Discovery buys HowStuffWorks
October 17, 2007
Discovery Communications has expanded its web presence with the acquisition of online knowledge repository HowStuffWorks for an estimated $250 million (E176m). Discovery will use HowStuffWorks to showcase its existing footage, uploading programme clips into entries on the site. It also plans to create a HowStuffWorks-branded series to air daily on Discovery Channel from next summer. HowStuffWorks attracts more than 11 million users a month.
Other posts by :
- Italy joins Germany in IRIS2 alternate thoughts
- Kazakhstan to create museum at Yuri Gagarin launch site
- AST SpaceMobile gets $42 or $1500 price target
- Analyst: GEO bloodbath taking place
- SES AGM results: Appaloosa still objecting
- SpaceX’s Shotwell worth $1.2bn
- SpinLaunch’s revolutionary plan for 280 satellites
- Consolidation impacts satellite sector
- Project Kuiper plans first satellite launch