Remark Media
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Remark Media is a global digital media
company that specializes in creating technology platforms and user interfaces that combine high-quality content with relevant social media
. Spun out from Discovery Communications
' HowStuffWorks in 2007, Remark Media owns and operates the international versions of HowStuffWorks
in China and Brazil, and is the exclusive digital publisher for certain content from World Book in China. The company is a founding partner of Sharecare
, a searchable social Q&A healthcare platform organizing and answering the questions of health.
Remark Media also provides client services including strategic counsel, concept and design, content production, technology development, implementation, project management and analytics. The company has a portfolio of clients including major media companies to boutique businesses and start-ups.
The company is publicly listed on NASDAQ
(HSWI), included in the Russell index, and has approximately 50 employees worldwide, with U.S. offices in New York and Atlanta and international offices in Beijing and Sao Paulo.
, and Jeff Arnold (founder of WebMD
), that company developed and launched the social Q&A health website, Sharecare. In May 2011, in partnership with Discovery Communications, the company developed and launched the website curiosity.discovery.com – a Q&A site for Discovery Channel’s hit TV show Curiosity.
Digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...
company that specializes in creating technology platforms and user interfaces that combine high-quality content with relevant social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
. Spun out from Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
' HowStuffWorks in 2007, Remark Media owns and operates the international versions of HowStuffWorks
HowStuffWorks
HowStuffWorks is a commercial edutainment website that was founded by Marshall Brain with the goal of giving its target audience an insight into the way in which many things work. The site uses various media in its effort to explain complex concepts, terminology and mechanisms, including...
in China and Brazil, and is the exclusive digital publisher for certain content from World Book in China. The company is a founding partner of Sharecare
Sharecare
Sharecare.com is an interactive question-and-answer platform that allows industry experts to answer health and wellness questions. Founded in 2009, Sharecare was created by Jeffrey T. Arnold and Dr...
, a searchable social Q&A healthcare platform organizing and answering the questions of health.
Remark Media also provides client services including strategic counsel, concept and design, content production, technology development, implementation, project management and analytics. The company has a portfolio of clients including major media companies to boutique businesses and start-ups.
The company is publicly listed on NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
(HSWI), included in the Russell index, and has approximately 50 employees worldwide, with U.S. offices in New York and Atlanta and international offices in Beijing and Sao Paulo.
International
In 2006, HSW International was founded as a subsidiary of HowStuffWorks to bring its website to global emerging economies. One year later, the company launched its first international version of HowStuffWorks – ComoTudoFunciona - in Brazil. In October 2007, HSW International went public on NASDAQ in connection with a merger with Intac International. The merger facilitated the launch of the company’s second international version of HowStuffWorks – BoWenWang - in China, in 2008.Domestic
The company made its first foray into the U.S. in 2008 with its acquisition of DailyStrength – a social media website dedicated to health and wellness discussions. Starting in 2009, as part of its establishing a joint venture with Harpo Studios, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Discovery Communications, Sony Pictures TelevisionSony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
, and Jeff Arnold (founder of WebMD
WebMD
WebMD is an American corporation which provides health information services. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Clark and Pavan Nigam as Healthscape, later Healtheon, and then acquired WebMD in 1999 to form Healtheon/WebMD...
), that company developed and launched the social Q&A health website, Sharecare. In May 2011, in partnership with Discovery Communications, the company developed and launched the website curiosity.discovery.com – a Q&A site for Discovery Channel’s hit TV show Curiosity.