An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Of all the "next-generation video network"-type startups, one of the most promising is NYC-based Howcast, which was started by a group of ...

People take to the internet when they're stuck. Perhaps they're unfamilar with the regimented formalities of arguing with a landlord or showing affection to a partner. It is on this basis that Howcast ...

Howcast Media, a New York-based operator of a website for “how-to” videos, has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Tudor Investment Corp. Howcast Media today launched a new site, ...

Almost 3 million people clicked on a YouTube video showing viewers how to moonwalk like Michael Jackson. More than a million have checked out how to make a fireball in the past two months. And more ...

Is there really a market for another how-to site online? "Absolutely," said Jason Liebman, who has partnered with an old YouTube colleague, Daniel Blackman, to redefine the how-to space with the ...

In the do-it-yourself culture born of The Great Recession, making things yourself is chic, and Howcast finds itself in the zeitgeist sweet spot. It has more than 100,000 videos on its site so far—some ...

Instructional video producer Howcast Media reeled in an additional $2 million in first-round financing from private individuals in the media industry, reports VentureWire. This bumps its total to $10 ...

High-end content produced on a low budget. Jason Liebman says that's the key to success for Howcast Media, a digital media company he cofounded in 2007 after a five-year stint at YouTube and parent ...

The mobile version of the Web service, which does have some shortcomings, includes a neat feature that gives users a random video every time they shake their Apple smartphone. Josh Lowensohn joined ...

How do you build a New Media company in the digital era? Former Googler Jason Liebman thinks his startup, Howcast Media, which hosts one of the largest collections of instructional or "How To" videos ...

Two years ago, former Googlers Jason Liebman, Daniel Blackman and Sanjay Raman launched Howcast, a site filled with originally-produced how-to videos on everything from “How to Ice Skate” to “How To ...