Wisecrack (company)

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Wisecrack, Inc.
Company type Private company
(INC)
Industry Web series
Founded2014;11 years ago (2014)
DefunctApril 16, 2025;4 months ago (2025-04-16)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jacob Salamon (CEO), Drew Levin (Channel Manager), Todd Mendeloff (Chief Operating Officer)
ProductsComedy
Film analysis
Web series
Website Wisecrack.com

Wisecrack, Inc. was an American production company operated by Jacob Salamon, Jared Bauer, Greg Edwards, Drew Levin, and Todd Mendeloff. The company was founded in 2014 and produced various web series and podcasts such as Thug Notes , Earthling Cinema, and 8-Bit Philosophy. The group focused on an analysis of anime, film, literature, and video games drawing out philosophy, sociology, psychology and other meanings that can be interpreted from media. [1] [2] Wisecrack was purchased by Blue Ant Media in August 2019. [3] On April 16, 2025, Wisecrack announced that it was shutting down and no new videos would be produced. [4]

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Web series

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References

  1. Gutelle, Sam (26 January 2017). "YouTube Millionaires: Wisecrack Finds Niche By "Breaking The Mold Of How Academic Topics Are Explored"". Tubefilter. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Ellingson, Annlee. "L.A. startup raises $1 million to crack wise about philosophy, literature, politics". bizjournals.com. The Business Journals.
  3. Roettgers, Janko (2019-08-05). "Omnia Media Acquires Comedy Video and Podcast Startup Wisecrack (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  4. "Wisecrack is Dead". YouTube. Wisecrack. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  5. Wisecrack (2017-06-27), Hidden Meaning in LOGAN – Earthling Cinema , retrieved 2018-02-23
  6. Gutelle, Sam (2015-07-01). "Porn Stars Celebrate 'Boss Bitches Of History' In New Web Series". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  7. "Wisecrack's THE SQUANCH: A Rick & Morty Podcast by Wisecrack on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  8. "Show Me The Meaning! – Wisecrack's Movie Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  9. "The Maze – Wisecrack's Westworld Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  10. "Respect Our Authoritah! – Wisecrack's South Park Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  11. "Thug Notes: Get Lit Podcast". www.wisecrack.co. Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  12. CULTURE BINGE by Wisecrack , retrieved 2019-07-12