Editing HowStuffWorks (section)

{{short description|American commercial infotainment website}}
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{{Infobox website
|name             = HowStuffWorks, Inc.
|logo             = Howstuffworks logo.svg
|logo_size        = 270px
|url              = {{official URL}}
|commercial       = Yes
|type             = [[Educational website]]
| location_city = Atlanta, Georgia
| location_country = United States
| country_of_origin = United States
|language         = [[English language|English]]
|registration     = None
|owner            = [[iHeartMedia]] (podcasting)<br />[[System1]] (website)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openmail.com/job-listing/36322f29-ffa5-4d25-8f3e-135fcf83a350 |title=Content Writer, Ad Operations (Job Listing) |date=March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611201450/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AxE-szFSHZ4oJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.system1.com%2Fjob-listing%2F36322f29-ffa5-4d25-8f3e-135fcf83a350+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nl |archive-date=2019-06-11 |access-date=2019-06-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Previously called ''OpenMail''.</ref>
|author           = [[Marshall Brain]]
|launch_date      = {{start date and age|1998|7|11}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whois.domaintools.com/howstuffworks.com |title=Whois Record for HowStuffWorks.com |publisher=DomainTools|access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
|current_status   = Active
}}

'''HowStuffWorks'''<!-- Please don't add the abbreviation "HSW" here as it isn't used throughout the article and therefore isn't needed --> is an American commercial [[educational website|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,<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=38042079 HowStuffWorks, LLC: Private Company Information – Bloomberg]</ref> later renamed [[System1]].<ref name=BizJsys1/> 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.