Discovery Communications is selling the assets and operations of explainer site HowStuffWorks — which it bought for $250 million seven years ago — for $45 million in cash to digital-media firm Blucora ...

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 ...

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,” ...

We are many, many moons away from Halloween, but that’s not stopping the Atlanta podcast giant HowStuffWorks from leaning into creepy fare for its next big releases. This morning, HowStuffWorks, which ...

The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. “I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, ...

HowStuffWorks Inc., a company that explains the science behind everything from Brussels sprouts to the Big Bang, is moving its Atlanta headquarters to the former Sears, Roebuck & Co. building.

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 ...

A few years ago, I discovered the HowStuffWorks.com Web site and soon had printed a binder full of articles that explain how various technologies work. Reading them helped me learn more about search ...

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 ...