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Discovery Pushing HowStuffWorks.com

Discovery - owned HowStuffWorks.com is launching its first-ever marketing campaign in hopes of attracting more users and advertisers.Discovery Communications purchased the U.S. branch of HowStuffWorks six months ago for $250 million. The marketing campaign includes 30-second spots on Discovery's online properties along with its TV properties.

Yahoo: Icahn's Slate is Not the Right Answer

Yahoo's annual shareholder meeting in August should be a fiery one. The company filed a presentation today imploring stockholders to support Yahoo's Board of Director nominees. As has been the pattern for communication between Yahoo executives and Carl Icahn, the presentation is blunt and clear in how CEO Jerry Yang and company feel about Icahn's proposals. They might as well have written, "Tell Carl to eff off, will ya?"