Harry McCracken

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Harry McCracken (born April 2, 1964) is creator of Technologizer, a technology-oriented website associated with Federated Media.[1] Until June 2, 2008, McCracken was the Editor in Chief of PC World for four years; he had previously been an associate editor for ten. He was educated in the public schools of Newton, Massachusetts, the Cambridge School of Weston, and Boston University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He is the brother of novelist and writer Elizabeth McCracken.

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[edit] Controversy

On 1 May 2007, McCracken resigned over editorial conflicts with then-CEO Colin Crawford. After Crawford's transfer to another department, McCracken returned to his position as Editor-in-Chief.[2]

[edit] Other works

In addition to his computer magazine work, McCracken has also been active in animation fandom, as a central mailer for Apatoons, and editor of Animato magazine. He was also co-moderator of the BIX Animation Forum. He is also the webmaster of the Scrappyland website, devoted to the Charles Mintz cartoon character Scrappy.[3] He is also a contributor to Slate.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Betsy Schiffman, "Harry McCracken joins the Federated Media family", from Wired, 9 June 2008.
  2. ^ Ramon G. McLeod; "Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken Returns to PCW" from PC World; 9 May 2007.
  3. ^ Harry McCracken; "Welcome to ScrappyLand! The Scrappy-est Place on Earth", from ScrappyLand.com.
  4. ^ Harry McCracken; "Apple's Microsoft-Devouring Jungle Cat: How Leopard demolishes Vista" fromSlate; 31 Oct 2007.

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