博闻网是美国HowStuffWorks网站的中文版，它的诞生与一位叫马歇尔•布莱恩(Marshall Brain)的美国人有直接的关联。1998年，37岁的布莱恩时任北卡罗莱纳州立大学计算机科学系的教师，互联网的曙光让这位大学时专修机电工程的人眼前一亮——无论处在什么年龄 ...

Discovery Communications' HowStuffWorks.com has launched the Stuff to Rattle Your Brain, a free, ad-supported iPhone application. Consumers shake the device to select from more than a dozen question ...

Doubling down on the podcasting business, iHeartMedia reached a deal to acquire podcast pioneer Stuff Media, which includes the HowStuffWorks podcasting business and a slate of 25 podcast shows, for ...

For Discovery Communications Inc., the website HowStuffWorks.com proved to be one investment in digital media that didn't work. Discovery said Monday it would sell the site, which offers explanations ...

Discovery Communications Inc., looking to jump-start a stalled Internet strategy, agreed to acquire the HowStuffWorks.com Web site for $250 million. Discovery, owner of cable channels such as ...

Discovery Communications has acquired reference site HowStuffWorks.com, the company said Monday. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav called the deal a “bulls-eye” for Discovery, saying that the ...

A popular website best known for do-it-yourself videos is branching out into comedy. HowStuffWorks has lured Cracked.com founder Jack O’Brien to create a new division with the intent of extending the ...

HowStuffWorks has changed owners more than once in the past few years. Discovery sold the company to Blucora in 2014, and Blucora, in turn, sold it to digital advertising company System1 last year.

iHeartMedia has agreed to acquire Stuff Media, the company that owns the HowStuffWorks podcasting business. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, but both the Wall Street ...

NEW YORK - The owner of cable networks Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet said Monday that it has agreed to sell information website HowStuffWorks to Blucora Inc. (BCOR) for $45 million. That's ...

Atlanta-based podcast company HowStuffWorks has a few questions for you. In an effort to learn the stories and opinions of Atlanta residents, the company—which produces the “Stuff You Should Know,” ...

In context: Marshal Brain created the HowStuffWorks website as a hobby in 1998. To his surprise, the site became a go-to for the layman wanting to understand complex processes and systems in ...