History Website / CrackEd

* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston]] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos, though in 2017 he released the weekly series ''Some News'', and after being laid off, continued with a SpiritualSuccessor called ''WebVideo/SomeMoreNews''.

* ''WebVideo/AfterHours'', set in a diner where Soren Bowie, DOB, Swaim and Katie Willert discuss pop culture. Following the layoffs, Michael Swaim created a SpiritualSuccessor called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdl3e4AzpF8 Off Hours]]''.

* ''WebVideo/IfDisneyCartoonsWereHistoricallyAccurate'', a {{Disneyesque}} music video starring Creator/RachelBloom.

* Tropes in ''WebVideo/AfterHours''
* Tropes in ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked''

* ''WebVideo/AdventuresInJediSchool'', a miniseries based off of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise where padawans learn how to be Jedi post-original trilogy.

* ''WebVideo/WelcomBackPotter'', a miniseries based off of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series where Harry Potter ran away to become a con man in America.

''Cracked.com'', founded in 2005, is an infotainment website spun off from the now-defunct ''Magazine/{{Cracked}}'' Magazine, which was founded in 1958. It can be found [[http://www.cracked.com here]].

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Creator/JasonPargin) (Senior Editor, also the author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', ''Literature/{{This Book Is Full of Spiders|SeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt}}'', and ''Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits'') (still contributes on a monthly basis)

Formerly relying largely on humorous list articles, Cracked went from being rather famous on the internet to being a victim of Facebook's deceitful claims regarding ad revenue, which caused many sites to "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivot_to_video pivot to video]]." (Video is the most expensive and time-consuming content to make, but the fastest to be consumed, and focusing on videos for social media was not a sustainable business model.) Its lists, which used to be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), were rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It used to have about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, dishing out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to {{Gamebook|s}} {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''. Sadly, all of that is history; first in the Great Firing of 2017 after the site was sold to Scripps and most of the full-time writers and part time contractors were fired (see below), and finally in 2020, when it was sold again, this time to Literally Media, who fired nearly everyone else. The majority of the current content is pictofacts on various subjects, news stories turned into quick-read articles and rehashes of old articles done as a series of macros.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', ''Literature/{{This Book Is Full of Spiders|SeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt}}'', and ''Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits'') (still contributes on a monthly basis)

Formerly relying largely on humorous list articles, Cracked went from being rather famous on the internet to being a victim of Facebook's deceitful claims regarding ad revenue, which caused many sites to "pivot to video." (Video is the most expensive and time-consuming content to make, but the fastest to be consumed, and focusing on videos for social media was not a sustainable business model.) Its lists, which used to be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), were rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It used to have about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, dishing out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to {{Gamebook|s}} {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''. Sadly, all of that is history; first in the Great Firing of 2017 after the site was sold to Scripps and most of the full-time writers and part time contractors were fired (see below), and finally in 2020, when it was sold again, this time to Literally Media, who fired nearly everyone else. The majority of the current content is pictofacts on various subjects, news stories turned into quick-read articles and rehashes of old articles done as a series of macros.

The last part of the site to die was the Contest Forum, the source of their five weekly contests consisting of reader submitted content for cash prizes awarded by Editorial: humorous image manipulations called "Photoplasty" and Macros containing sourced facts or observations. The contest forum is [[http://forums.cracked.com/viewforum.php?f=6 still there]] and is open to any members of the site, but the contests themselves are on hold indefinitely. The Writer's Workshop subforum still exists but they are no longer accepting submissions. The rest of the forums were deleted shortly before the final purge.

They also have video content. The videos range from cultural to just random topics.

Formerly relying largely on humorous list articles, Cracked went from being rather famous on the internet to being a victim of Facebook's deceitful claims regarding ad revenue, which caused many sites to "pivot to video." (Video is the most expensive and time-consuming content to make, but the fastest to be consumed, and focusing on videos for social media was not a sustainable business model.) Its lists, which used to be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), were rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It used to have about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, dishing out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to {{Gamebook|s}} {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''. Sadly, all of that is history; first in the Great Firing of 2017 after the site was sold to Scripps and most of the full-time writers and part time contractors were fired (see below), and finally in 2020, when it was sold again, this time to Literally Media, who fired nearly everyone else. The majority of the current content is sourced from news stories turned into quick-read articles, and rehashes of old articles done as a series of macros.

Formerly relying largely on humorous list articles, Cracked went from being rather famous on the internet to the poster child of what happens when a site's owners no longer spend money on it. Its lists, which used to be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), were rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It used to have about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, dishing out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to {{Gamebook|s}} {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''. Sadly, all of that is history; first in the Great Firing of 2017 after the site was sold to Scripps and most of the full-time writers and part time contractors were fired (see below), and finally in 2020, when it was sold again, this time to Literally Media, who fired nearly everyone else. The majority of the current content is sourced from news stories turned into quick-read articles, and rehashes of old articles done as a series of macros.

In December 2017, the company that owned Cracked laid off most of the L.A.-based writers, including the entire video team and some of the site's more prominent personalities. In January of 2020, even more layoffs hit the comedy site, with the result that their team is populated by only four full-time employees; the rest are freelancers.

The last part of the site to die was the Contest Forum, the source of their five weekly contests consisting of reader submitted content for cash prizes awarded by Editorial: humorous image manipulations called "Photoplasty" and Macros containing sourced facts or observations. The contest forum is [[http://forums.cracked.com/viewforum.php?f=6 still there]] and is open to any members of the site, but the contests themselves are quote on hold indefinitely unquote. The Writer's Workshop subforum still exists but they are no longer accepting submissions. The rest of the forums were deleted shortly before the final purge.

Cracked also had a [[http://www.cracked.com/podcast/ weekly podcast]], formerly hosted by Jack O'Brien before he left the site, and taken over by Alex Schmidt, in which they discussed various topics with other members of the Cracked team or invited guests in a sound booth, or live on stage in front of an audience, but this was also discontinued after the Literally purchase.

In December 2017, the company that owned Cracked laid off most of the L.A.-based writers, including the entire video team and some of the site's more prominent personalities. In January of 2020, even more layoffs hit the comedy site, with the result that their About Us section is populated by only four full-time employees; the rest are freelancers.

''Cracked.com'', founded in 2005, is a comedy-infotainment website spun off from the now-defunct ''Magazine/{{Cracked}}'' Magazine, which was founded in 1958. It can be found [[http://www.cracked.com here]].

Relying largely on humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to {{Gamebook|s}} {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''.

Small-time celebrities, including Creator/{{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black, have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff.

The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, published occasional webcomics when their artists were actively posting on the forum (such as ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and had its own caption contest (now running successfully on the [[http://forums.cracked.com/viewforum.php?f=23 forum]]). It formerly published an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submitted articles on a variety of subjects, from Creator/StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140926191911/http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]) which still turn up in site searches but often with wonky formatting and broken image links.

Cracked also runs 5 weekly contests consisting of reader submitted content for cash prizes awarded by Editorial: humorous image manipulations called "Photoplasty" and Macros containing sourced facts or observations. The contest forum is [[http://forums.cracked.com/viewforum.php?f=6 here]] and is open to any members of the site.

!!Who's who on the current column writers:

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chris-bucholz/ Chris Bucholz]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/gladstone/ Wayne "Gladstone" Gladstone]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Fortey/ Ian Fortey]] (2007-2010, 2012-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/seanbaby/ Sean "Seanbaby" Reiley]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/LukeMcKinney/ Luke McKinney]] (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/BrendanMcGinley/ Brendan McGinley]] ( 2011-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/hereinidaho/ Kristi Harrison]] ( 2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/MisterClay/ Felix Clay]] (2012-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-2012, 2013-[[note]]the break was maternity leave[[/note]])
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/winstonrowntree/ Winston Rowntree]] (2013-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Arkard/ Cezary Jan Strusiewicz]] (2013-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/sephira/ C. Coville]] (2013-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/limpl0uie/ Luis Prada]] (2013-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/auroratudor/ Kathy Benjamin]] (2013-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Firebird/ Mark Hill]] (2013-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Erratica/ Amanda Mannen]] (2013-)

!!!And Formerly:

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', ''Literature/{{This Book Is Full of Spiders|SeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt}}'', and ''Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits'') (2007-2020)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/ Jack O'Brien]] (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/rosswolinsky/ Ross Wolinsky]] (2006-2008)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/michael-swaim/ Michael Swaim]] (2006-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Adam+Tod+Brown/ Adam (Tod) Brown]] (2007-2016)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/robertbrockway/ Robert Brockway]] (2007-2020)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/soren-bowie/ Soren Bowie]] (2009-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/dan-obrien/ Dan O'Brien (or DOB)]] (2007-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/codyjohnston/ Cody (Johnston)]] (2009-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/John+Cheese/ John Cheese]] (2008-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/members/Antagonasty/ J. F. Sargent]] (2013-2017)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chickenface/ Tom Reimann]] (2013-2017)

Cracked also has a [[http://www.cracked.com/podcast/ weekly podcast]], usually hosted by Jack O'Brien in which he discusses various topics with other members of the Cracked team or invited guests in a sound booth, or live on stage in front of an audience.

In December 2017, the company that owned Cracked laid off most of the L.A.-based writers, including the entire video team and some of the site's more prominent personalities. In January of 2020, even more layoffs hit the fledgling comedy site, as they pivoted to primarily freelance work, housing hardly any regulars any longer.

On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account, read [[http://www.cracked.com/write-for-cracked/ this]], and follow the link at the bottom to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles are written by denizens of Wiki/ThisVeryWiki.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', ''Literature/{{This Book Is Full of Spiders|SeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt}}'', and ''Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits'') (2007-)

In December 2017, the company that owned Cracked laid off most of the L.A.-based writers, including the entire video team and some of the site's more prominent personalities.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/robertbrockway/ Robert Brockway]] (2007-2017)

Relying largely on humorous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone (hence these notes indicating inconsistency), are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour (mostly), dispensing interesting (often), historical (sometimes), and scientific (occasionally) trivia surrounded by jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects ranging from the cultural effects of the Internet, to ''ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' {{Gonzo|Journalism}}-style articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates, to ''on-scene journalism of warzones''.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston]] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos, though in 2017 he released the weekly series ''[[WebVideo/SomeMoreNews Some News]]''.

* ''WebVideo/AfterHours'', set in a diner where Soren Bowie, DOB, Swaim and Katie Willert discuss pop culture.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston]] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos, though in 2017 he released the weekly series ''Some News''.

The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, published occasional webcomics when their artists were actively posting on the forum (such as ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and had its own caption contest (now running successfully on the [[http://forums.cracked.com/viewforum.php?f=23 forum]]). It formerly published an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submitted articles on a variety of subjects, from Creator/StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]) which still turn up in site searches but often with wonky formatting and broken image links.