Mediagazer: E.W. Scripps buys Demand Media's high-performing humor site Cracked for $39M as part of digital expansion (Peter Kafka/Re/code)

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E.W. Scripps buys Demand Media's high-performing humor site Cracked for $39M as part of digital expansion — No joke: Demand Media sells Cracked.com to E.W. Scripps for $39 million — Here's a story about a new media company selling an old media brand to an old media company that wants …

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