked reach new and larger audiences as it continues to build its brand on the web, in over-the-top video and audio and on other emerging platforms.”</p>
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