Crackle

Crackle, formerly called Grouper and Sony Crackle, is a free video streaming service supported by advertisements. It was founded in 2004 as Grouper. The service was purchased by Sony Pictures in 2006 and renamed to Crackle. In 2018 the name was changed to Sony Crackle. Eric Berger served as the general manager of Crackle from 2008 to 2019. Sony sold a majority stake to Chicken Soup for the Soul in March 2019, and the name was changed back to Crackle. Later, Sony sold its remaining stake to the same company. As of January 2022, Crackle has about 40 million monthly active users.