Demand Media[1] is a company that was formed by the former chairman of MySpace, Richard Rosenblatt.  Demand Media has made 9 previous acquisitions according to paidcontent[2] and today they announced their 10th: ExpertVillage[3].

ExpertVillage features How-To video content channels.  “The acquisition significantly expands Demand Media’s social media platform with a growing library of diverse video content to be distributed across its network of niche social media web properties and available for users to integrate into their Channelme.tv video sites,” states the press release on Demand Media’s website[4].

Pulse 2.0 previously covered ExpertVillage at:
http://pulse2.com/2006/10/30/expertvillagecom-adds-tagging-bookmarking-and-embedding-features/[5]

The financial details were not disclosed.

[1] DemandMedia.com
[2] PaidContent.org: Demand Media Buys ‘How-To’ Video Site ExpertVillage
[3] ExpertVillage.com
[4] DemandMedia.com: News & Media
[5] Pulse 2.0: ExpertVillage.com adds Tagging, Bookmarking, and Embedding features

Expert Village, the fast-growing producer of How-To videos on the Internet today announced that they would be adding several more key features to their line of services.  These features include embedding capabilities for bloggers and web designers, a social network, bookmarking, and user-enabled tagging of videos.

“Expert Village will add 2500 new how-to videos each month, produced by its network of over 1000 freelance filmmakers and videographers [BusinessWire].”  There is a plethora of categories that users can select ranging from Automotive to Home & Gardening to Pets and to Sports.  These How-To videos are created by a large number of experts.

ExpertVillage.com is based in Austin, TX and is published by PageWise Inc.  PageWise Inc. also publishes on HappyNews.com.  PageWise also has over 80,000 How-To and other informative articles that brings in over 50,000,000 hits per year.