Rafat Ali
Nov 2, 2009 9:45 AM
In a rather complex transaction with multiple companies involved, a new healthcare site focused on Q&As called Sharecare has been launched, and the entity has acquired health social network Dailystrength from HSW International, one of the founders of Sharecare. Other founders involved with Sharecare: Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), Harpo Productions,…
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Rafat Ali
Dec 3, 2008 9:31 AM
Updated below: Health information social networking site DailyStrength has been acquired by HSW International, the digital content company that is a spinoff from HowStuffWorks.com (which later got acquired by *Discovery* Communications). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DailyStrength raised a seed money and a first round, both from Redpoint…
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Rafat Ali
Feb 20, 2008 11:22 AM
—HSW International: The Chinese online publishing firm whose main business is offering translated versions of the US-based site HowStuffWorks.com (now owned by Discovery) to viewers in China and Brazil, is spinning off two of its non-core assets in wireless telephone training and educational software businesses. Also it plans to sell…
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