HowStuffWorks

HowStuffWorks, Inc.
Type of site	Educational website
Available in	English
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Country of origin	United States
Owner	iHeartMedia (podcasting); System1 (website)
Created by	Marshall Brain
URL	www.howstuffworks.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	None
Launched	July 11, 1998
Current status	Active

HowStuffWorks is an American commercial infotainment website founded by professor and author Marshall Brain, to provide its target audience an insight into the way many things work. The site uses various media to explain complex concepts, terminology, and mechanisms—including photographs, diagrams, videos, animations, and articles.

The website was acquired by Discovery Communications in 2007, but was sold to Blucora in 2014. The site has since expanded out into podcasting, focusing on factual topics. In December 2016, HowStuffWorks, LLC became a subsidiary of OpenMail, LLC,^[4] later renamed System1.^[5] In 2018, the podcast division of the company, which had been spun-off by System1 under the name Stuff Media, was acquired by iHeartMedia for $55 million.

^ "Content Writer, Ad Operations (Job Listing)". March 2019. Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
^ Previously called OpenMail.
^ "Whois Record for HowStuffWorks.com". DomainTools. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^ HowStuffWorks, LLC: Private Company Information – Bloomberg
^ Cite error: The named reference BizJsys1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Content Writer, Ad Operations (Job Listing)". March 2019. Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.

[2] Previously called OpenMail.

[3] "Whois Record for HowStuffWorks.com". DomainTools. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

[4] HowStuffWorks, LLC: Private Company Information – Bloomberg

[BizJsys1-5] Cite error: The named reference BizJsys1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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