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| Document Type | 10-Q |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2017 |
| Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2017 |
| Document Fiscal Period Focus | Q3 |
| Entity Registrant Name | SOHU COM INC |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001104188 |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 |
| Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes |
| Entity Filer Category | Large Accelerated Filer |
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 38,881,382 |
| Trading Symbol | SOHU |
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- Definition This is focus fiscal year of the document report in CCYY format. For a 2006 annual report, which may also provide financial information from prior periods, fiscal 2006 should be given as the fiscal year focus. Example: 2006. No definition available.
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- Definition The end date of the period reflected on the cover page if a periodic report. For all other reports and registration statements containing historical data, it is the date up through which that historical data is presented. If there is no historical data in the report, use the filing date. The format of the date is CCYY-MM-DD. No definition available.
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- Definition A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Indicate number of shares or other units outstanding of each of registrant's classes of capital or common stock or other ownership interests, if and as stated on cover of related periodic report. Where multiple classes or units exist define each class/interest by adding class of stock items such as Common Class A [Member], Common Class B [Member] or Partnership Interest [Member] onto the Instrument [Domain] of the Entity Listings, Instrument. No definition available.
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- Definition Indicate "Yes" or "No" whether registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. This information should be based on the registrant's current or most recent filing containing the related disclosure. No definition available.
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- Definition Indicate whether the registrant is one of the following: (1) Large Accelerated Filer, (2) Accelerated Filer, (3) Non-accelerated Filer, (4) Smaller Reporting Company (Non-accelerated) or (5) Smaller Reporting Accelerated Filer. Definitions of these categories are stated in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. This information should be based on the registrant's current or most recent filing containing the related disclosure. No definition available.
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). No definition available.
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- Definition Receipts in advance is the prepayments received from customers for goods or services to be provided in the future. Deferred revenue include the carrying amount of consideration received or receivable as of the balance sheet date on potential earnings that were not recognized as revenue in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles, and which are expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. No definition available.
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- Definition Restricted time deposits, current No definition available.
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- Definition Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due after one year (or beyond the operating cycle if longer), including liabilities for compensation costs, fringe benefits other than pension and postretirement obligations, rent, contractual rights and obligations, and statutory obligations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the unpaid sum of the known and estimated amounts payable to satisfy all domestic and foreign income tax obligations due beyond one year or the operating cycle, whichever is longer. Alternate captions include income taxes payable, noncurrent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Value received from shareholders in common stock-related transactions that are in excess of par value or stated value and amounts received from other stock-related transactions. Includes only common stock transactions (excludes preferred stock transactions). May be called contributed capital, capital in excess of par, capital surplus, or paid-in capital. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold, or consumed within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer). Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount classified as assets attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Represents the caption on the face of the balance sheet to indicate that the entity has entered into (1) purchase or supply arrangements that will require expending a portion of its resources to meet the terms thereof, and (2) is exposed to potential losses or, less frequently, gains, arising from (a) possible claims against a company's resources due to future performance under contract terms, and (b) possible losses or likely gains from uncertainties that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events that are deemed likely to occur do occur or fail to occur. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable common stock (or common stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable common shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences, with jurisdictional netting and classified as noncurrent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for obligations related to services received from employees, such as accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of liabilities and equity items, including the portion of equity attributable to noncontrolling interests, if any. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount classified as liabilities attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The total amount of investments that are intended to be held for an extended period of time (longer than one operating cycle). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which is directly or indirectly attributable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (that is, noncontrolling interest, previously referred to as minority interest). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of expenses incurred but not yet paid classified as other, due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of noncurrent assets classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of asset related to consideration paid in advance for costs that provide economic benefits in future periods, and amount of other assets that are expected to be realized or consumed within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of amounts paid in advance for expenses which will be charged against earnings in periods after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The cumulative amount of the reporting entity's undistributed earnings or deficit. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of borrowings from a bank classified as other, maturing within one year or operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of investments including trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, and short-term investments classified as other and current. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity's stockholders' equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders' equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of stockholders' equity (deficit), net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity, attributable to both the parent and noncontrolling interests. Amount excludes temporary equity. Alternate caption for the concept is permanent equity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable for statutory income, sales, use, payroll, excise, real, property and other taxes. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The amount allocated to treasury stock. Treasury stock is common and preferred shares of an entity that were issued, repurchased by the entity, and are held in its treasury. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). No definition available.
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- Definition Receipts in advance is the prepayments received from customers for goods or services to be provided in the future. Deferred revenue include the carrying amount of consideration received or receivable as of the balance sheet date on potential earnings that were not recognized as revenue in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles, and which are expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. No definition available.
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- Definition Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due after one year (or beyond the operating cycle if longer), including liabilities for compensation costs, fringe benefits other than pension and postretirement obligations, rent, contractual rights and obligations, and statutory obligations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the unpaid sum of the known and estimated amounts payable to satisfy all domestic and foreign income tax obligations due beyond one year or the operating cycle, whichever is longer. Alternate captions include income taxes payable, noncurrent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Face amount or stated value per share of common stock. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences, with jurisdictional netting and classified as noncurrent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate amount of receivables to be collected from related parties where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth, at the financial statement date. which are usually due within one year (or one business cycle). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties. For classified balance sheets, represents the current portion of such liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for obligations related to services received from employees, such as accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount classified as liabilities attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of expenses incurred but not yet paid classified as other, due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of borrowings from a bank classified as other, maturing within one year or operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable for statutory income, sales, use, payroll, excise, real, property and other taxes. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Number of common and preferred shares that were previously issued and that were repurchased by the issuing entity and held in treasury on the financial statement date. This stock has no voting rights and receives no dividends. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Revenue derived from advertisement placements on Website channels and/or in different formats, including but not limited to banners, links, logos, buttons, rich media and content integration. No definition available.
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- Definition Costs incurred and are directly related to generating brand advertising revenues. No definition available.
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- Definition Cost of revenues from brand advertising and search and others services. No definition available.
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- Definition Costs incurred and are directly related to generating search and Web Directory revenues. No definition available.
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- Definition Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible via acquisition of businesses. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of nonoperating interest expense. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of nonoperating interest income. No definition available.
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- Definition Revenue from game operations by providing online services to game players. The revenue derived from operation of massively multi-player online games, Web-based game, and overseas licensing. No definition available.
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- Definition Revenue derived from pay-for-click services and online marketing services on Web directories. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from net income and other comprehensive income, attributable to parent entity. Excludes changes in equity resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), attributable to noncontrolling interests. Excludes changes in equity resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from net income and other comprehensive income. Excludes changes in equity resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate cost of goods produced and sold and services rendered during the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- References No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The amount of net income (loss) for the period available to each share of common stock or common unit outstanding during the reporting period and to each share or unit that would have been outstanding assuming the issuance of common shares or units for all dilutive potential common shares or units outstanding during the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized and unrealized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate total of expenses of managing and administering the affairs of an entity, including affiliates of the reporting entity, which are not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations, including income (loss) from equity method investments, before deduction of income tax expense (benefit), and income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate amount of income or expense from ancillary business-related activities (that is to say, excluding major activities considered part of the normal operations of the business). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Generally recurring costs associated with normal operations except for the portion of these expenses which can be clearly related to production and included in cost of sales or services. Includes selling, general and administrative expense. No definition available.
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- Definition The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount after tax and reclassification adjustments, of appreciation (loss) in value of unsold available-for-sale securities. Excludes amounts related to other than temporary impairment (OTTI) loss. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after tax and reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount after tax and reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Other costs incurred during the reporting period related to other revenue generating activities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, after sales adjustments, returns, allowances, and discounts, of revenue classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The consolidated profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate total amount of expenses directly related to the marketing or selling of products or services. No definition available.
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- Definition The average number of shares or units issued and outstanding that are used in calculating diluted EPS or earnings per unit (EPU), determined based on the timing of issuance of shares or units in the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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| Expenses from a related party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| Interest income from a related party | 295 | 294 | 859 | 956 |
| Interest expense from a related party | $ 185 | $ 184 | $ 537 | $ 488 |
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
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Retained Earnings [Member] |
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| Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2015 | $ 1,730,752 | $ 45 | $ 798,357 | $ (143,858) | $ 50,151 | $ 536,327 | $ 489,730 |
| Share-based compensation expense | 16,145 | 0 | 5,095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,050 |
| Settlement of share-based awards in subsidiaries | 337 | 0 | 19,136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (18,799) |
| Contribution from noncontrolling interest shareholder | 0 | 0 | 1,333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1,333) |
| Disposal of noncontrolling interest | (238) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (238) |
| Other | (46) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (46) |
| Net income/(loss) attributable to Sohu.com Inc. and noncontrolling interest shareholders | (77,886) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (158,124) | 80,238 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) | (37,152) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (24,189) | 0 | (12,963) |
| Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2016 | 1,631,912 | 45 | 823,921 | (143,858) | 25,962 | 378,203 | 547,639 |
| Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2016 | 1,557,795 | 45 | 821,867 | (143,858) | 3,220 | 312,306 | 564,215 |
| Share-based compensation expense | 22,455 | 0 | 4,512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,943 |
| Settlement of share-based awards in subsidiaries | 494 | 0 | 14,104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (13,610) |
| Repurchase of Sogou Class A Common Shares from noncontrolling shareholders | (3,190) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (3,190) |
| Disposal of noncontrolling interest | (80) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (80) |
| Other | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 |
| Net income/(loss) attributable to Sohu.com Inc. and noncontrolling interest shareholders | (200,426) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (260,391) | 59,965 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) | 52,397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,972 | 0 | 24,425 |
| Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2017 | $ 1,429,632 | $ 45 | $ 840,483 | $ (143,858) | $ 31,192 | $ 51,915 | $ 649,855 |
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| The Company and Basis of Presentation | 1. THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Nature of Operations Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), a Delaware corporation organized in 1996, is a leading Chinese online media, search and game service group providing comprehensive online products and services on PCs and mobile devices in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”). Sohu.com Inc.’s businesses are conducted by Sohu.com Inc. and its subsidiaries and VIEs (collectively referred to as the “Sohu Group” or “the Group”). The Sohu Group consists of Sohu, which when referred to in this report, unless the context requires otherwise, excludes the businesses and the corresponding subsidiaries and VIEs of Sogou Inc. (“Sogou”) and Changyou.com Limited (“Changyou”), Sogou and Changyou. Sogou and Changyou are indirect controlled subsidiaries of Sohu.com Inc. Sohu is a leading Chinese language online media content and services provider. Sogou is a leading online search and search-related services and mobile Internet products provider in China. Changyou is a leading online game developer and operator in China as measured by the popularity of its PC game Tian Long Ba Bu (“TLBB”) as well as its mobile game Legacy TLBB, and engages primarily in the development, operation and licensing of online games for PCs and mobile devices. Most of the Group’s operations are conducted through the Group’s China-based subsidiaries and VIEs. Through the operation of Sohu, Sogou and Changyou, the Sohu Group generates online advertising revenues, including brand advertising revenues and search and search-related advertising revenues; online games revenues; and other revenues. Online advertising and online games are the Group’s core businesses. Sohu’s Business Brand Advertising Business Sohu’s main business is the brand advertising business, which offers to users, over Sohu’s matrices of Chinese language online media, various content, products and services across multiple Internet-enabled devices such as PCs, mobile phones and tablets. The majority of Sohu’s products and services are provided through Sohu Media Portal, Sohu Video and Focus.
Revenues generated by the brand advertising business are classified as brand advertising revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Other Sohu Business Sohu also engages in the other business, which consists primarily of paid subscription services, sub-licensing of purchased video content to third parties, interactive broadcasting services, and content provided through the platforms of the three main telecommunications operators in China. Revenues generated by Sohu from the other business are classified as other revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Sogou’s Business Search and Search-related Business The search and search-related business consists primarily of search and search-related advertising services offered by Sogou. Search and search-related advertising services enable advertisers’ promotional links to be displayed on Sogou’s search results pages and other Internet properties and third parties’ Internet properties where the links are relevant to the subject and content of searches and such properties. Sogou’s advertising services expand distribution of advertisers’ promotional links and advertisements by leveraging traffic on third parties’ Internet properties, including Web content, software, and mobile applications. The search and search-related business benefits from Sogou’s collaboration with Tencent Holdings Limited (together with its subsidiaries, “Tencent”), which provides Sogou access to traffic and content generated from the products and services provided by Tencent.
Revenues generated by the search and search-related business are classified as search and search-related advertising revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Other Sogou Business Sogou also offers Internet value-added services (“IVAS”), primarily with respect to the operation of Web games and mobile games developed by third parties, and offers other products and services, including smart hardware products. Revenues generated by Sogou from Sogou’s other business are classified as other revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Changyou’s Business Changyou’s business lines consist of the online game business; the platform channel business, which consists primarily of online advertising and also includes IVAS; and the cinema advertising business. Online Game Business Changyou’s online game business offers to game players (a) PC games, which are interactive online games that are accessed and played simultaneously by hundreds of thousands of game players through personal computers and require that local client-end game access software be installed on the computers used, and (b) mobile games, which are played on mobile devices and require an Internet connection. Prior to the sale of Shenzhen 7Road Technology Co., Ltd., or Shenzhen 7Road, in August 2015, Changyou’s online games also included Web games, which are online games that are played through a Web browser with no local game software installation requirements. Following the sale of Shenzhen 7Road, Web games became an insignificant part of Changyou’s online game business. All of Changyou’s games are operated under the item-based revenue model, meaning that game players can play the games for free, but can choose to pay for virtual items, which are non-physical items that game players can purchase and use within a game, such as gems, pets, fashion items, magic medicine, riding animals, hierograms, skill books and fireworks. Revenues derived from the operation of online games are classified as online game revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Changyou’s dominant game is TLBB, a PC-based client-end game. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, revenues from TLBB were $48.3 million and $149.4 million, respectively, accounting for approximately 36% and 44%, respectively, of Changyou’s online game revenues, approximately 29% and 34%, respectively, of Changyou’s total revenues, and approximately 9% and 11%, respectively, of the Sohu Group’s total revenues. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, revenues from TLBB were $56.0 million and $162.9 million, respectively, accounting for approximately 57% and 54%, respectively, of Changyou’s online game revenues, approximately 41% and 41%, respectively, of Changyou’s total revenues and approximately 14% and 13%, respectively, of the Sohu Group’s total revenues. In the second quarter of 2017, Changyou launched a new mobile game, Legacy TLBB, which is operated by Tencent under license from Changyou. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, revenues from Legacy TLBB were $56.2 million, accounting for approximately 42% of Changyou’s online game revenues, approximately 34% of Changyou’s total revenues, and approximately 11% of the Sohu Group’s total revenues. Platform Channel Business Changyou’s platform channel business consists primarily of the operation of the 17173.com Website, one of the leading information portals in China, which provides news, electronic forums, online videos and other information services regarding online games to game players. Changyou’s platform channel business also offers a number of software applications for PCs and mobile devices through two platforms, RaidCall and MoboTap. RaidCall provides online music and entertainment services, primarily in Taiwan. MoboTap provides (a) software applications for PCs and mobile devices through Dolphin Browser, which is a gateway to a host of user activities on mobile devices with the majority of its users based in overseas markets, and (b) domestic online card and board games. In 2014, Changyou purchased 51% of the equity interests in MoboTap on a fully-diluted basis for approximately $91 million in cash. Changyou’s intention in making the acquisition was to generate benefits from expected synergies of MoboTap’s Dolphin Browser with Changyou’s platform channel business.
In 2015, the financial performance of the Dolphin Browser was below original expectations, and Changyou’s management concluded that the Dolphin Browser was unable to provide the expected synergies with Changyou’s platform channel business. Accordingly management performed a goodwill impairment test using the discounted cash flow method for the goodwill generated in the acquisition of MoboTap. As a result, Changyou recorded $29.6 million and $8.9 million, respectively, in goodwill and intangible assets impairment losses. MoboTap then switched its focus to the development and operation of card and board games in China, which have been MoboTap’s main source of revenue since 2015. In 2016, Changyou’s Board of Directors approved the disposal of Changyou’s 51% equity interest in MoboTap. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities attributable to MoboTap were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale and measured at the lower of their carrying amounts or their fair value, less cost to sell, in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016. In the first quarter of 2017, Changyou’s management determined that the disposal was unlikely to be completed within one year due to the suspension of negotiations with a potential buyer of MoboTap. As a result, the assets and liabilities held for sale related to MoboTap were reclassified and have been recorded as assets and liabilities held for use and measured at the lower of the carrying value before MoboTap was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation and amortization expense that would have been recognized had the assets and liabilities been continuously classified as held for use, or the fair value as of the reclassification date in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets commencing on the reclassification date. In the first quarter of 2017, Changyou recorded a $1.4 million expense in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for catch-up of depreciation and amortization expense of the assets held for sale before the reclassification. In the third quarter of 2017, due to reinforced restrictions the Chinese regulatory authorities imposed on card and board games, some of Changyou’s key distribution partners informed Changyou that they had decided to stop the distribution and promotion of card and board games, which had an adverse impact on MoboTap’s current performance, and also increased the uncertainty for its future operations and cash flow. As a result, Changyou determined that it is unlikely for MoboTap to gain users and grow its online card and board games revenues in China, Changyou management performed an impairment test in the third quarter of 2017 using the discounted cash flow method and impairment charges of $86.9 million were recognized to reflect the fair value of the MoboTap business, of which an $83.5 million impairment loss was recognized for goodwill and a $3.4 million impairment loss was recognized for intangible assets. All revenues generated by the 17173.com Website are classified as brand advertising revenues, online card and board games revenues generated by MoboTap are classified as online game revenues, and IVAS revenues generated by MoboTap through the Dolphin Browser and generated by RaidCall are classified as other revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Cinema Advertising Business Changyou also operates a cinema advertising business, which consists primarily of the acquisition from operators of movie theaters, and the sale to advertisers of pre-film advertising slots, which are advertisements shown before the screening of a movie in a cinema theatre. Revenues generated by Changyou’s cinema advertising business are classified as other revenues in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Basis of Consolidation and Recognition of Noncontrolling Interest The Sohu Group’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Sohu.com Inc. and its subsidiaries and consolidated VIEs. All intra-Group transactions are eliminated. VIE Consolidation The Sohu Group’s VIEs are wholly or partially owned by certain employees of the Group as nominee shareholders. For consolidated VIEs, management made evaluations of the relationships between the Sohu Group and the VIEs and the economic benefit flow of contractual arrangements with the VIEs. In connection with such evaluation, management also took into account the fact that, as a result of such contractual arrangements, the Group controls the shareholders’ voting interests in these VIEs. As a result of such evaluation, management concluded that the Sohu Group is the primary beneficiary of its consolidated VIEs. Noncontrolling Interest Recognition Noncontrolling interests are recognized to reflect the portion of the equity of subsidiaries and VIEs which is not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the controlling shareholders. The noncontrolling interests in the Sohu Group’s consolidated financial statements primarily consist of noncontrolling interests for Sogou and Changyou.
Noncontrolling Interest for Sogou Sogou’s Share Structure As of September 30, 2017, Sogou had outstanding a combined total of 336,194,956 ordinary shares and preferred shares held as follows:
Sohu’s Shareholding in and Control of Sogou As of September 30, 2017, Sohu.com Inc. held approximately 36% of the outstanding equity capital of Sogou on a fully-diluted basis, assuming for such purpose that all share options under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan and all share options under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement are granted and exercised, and that all of the Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares that Sogou has repurchased are re-issued to shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc. Also as of September 30, 2017, Sohu.com Inc. held over 50% of the total voting power of Sogou on a fully-diluted basis and controlled the election of a majority of the Board of Directors of Sogou, assuming that Tencent’s non-voting Class B Ordinary Shares are converted to voting shares, that all of the Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares that Sogou has repurchased are re-issued to shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc., and that all Sogou share options under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan and all Sogou share options under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement are granted and exercised. As Sogou’s controlling shareholder, Sohu.com Inc. consolidates Sogou in its consolidated financial statements, and recognizes noncontrolling interest reflecting economic interests in Sogou held by shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc. (the “Sogou noncontrolling shareholders”). Sogou’s net income/(loss) attributable to the Sogou noncontrolling shareholders is recorded as noncontrolling interest in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Sogou’s cumulative results of operations attributable to the Sogou noncontrolling shareholders, along with changes in shareholders’ equity/(deficit) and adjustment for share-based compensation expense in relation to share-based awards that are unvested and vested but not yet settled and the Sogou noncontrolling shareholders’ investments in Sogou Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Sogou Preferred Shares”) and Ordinary Shares are accounted for as a noncontrolling interest classified as permanent equity in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets, as the Sohu Group has the right to reject a redemption requested by the noncontrolling shareholders. These treatments are based on the terms governing the investments of, and on the terms of the classes of Sogou shares held by, the noncontrolling shareholders in Sogou. Principles of Allocation of Sogou’s Profit and Loss By virtue of the terms of Sogou Preferred Shares and Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, Sogou’s losses are allocated in the following order:
Net income from Sogou is allocated in the following order:
Key Terms of Sogou Preferred Shares The following is a summary of some of the key terms of the Sogou Preferred Shares under Sogou’s Memorandum and Articles of Association as currently in effect. (i) Dividend Rights Sogou may not declare or pay dividends on its Class A Ordinary Shares or Class B Ordinary Shares (collectively, “Ordinary Shares”) unless the holders of the Sogou Preferred Shares then outstanding first receive a dividend on each outstanding Preferred Share in an amount at least equal to the sum of (i) the dividends that would have been payable to the holder of such Preferred Share if such share had been converted into Ordinary Shares, at the then-applicable conversion rate, immediately prior to the record date for such dividend, and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends (“Accrued Dividends”). “Accrued Dividends” are calculated from the date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Shares at the rate per annum of $0.0375 per Series A Preferred Share and from the date of issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares at the rate per annum of $0.411 per Series B Preferred Share. (ii) Liquidation Rights In the event of any “Liquidation Event,” such as the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Sogou, a merger or consolidation of Sogou resulting in a change of control, the sale of substantially all of Sogou’s assets or similar events, the holders of Series B Preferred Shares are entitled to receive an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) $6.847 plus Accrued Dividends or (ii) such amount per share as would have been payable if the Series B Preferred Shares had been converted into Ordinary Shares prior to the Liquidation Event, and holders of Series A Preferred Shares are entitled to receive, after payment to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares but before any payment to holders of Ordinary Shares, an amount equal to the greater of (i) 1.3 times their original investment in the Series A Preferred Shares plus Accrued Dividends or (ii) such amount per share as would be payable if the Series A Preferred Shares had been converted into Ordinary Shares immediately prior to the Liquidation Event. (iii) Redemption Rights The Sogou Preferred Shares are not redeemable at the option of the holders. (iv) Conversion Rights Each Sogou Preferred Share is convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the holder. Each Sogou Preferred Share is convertible into such number of Class A Ordinary Shares as is determined, in the case of Series A Preferred Shares, by dividing $0.625 by the then-effective conversion price for Series A Preferred Shares, which is initially $0.625, and, in the case of Series B Preferred Shares, by dividing $7.267 by the then-effective conversion price for Series B Preferred Shares, which is initially $7.267. The conversion prices of the Sogou Preferred Shares are subject to adjustment on a weighted average basis upon the issuance of additional equity shares, or securities convertible into equity shares, at a price per share less than $0.625, in the case of Series A Preferred Shares, or less than $7.267, in the case of Series B Preferred Shares, subject to certain customary exceptions, such as shares issued pursuant to the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan. Each Sogou Preferred Share will be automatically converted into Class A Ordinary Shares of Sogou upon the closing of an initial public offering (“IPO”) of Sogou with certain parameters based on the then-effective conversion ratio of such Sogou Preferred Share, which is currently one-for-one for both Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Preferred Shares.
(v) Voting Rights Each holder of Sogou Preferred Shares is entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of Class A Ordinary Shares into which the Sogou Preferred Shares held by such holder are then convertible. (vi) Other Rights The holders of Sogou Preferred Shares have various other rights typical of preferred share investments. Key Terms of Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares The Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares have identical rights, except that Class B Ordinary Shares do not have voting rights unless the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares elect, by written notice to Sogou, to convert them into shares with voting rights. Voting Agreement Signed among Sohu, Tencent, and Sogou in August 2017 In August 2017, in anticipation of Sogou’s previously-announced currently pending proposed IPO, Sohu, Tencent, and Sogou entered into a voting agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) that will take effect upon the completion of the proposed IPO. Effective upon the completion of the proposed IPO, all of the Sogou shares held by Sohu for its own account and all of the Sogou shares held by Tencent will be redesignated as Class B Ordinary Shares. Each Class B Ordinary Share will be entitled to ten votes per share on any matter brought to a vote of Sogou shareholders, whereas Class A Ordinary Shares, which will be held by shareholders other than Sohu and Tencent, will be entitled to one vote per share. As a result of the additional voting power of the Class B Ordinary Shares, upon the completion of the proposed IPO Sogou and Tencent will together have the power to determine all matters that may come to a vote of Sogou’s shareholders, including the election of directors. Under the Voting Agreement, following the completion of Sogou’s proposed IPO, Sohu will have the right to appoint a majority of Sogou’s Board of Directors and Tencent will have the right to appoint two directors. Sohu will continue to consolidate Sogou in its financial statements following the completion of the proposed IPO, and will provide for non-controlling interests reflecting ordinary shares in Sogou held by shareholders other than Sohu. Noncontrolling Interest for Changyou Changyou is a public company listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. As of September 30, 2017, Sohu.com Inc. held approximately 68% of the combined total of Changyou’s outstanding ordinary shares, and controlled approximately 95% of the total voting power in Changyou. As Changyou’s controlling shareholder, Sohu.com Inc. consolidates Changyou in its consolidated financial statements, and recognizes noncontrolling interest reflecting the economic interest in Changyou held by shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc. (the “Changyou noncontrolling shareholders”). Changyou’s net income /(loss) attributable to the Changyou noncontrolling shareholders is recorded as noncontrolling interest in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income, based on the noncontrolling shareholders’ share of the economic interest in Changyou. Changyou’s cumulative results of operations attributable to the Changyou noncontrolling shareholders, along with changes in shareholders’ equity, adjustment for share-based compensation expense in relation to those share-based awards which are unvested and vested but not yet settled and adjustment for changes in Sohu.com Inc.’s ownership in Changyou, are recorded as noncontrolling interest in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets. Basis of Presentation These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or for any future period. |
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| Segment Information | 2. SEGMENT INFORMATION The Sohu Group’s segments are business units that offer different services and are reviewed separately by the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), or the decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Group’s CODM is Sohu.com Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer.
The following tables present summary information by segment (in thousands):
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| Share-Based Compensation Expense | 3. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE Sohu (excluding Fox Video Limited), Sogou, Changyou, and Fox Video Limited (“Sohu Video”) have incentive plans for the granting of share-based awards, including stock options, share options and restricted share units, to members of the boards of directors, management and other key employees. Sohu (excluding Sohu Video), Sogou, and Changyou Share-based Awards For Sohu (excluding Sohu Video) stock options that Sohu granted before 2006 and Sohu restricted share units, Sogou share-based awards, and Changyou share-based awards under the Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan, share-based compensation expense is recognized as costs and expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income based on the fair value of the related share-based awards on their grant dates. For Tencent restricted share units that Tencent had granted to employees who transferred to Sogou with the Soso search and search-related businesses, share-based compensation expense is recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income based on the then-current fair value at each reporting date. Options for the purchase of Sohu common stock contractually granted under the Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan and options for the purchase of Changyou Class A ordinary shares contractually granted under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan are subject to vesting in four equal installments over a period of four years, with each installment vesting upon satisfaction of a service period requirement and certain subjective performance targets. Under ASC 718-10-25, no grant date can be established until a mutual understanding is reached between the companies and the recipients clarifying the subjective performance requirements. In accordance with ASC 718-10-55, as the service inception date preceded the grant date, compensation expense was accrued beginning on the service inception date, and was re-measured and will be re-measured on each subsequent reporting date before the grant date is established, based on the then-current fair value of the awards. The estimate of the awards’ fair value will be fixed in the period in which the grant date occurs, and cumulative compensation expense will be adjusted based on the fair value at the grant date. In determining the fair value of stock options and share options granted by Sohu and Changyou, the public market price of the underlying shares at each reporting date was used, and a binomial valuation model was applied. For Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares repurchased by Sogou from the former President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sohu Group in the first quarter of 2017, share-based compensation expense is recognized by the Sohu Group in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income in an amount equal to the excess of the repurchase price over the fair value of the Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares at the repurchase date.
Sohu Video Share-based Awards On January 4, 2012, Sohu Video, the holding entity of Sohu’s video division, adopted a 2011 Share Incentive Plan (the “Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan”) which provides for the issuance of up to 25,000,000 ordinary shares of Sohu Video (representing approximately 10% of the outstanding Sohu Video shares on a fully-diluted basis) to management and key employees of the video division and to Sohu management. As of September 30, 2017, grants of options for the purchase of 16,368,200 ordinary shares of Sohu Video had been contractually made, of which options for the purchase of 4,972,800 ordinary shares were vested. For purposes of ASC 718-10-25, as of September 30, 2017, no grant date had occurred, because the broader terms and conditions of the option awards had neither been finalized nor mutually agreed upon with the recipients. Therefore the fair value of the awards was not determinable and could not be accounted for. In accordance with ASC 718-10-55, the Group’s management determined that the service inception date with respect to vested option awards for the purchase of 4,972,800 shares had preceded the grant date. Therefore, the Group recognized compensation expense for these vested Sohu Video share-based awards and re-measured, and will re-measure, the compensation expense on each subsequent reporting date based on the then-current fair values of these vested awards until the grant date is established. Share-based Compensation Expense Recognition Share-based compensation expense was recognized in costs and expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as follows (in thousands):
Share-based compensation expense was recognized for share awards of Sohu (excluding Sohu Video), Sogou, Changyou and Sohu Video as follows (in thousands):
Note (1): The negative amount represented re-measured compensation expense based on the then-current fair value of the awards on the reporting date. Note (2): Compensation expense for Sogou share-based awards also includes compensation expense for Tencent restricted share units that Tencent had granted to employees who transferred to Sogou with the Soso search and search-related businesses and compensation expense of $4.0 million, recognized in the first quarter of 2017 in connection with Sogou’s repurchase of Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares from the former President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sohu Group, which is equal to the excess of the repurchase price over the fair value of the Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares as of the repurchase date. There was no capitalized share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2017. For details of the share-based compensation expenses of the Sohu Group, see Note 12. |
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4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Under an agreement between Sohu and Fox Financial entered into in August 2014, Sohu invested $4.8 million and $16.1 million, respectively, in Fox Financial in August 2014 and April 2015. In February 2016, Sohu invested an additional $10.5 million in Fox Financial, see Note 6 - Fair Value Measurements - Other Financial Instruments - Long-term Investments. Changyou’s Loan Arrangements with Fox Financial Technology Group Limited (“Fox Financial,” formerly known as “SoEasy Internet Finance Group Limited”) Commencing in April 2015, certain subsidiaries of Changyou and certain subsidiaries of Fox Financial (Fox Financial is one of Sohu’s equity investments, see Note 6 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS ) entered into a series of loan agreements pursuant to which the subsidiaries of Changyou are entitled to draw down HK dollar-denominated or U.S. dollar-denominated loans from the Fox Financial subsidiaries and the Fox Financial subsidiaries are entitled to draw down equivalent RMB-denominated loans from the subsidiaries of Changyou, to facilitate each other’s business operations. All of the loans carry a fixed rate of interest equal to the current market interest rate. As of September 30, 2017, Changyou had U.S. dollar-denominated loans payable to Fox Financial in a total amount of approximately $29.4 million, which was recorded in other short-term liabilities, and RMB-denominated loans receivable from Fox Financial in a total amount of approximately $29.4 million, which was recorded in prepaid and other current assets. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017, Changyou incurred interest expense of $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and earned interest income of $0.3 million and $0.9 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, total interest expense payable to Fox Financial amounted to $1.1 million, which was recorded in other short-term liabilities; and total interest income receivable from Fox Financial was $1.8 million, which was recorded in prepaid and other current assets. Other Information For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Sohu Group generated no brand advertising revenue and no sales and marketing expense from Fox Financial. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Sohu Group generated brand advertising revenue from Fox Financial of nil and $0.9 million, respectively, and incurred sales and marketing expense for Fox Financial of nil and $0.2 million, respectively. |
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| Intra-Group Loan and Share Pledge Agreement | 5. INTRA-GROUP LOAN AND SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT On October 24, 2016, Beijing Sohu New Media Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Sohu Media”), a subsidiary of Sohu, entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Beijing AmazGame Age Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“AmazGame”), a subsidiary of Changyou, pursuant to which Sohu Media may borrow from time to time from AmazGame up to RMB1.00 billion (or approximately $144.9 million). The first request for an advance under the Loan Agreement was required to be made on or prior to December 31, 2016, and requests for further advances may be made for one year following the initial advance. The one-year request period may be extended for another one-year period with the consent of AmazGame. Principal amounts outstanding under the Loan Agreement bear interest at an annual rate of 6%. The outstanding principal of each advance will be due one year from the date of the advance, subject to extension for an additional year with the consent of AmazGame. Also on October 24, 2016, Sohu.com (Game) Limited (“Sohu Game”), a Cayman Islands company that is an indirect subsidiary of Sohu and is the direct parent of Changyou, and Changyou entered into a share pledge agreement (the “Share Pledge Agreement”) pursuant to which Sohu Game pledged to Changyou 11,386,228 Class B ordinary shares of Changyou held by Sohu Game. The number of Class B ordinary shares pledged by Sohu Game to Changyou is subject to upward adjustment from time to time while amounts are outstanding under the Loan Agreement if the price of Changyou’s American depositary shares (“ADSs”) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market drops for at least 10 consecutive trading days by an amount of 20% or more from such price as of the date of the Share Pledge Agreement, and is subject to further upward adjustment in the event of any additional incremental drops of 20% or more in the price of Changyou’s ADSs during 10 consecutive trading days. The share pledge agreement gives Changyou the right to apply the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the loan to the repurchase of Changyou Class B ordinary shares from Sohu Game in the event that such principal and interest under the Loan Agreement are not paid when due. As of September 30, 2017, the number of Class B ordinary shares pledged by Sohu Game to Changyou was 13,704,663. In December 2016, March 2017 and April 2017, Sohu Media received RMB500.0 million (or approximately $73.8 million), RMB200.0 million (or $29.5 million) and RMB 300.0 million (or $44.3 million), respectively, from AmazGame. As of September 30, 2017, the total outstanding balance of the loan was RMB1.00 billion (or $147.6 million). The intra-Group loan has been eliminated upon consolidation. |
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6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS Fair Value of Financial Instruments The Sohu Group’s financial instruments include cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments, accounts receivable, assets held for sale, prepaid and other current assets, long-term investments (including available-for-sale equity securities), restricted time deposits, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, receipts in advance and deferred revenue, short-term bank loans, liabilities held for sale, other short-term liabilities and long-term accounts payable. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring the fair value of financial instruments. This hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The three-tier fair value hierarchy is: Level 1 - observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. Level 2 - include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the market place. Level 3 - unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity. Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value The following table sets forth the financial instruments, measured at fair value, by level within the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
The following table sets forth the financial instruments, measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy, as of September 30, 2017 (in thousands):
Cash Equivalents The Sohu Group’s cash equivalents mainly consist of time deposits with original maturities of three months or less, and highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash. The fair values of cash equivalents are determined based on the pervasive interest rates in the market. The Group classifies the valuation techniques that use the pervasive interest rates input as Level 2 of fair value measurements. Generally, there are no quoted prices in active markets for identical cash equivalents at the reporting date. In order to determine the fair value, the Group must use the discounted cash flow method and observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Short-term Investments As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Sohu Group’s investment in financial instruments was $304.3 million and $247.9 million, respectively. The investment instruments were issued by commercial banks in China, and have a variable interest rate indexed to performance of underlying assets. Since these investments’ maturity dates are within one year, they are classified as short-term investments. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Sohu Group recorded in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income changes in the fair value of short-term investments in the amounts of $3.4 million and $9.1 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Sohu Group recorded in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income changes in the fair value of short-term investments in the amounts of $2.8 million and $5.3 million, respectively. In accordance with ASC 825, for investments in financial instruments with a variable interest rate indexed to performance of underlying assets, the Sohu Group elected the fair value method at the date of initial recognition and carried these investments at fair value. Changes in the fair value are reflected in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income as other income /(expense). To estimate fair value, the Group refers to the quoted rate of return provided by banks at the end of each period using the discounted cash flow method. The Group classifies the valuation techniques that use these inputs as Level 2 of fair value measurements. Available-for-Sale Equity Securities Available-for-sale equity securities are valued using the market approach based on the quoted prices in active markets at the reporting date. The Group classifies the valuation techniques that use these inputs as Level 1 of fair value measurements. On August 12, 2014, Sohu acquired approximately 6% of the total outstanding common shares of Keyeast Co., Ltd., a Korean-listed company (“Keyeast”), for a purchase price of $15.1 million. The Sohu Group classified this investment as available-for-sale equity securities under long-term investments, and reported it at fair value using a market approach based on Keyeast’s stock price on the South Korean stock market. The unrealized income or loss representing the change in fair value of this investment was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income /(loss) in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of this investment was continually below its original cost for a twelve-month period ended July 31, 2017. Management considered the decline in the fair value to be other-than-temporary, and the Sohu Group recognized an impairment loss of $5.8 million in other income /(loss) in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements in the third quarter of 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the fair value of the Keyeast available-for-sale equity securities held by Sohu was $7.8 million. On May 5, 2011, Sohu acquired 2% of the equity interests of Hylink Digital Solution Co., Ltd (“Hylink”), for a purchase price of RMB15 million ($2.3 million). Given that Sohu neither controls nor has significant influence over Hylink, and the equity interest of Hylink did not have a readily determinable fair value, Sohu accounted for this investment using the cost method. On August 2, 2017, Hylink completed its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Upon the completion of Hylink’s IPO, Sohu’s interest in Hylink was diluted to 1.5% of Hylink’s total ordinary shares then outstanding. The Sohu Group reclassified this investment as available-for-sale equity securities with the investment’s fair value measured based on Hylink’s stock price on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. As of September 30, 2017, the fair value of the Hylink available-for-sale equity securities held by Sohu was RMB86.7 million ($13.1 million). Unrealized income representing the change in fair value of $10.8 million was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets.
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale In 2016, Changyou’s Board of Directors approved the disposal of the 51% equity interest in MoboTap. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities attributable to MoboTap are classified as assets and liabilities held for sale and measured at the lower of their carrying amounts or their fair value, less cost to sell, in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016. Due to the suspension of negotiations with a potential buyer of MoboTap in the first quarter of 2017, Changyou’s management determined that the disposal is unlikely to be completed within one year. As a result, the assets held for sale and liabilities held for sale related to MoboTap were reclassified and have been recorded as assets and liabilities held for use and measured at the lower of the carrying value before MoboTap was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation and amortization expense that would have been recognized had the assets and liabilities been continuously classified as held for use, or their fair value as of the reclassification date, respectively, in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheet since the reclassification date. In the first quarter of 2017, Changyou recorded a $1.4 million expense in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for catch-up of depreciation and amortization expense of the assets held for sale before the reclassification. Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts In September 2016 and January 2017, Changyou entered into foreign exchange forward contracts with banks in an aggregate nominal amount of $100 million and $50 million, respectively. Changyou entered into the foreign exchange forward contracts in compliance with its risk management policy for the purpose of eliminating the negative impact on earnings and equity resulting from fluctuations in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the RMB. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Sohu Group recorded from changes in the fair value of the forward contracts consisting of a gain of $0.2 million and a loss of $3.5 million, respectively, in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The Group estimated the fair values of foreign exchange forward contracts using the Black-Scholes model. The fair values of the forward contracts were estimated based on quoted forward exchange prices at the reporting date. The Group classifies the fair value measurement of the forward contracts based on such inputs as Level 2 of fair value measurements. Other Financial Instruments The fair values of other financial instruments are estimated for disclosure purposes as follows: Long-term Investments Long-term Investment in Fox Financial Under an agreement between Sohu and Fox Financial entered into in August 2014, Sohu invested $4.8 million and $16.1 million in Fox Financial on August 2014 and April 2015, respectively. In February 2016, Sohu invested an additional $10.5 million in Fox Financial. Sohu accounted for its investments in Fox Financial under long-term investments. These investments include both preferred shares and common shares. Sohu accounted for its investment in Fox Financial’s preferred shares under the cost method, since they were not considered to be common shares in substance and had no readily determinable fair value. Sohu accounted for its investment in Fox Financial’s common shares under the equity method, since Sohu can exercise significant influence but does not own a majority of Fox Financial’s equity capital or control Fox Financial. In March 2017, Fox Financial issued additional common shares to new investors, while shares held by Sohu remained unchanged. As a result, Sohu’s shareholding percentage of common shares was diluted from 7% to 6%. In accordance with ASC 320-10-40, the Group recognized dilution gain of $0.7 million in other income in the first quarter of 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the carrying value of Sohu’s investment in Fox Financial was $25.2 million. Long-term Investment in Zhihu As of September 30, 2017, Sogou had invested a cumulative total of $18.9 million in Zhihu Technology Limited (“Zhihu”), a company that engages primarily in the business of operating an online question and answer-based knowledge and information-sharing platform. Sogou accounted for the investment in Zhihu using the cost method, since Sogou does not have significant influence over Zhihu and the underlying shares are not considered in-substance common stock.
Short-term Receivables and Payables Accounts receivable and prepaid and other current assets are financial assets with carrying values that approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. Short-term accounts payable, accrued liabilities, receipts in advance and deferred revenue, short- term bank loans and other short-term liabilities are financial liabilities with carrying values that approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. For short-term receivables and payables, the Group estimated fair values using the discounted cash flow method. The Group classifies the valuation technique as Level 2 of fair value measurements. Short-term Bank Loans For short-term bank loans, the rates of interest under the agreements with the lending banks were determined based on the prevailing interest rates in the market. The Sohu Group estimated fair values using the discounted cash flow method and classifies the valuation techniques that use these inputs as Level 2 of fair value measurements.
In May 2017, Sohu entered into a one year factoring contract with recourse with HSBC, pursuant to which Sohu may borrow from HSBC from time to time up to a combined aggregate of RMB180.0 million (or $27.1 million), which is the upper limit reviewed by HSBC at least annually. The loan is secured by up to RMB198.0 million (or $29.8 million) of Sohu’s accounts receivable and guaranteed by Sohu Media. Interest will accrue on the principal amounts of the loans outstanding at an annual rate published by the People’s Bank of China (the “PBOC”). As of September 30, 2017, the total outstanding balance of the loan was RMB5.0 million (or $0.8 million), which is secured by a pledge of accounts receivable equal to 110% of this amount. As of the date of the filing of this report, all of the outstanding loan balance had been repaid.
In May 2017, Sohu entered into credit agreements with Ping An Bank pursuant to which Sohu was entitled to borrow from Ping An Bank from time to time until May 18, 2020 up to a combined aggregate of RMB2.50 billion (or $376.7 million). The loan was initially secured by pledges of Sohu’s two buildings and is guaranteed by Sohu.com (Game) Limited (“Sohu Game”). The initial interest rate for the loans was an annual rate equal to 115% of the rate published by the PBOC. In July 2017, Sohu entered into an amendment of its loan arrangements with Ping An Bank pursuant to which interest on outstanding principal amounts will accrue at a rate designated separately upon each drawdown based on the benchmark loan rate published by the PBOC with reference to then prevailing market interest rates. In July 2017, Sohu drew down from Ping An Bank pursuant to the loan arrangements a loan with a term of 12 months in the amount of RMB400.0 million (or approximately $59.0 million) and an interest rate of 6.525%, which is 150% of the rate published by the PBOC as of the date of the drawdown. In September 2017, Sohu entered into another amendment of its loan arrangements with Ping An Bank pursuant to which the maximum amount that Sohu is entitled to borrow has been reduced from RMB2.5 billion (or $376.7 million) to RMB600 million (or $90.4 million), and one of the Sohu’s buildings has been released from the loan agreement as a subject matter of pledge. As of September 30, 2017, the total outstanding balance of the loan was RMB400 million (or $60.3 million). Long-term Payables Long-term accounts payable and long-term bank loans are financial liabilities with carrying values that approximate fair value due to any changes in fair value, after considering the discount rate, being immaterial. The Group estimated fair values using the discounted cash flow method, and classifies the valuation technique as Level 2 of fair value measurements. In September 2017, Sohu entered into credit agreements with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (“ICBC”) pursuant to which Sohu will be entitled to borrow from ICBC from time to time until March 31, 2018 up to a combined aggregate of RMB800 million (or $123 million). The outstanding principal amount of the loan will be payable in four equal installments, with the first installment payable 18 months after the drawdown and the other three installments payable semi-annually at the end of each of the three successive six-month periods after the first installment payment. The loan is secured by the pledge of Sohu’s building that was released based upon the amendment of Sohu’s loan arrangements with Ping An Bank. Interest will accrue on the principal amounts of the loans outstanding at an annual rate equal to the Loan Prime Rate (“LPR”) published by the National Interbank Funding Center, plus 1.2%. As of September 30, 2017, there was no outstanding loan balance under the credit agreements with ICBC. |
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7. IMPAIRMENT OF PURCHASED VIDEO CONTENT In the second quarter of 2017, the Sohu Group recognized an impairment loss of $44.9 million in cost of revenues with respect to its purchased video content, which was mainly due to the ongoing restructuring of the sales team of Sohu Video as well as a strategic shift to reduce purchasing of licensed video content beginning in the second half of 2016. These two factors had an adverse impact on Sohu Video’s performance for the second quarter of 2017, which failed to meet management’s expectations. Management also revised downward its expectations of the programming usefulness of certain of Sohu Video’s purchased video content. The discounted cash flow method was used to determine the fair value of this purchased video content. |
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| Goodwill | 8. GOODWILL Changes in the carrying value of goodwill by segment are as follows (in thousands):
Note (1): Represents goodwill associated with the reclassification of assets held for sale to assets held for use in connection with MoboTap. See Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements – Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale. Note (2): Represents goodwill impairment associated with the MoboTap business recognized in the third quarter of 2017. Due to reinforced restrictions the Chinese regulatory authorities imposed on online card and board games, some of Changyou’s key distribution partners informed Changyou that they had decided to stop the distribution and promotion of card and board games in the third quarter of 2017, which had an adverse impact on MoboTap’s current performance, and also increased the uncertainty for its future operations and cash flow. As a result, Changyou determined that it is unlikely for MoboTap to gain users and grow its online card and board games revenues in China, Changyou management performed an impairment test in the third quarter of 2017 using the discounted cash flow method, and impairment charges of $86.9 million were recognized to reflect the fair value of the MoboTap business, of which an $83.5 million impairment loss was recognized for goodwill and a $3.4 million impairment loss was recognized for intangible assets. |
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| Taxation | 9. TAXATION Sohu.com Inc. is subject to United States (“U.S.”) income tax, and Changyou’s income that is from a U.S. source is generally subject to U.S. income tax. The majority of the subsidiaries and VIEs of the Sohu Group are based in mainland China and are subject to income taxes in the PRC. These China-based subsidiaries and VIEs conduct substantially all of the Sohu Group’s operations, and generate most of the Sohu Group’s income or losses.
PRC Corporate Income Tax Principal Entities Qualified as HNTEs The PRC Corporate Income Tax Law (the “CIT Law”) applies an income tax rate of 25% to all enterprises but grants preferential tax treatment to High and New Technology Enterprises (“HNTEs”). Under this preferential tax treatment, HNTEs can enjoy an income tax rate of 15%, but need to re-apply every three years. During this three-year period, an HNTE must conduct a qualification self-review each year to ensure it meets the HNTE criteria and is eligible for the 15% preferential tax rate for that year. If an HNTE fails to meet the criteria for qualification as an HNTE in any year, the enterprise cannot enjoy the 15% preferential tax rate in that year, and must instead use the regular 25% CIT rate. As of September 30, 2017, the following principal entities of the Sohu Group were qualified as HNTEs and were entitled to an income tax rate of 15%. For Sohu’s Business
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Principal Entities Qualified as Software Enterprises and KNSEs The CIT Law and its implementing regulations provide that a “Software Enterprise” is entitled to an income tax exemption for two years beginning with its first profitable year and a 50% reduction to a rate of 12.5% for the subsequent three years. An entity that qualifies as a “Key National Software Enterprise” (a “KNSE”) is entitled to a further reduced preferential income tax rate of 10%. Enterprises wishing to enjoy the status of a Software Enterprise or a KNSE must perform a self-assessment each year to ensure they meet the criteria for qualification and file required supporting documents with the tax authorities before using the preferential CIT rates. These enterprises will be subject to the tax authorities’ assessment each year as to whether they are entitled to use the relevant preferential CIT treatments. If at any time during the preferential tax treatment years an enterprise uses the preferential CIT rates but the relevant authorities determine that it fails to meet applicable criteria for qualification, the relevant authorities may revoke the enterprise’s Software Enterprise/KNSE status.
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PRC Withholding Tax on Dividends The CIT Law imposes a 10% withholding income tax on dividends distributed by foreign invested enterprises in the PRC to their immediate holding companies outside Mainland China. A lower withholding tax rate may be applied if there is a tax treaty between Mainland China and the jurisdiction of the foreign holding company. A holding company in Hong Kong, for example, will be subject to a 5% withholding tax rate under an arrangement between the PRC and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the “Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital,” if such holding company is considered a non-PRC resident enterprise and holds at least 25% of the equity interests in the PRC foreign invested enterprise distributing the dividends, subject to approval of the PRC local tax authority. However, if the Hong Kong holding company is not considered to be the beneficial owner of such dividends under applicable PRC tax regulations, such dividend will remain subject to a withholding tax rate of 10%. In order to fund the distribution of a dividend to shareholders of the Sohu Group’s majority-owned subsidiary Changyou, Changyou’s management determined to cause one of its PRC subsidiaries to declare and distribute a cash dividend of all of its stand-alone 2012 earnings and half of its stand-alone subsequent years’ earnings to its direct overseas parent company, Changyou.com (HK) Limited (“Changyou HK”). As of September 30, 2017, Changyou had accrued deferred tax liabilities in the amount of $29.5 million for PRC withholding tax. With the exception of that dividend, the Sohu Group does not intend to have any of its PRC subsidiaries distribute any undistributed profits of such subsidiaries to their direct overseas parent companies, but rather intends that such profits will be permanently reinvested by such subsidiaries for their PRC operations. PRC Value-Added Tax On May 1, 2016, transition from the imposition of PRC business tax (“Business Tax”) to the imposition of value-added tax (“VAT”) was expanded to all industries in China, and as a result all of the Sohu Group’s revenues have been subject to VAT since that date. To record VAT payable, the Group adopted the net presentation method, which presents the difference between the output VAT (at a rate of 6%) and the available input VAT amount (at the rate applicable to the supplier).
U.S. Corporate Income Tax Sohu.com Inc. is a Delaware corporation that is subject to U.S. corporate income tax on its taxable income at a rate of up to 35%. To the extent that portions of its U.S. taxable income, such as Subpart F income or a dividend, are determined to be from sources outside of the U.S., subject to certain limitations, Sohu.com Inc. may be able to claim foreign tax credits to offset its U.S. income tax liabilities. Any remaining liabilities are accrued in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income and estimated tax payments are made when required by U.S. law. Uncertain Tax Positions The Sohu Group is subject to various taxes in different jurisdictions, primarily the U.S. and the PRC. Management reviews regularly the adequacy of the provisions for taxes as they relate to the Group’s income and transactions. In order to assess uncertain tax positions, the Group applies a more likely than not threshold and a two-step approach for tax position measurement and financial statement recognition. For the two-step approach, the first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon settlement. The Group did not have any significant penalties or significant interest associated with tax positions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, nor did the Group have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. |
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| Commitments and Contingencies | 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Contractual Obligations The following table sets forth our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2017 (in thousands):
Litigation The Sohu Group is a party to various litigation matters which it considers routine and incidental to its business. The Sohu Group records a liability when the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Sohu Group evaluates, on a regular basis, developments in litigation matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued and makes adjustments as appropriate. Management believes that the total liabilities to the Sohu Group that may arise as a result of currently pending legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Group’s business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
PRC Law and Regulations The Chinese market in which the Sohu Group operates poses certain macro-economic and regulatory risks and uncertainties. These uncertainties extend to the ability to operate an Internet business and to conduct brand advertising, search and search-related advertising, online game, and other services in the PRC. Though the PRC has, since 1978, implemented a wide range of market-oriented economic reforms, continued reforms and progress towards a full market-oriented economy are uncertain. In addition, the telecommunication, information, and media industries remain highly regulated. Restrictions are currently in place and are unclear with respect to which segments of these industries foreign-owned entities, like the Sohu Group, may operate. The Chinese government may issue from time to time new laws or new interpretations of existing laws to regulate areas such as telecommunication, information and media. The Sohu Group’s legal structure and scope of operations in China could be subject to restrictions, which could result in limits on its ability to conduct business in the PRC. Certain risks related to PRC law that could affect the Sohu Group’s VIE structure are discussed in Note 11 - VIEs. Regulatory risks also encompass interpretation by PRC tax authorities of current tax law, including the applicability of certain preferential tax treatments. The Sohu Group’s sales, purchase and expense transactions are generally denominated in RMB and a significant portion of its assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB. The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. In China, foreign exchange transactions are required by law to be transacted only by authorized financial institutions. Remittances in currencies other than RMB by its subsidiaries in China may require certain supporting documentation in order to effect the remittance. |
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| VIEs | 11. VIES Background PRC laws and regulations prohibit or restrict foreign ownership of companies that operate Internet information and content, Internet access, online games, mobile, value added telecommunications and certain other businesses in which the Sohu Group is engaged or could be deemed to be engaged. Consequently, the Sohu Group conducts certain of its operations and businesses in the PRC through its VIEs. The Sohu Group consolidates in its consolidated financial statements all of the VIEs of which the Group is the primary beneficiary. VIEs Consolidated within the Sohu Group The Sohu Group adopted the guidance of accounting for VIEs, which requires VIEs to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity. Management made evaluations of the relationships between the Sohu Group and its VIEs and the economic benefit flow of contractual arrangements with the VIEs. In connection with such evaluation, management also took into account the fact that, as a result of contractual arrangements with its consolidated VIEs, the Sohu Group controls the shareholders’ voting interests in those VIEs. As a result of such evaluation, the management concluded that the Sohu Group is the primary beneficiary of the VIEs which the Group consolidates. All of the consolidated VIEs are incorporated and operated in the PRC, and the Group’s principal VIEs are directly or indirectly owned by Dr. Charles Zhang, the Sohu Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, or other executive officers and employees of the Sohu Group identified below. Capital for the consolidated VIEs was funded by the Sohu Group through loans provided to Dr. Charles Zhang and other executive officers and employees, and was initially recorded as loans to related parties. These loans are eliminated for accounting purposes against the capital of the VIEs upon consolidation. Under contractual agreements with the Sohu Group, Dr. Charles Zhang and those other executive officers and employees of the Sohu Group who are shareholders of the consolidated VIEs are required to transfer their ownership in these entities to the Group, if permitted by PRC laws and regulations, or, if not so permitted, to designees of the Group at any time as requested by the Group to repay the loans outstanding. All voting rights of the consolidated VIEs are assigned to the Sohu Group, and the Group has the right to designate all directors and senior management personnel of the consolidated VIEs, and also has the obligation to absorb losses of the consolidated VIEs. Dr. Charles Zhang and those other executive officers and employees of the Sohu Group who are shareholders of the consolidated VIEs have pledged their shares in the consolidated VIEs as collateral for the loans. As of September 30, 2017, the aggregate amount of these loans was $9.4 million.
Under its contractual arrangements with the consolidated VIEs, the Sohu Group has the power to direct activities of the VIEs, and can have assets transferred freely out of the VIEs without any restrictions. Therefore, the Group considers that there is no asset of a consolidated VIE that can be used only to settle obligations of the VIEs, except for registered capital and PRC statutory reserves of the VIEs. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital and PRC statutory reserves of the consolidated VIEs totaled $79.9 million. As all of the consolidated VIEs are incorporated as limited liability companies under the PRC Company Law, creditors of the consolidated VIEs do not have recourse to the general credit of the Sohu Group for any of the liabilities of the consolidated VIEs. Currently there is no contractual arrangement that could require the Sohu Group to provide additional financial support to the consolidated VIEs. As the Sohu Group is conducting certain business in the PRC mainly through the consolidated VIEs, the Group may provide such support on a discretionary basis in the future, which could expose the Group to a loss. The Sohu Group classified the consolidated VIEs within the Sohu Group as principal VIEs or immaterial VIEs based on certain criteria, such as the VIEs’ total assets or revenues. The following is a summary of the principal VIEs within the Sohu Group: Basic Information for Principal VIEs and Subsidiaries of Principal VIEs For Sohu’s Business
Beijing Century High Tech Investment Co., Ltd. (“High Century”) was incorporated in 2001. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of High Century was $4.6 million and Dr. Charles Zhang and Wei Li held 80% and 20% interests, respectively, in this entity.
Beijing Heng Da Yi Tong Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Heng Da Yi Tong”) was incorporated in 2002. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Heng Da Yi Tong was $1.2 million and Dr. Charles Zhang and Wei Li held 80% and 20% interests, respectively, in this entity.
Sohu Internet was incorporated in 2003. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Sohu Internet was $1.6 million and High Century held a 100% interest in this entity.
Beijing Sohu Donglin Advertising Co., Ltd. (“Donglin”) was incorporated in 2010. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Donglin was $1.5 million and Sohu Internet held a 100% interest in this entity.
Tianjin Jinhu Culture Development Co., Ltd. (“Tianjin Jinhu”) was incorporated in 2011. In October, 2016, Ye Deng transferred its 50% equity interest in Tianjin Jinhu to Xiufeng Deng. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Tianjin Jinhu was $0.5 million and Xiufeng Deng and Xuemei Zhang each held a 50% interest in this entity.
Guangzhou Qianjun was acquired in November 2014. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Guangzhou Qianjun was $3.3 million and Tianjin Jinhu held a 100% interest in this entity.
Beijing Focus Interactive Information Service Co., Ltd. (“Focus Interactive”) was incorporated in July 2014. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Focus Interactive was $1.6 million and Heng Da Yi Tong held 100% of the equity interests in this entity. For Sogou’s Business
Sogou Information was incorporated in 2005. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Sogou Information was $2.5 million and Xiaochuan Wang, Sogou’s Chief Executive Officer, High Century and Tencent held 10%, 45% and 45% interests, respectively, in this entity.
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Gamease was incorporated in 2007. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Gamease was $1.3 million and High Century held a 100% interest in this entity.
Beijing Guanyou Gamespace Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (“Guanyou Gamespace”) was incorporated in 2010. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Guanyou Gamespace was $1.5 million and Beijing Changyou Star Digital Technology Co., Ltd (“Changyou Star”) held a 100% interest in this entity.
Shanghai ICE Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai ICE”) was acquired by Changyou in 2010. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Shanghai ICE was $1.2 million and Gamease held a 100% interest in this entity.
Baina (Wuhan) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Wuhan Baina Information”) was acquired by Gamease in July 2014. As of September 30, 2017, the registered capital of Wuhan Baina Information was $3.0 million and Changyou Star and Yongzhi Yang, the former chief executive officer of MoboTap, held 60% and 40% interests, respectively, in this entity. Financial Information The following financial information of the Sohu Group’s consolidated VIEs (including subsidiaries of VIEs) is included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements (in thousands):
Summary of Significant Agreements Currently in Effect Agreements Between Subsidiaries, Consolidated VIEs and Nominee Shareholders Loan and share pledge agreement between Sohu Media and the shareholders of High Century: The agreement provides for loans to the shareholders of High Century for them to make contributions to the registered capital of High Century in exchange for the equity interests in High Century, and the shareholders pledge those equity interests to Sohu Media as security for the loans. The agreement includes powers of attorney that give Sohu Media the power to appoint nominees to act on behalf of the shareholders of High Century in connection with all actions to be taken by High Century. Pursuant to the agreement, the shareholders executed in blank transfers of their equity interests in High Century, which are held by the Sohu Group’s legal department and may be completed and effected at Sohu Media’s election. Loan and share pledge agreement between Sohu Focus (HK) Limited (“Focus HK”) and the shareholders of Heng Da Yi Tong: The agreement provides for loans to the shareholders of Heng Da Yi Tong for them to make contributions to the registered capital of Heng Da Yi Tong in exchange for the equity interests in Heng Da Yi Tong, and the shareholders pledge those equity interests to Focus HK as security for the loans. The agreement includes powers of attorney that give Focus HK the power to appoint nominees to act on behalf of the shareholders of Heng Da Yi Tong in connection with all actions to be taken by Heng Da Yi Tong. Pursuant to the agreement, the shareholders executed in blank transfers of their equity interests in Heng Da Yi Tong, which are held by the Sohu Group’s legal department and may be completed and effected at Focus HK’s election. Loan and share pledge agreements between Sogou Technology and the shareholders of Sogou Information. The loan agreement provides for a loan to Xiaochuan Wang, who holds 10% of the equity interest in Sogou Information, to be used by him to make contributions to the registered capital of Sogou Information in exchange for his equity interest in Sogou Information. The loan is interest free-and is repayable on demand, but Mr. Wang may repay the loan only by transferring to Sogou Technology his equity interest in Sogou Information. Under the pledge agreement, all of the shareholders of Sogou Information pledge their equity interests to Sogou Technology to secure the performance of their obligations under the various VIE-related agreements. If any shareholder of Sogou Information breaches any of his or its obligations under any VIE-related agreements, Sogou Technology is entitled to exercise its rights as the beneficiary under the share pledge agreement. The share pledge agreement terminates only after all of the obligations of the shareholders under the various VIE-related agreements are no longer in effect. Equity interest purchase right agreements between Sogou Technology, Sogou Information and the shareholders of Sogou Information. Pursuant to these agreements, Sogou Technology and any third party designated by it have the right, exercisable at any time when it becomes legal to do so under PRC law, to purchase from the shareholders of Sogou Information all or any part of their equity interests at the lowest purchase price permissible under PRC law. Business operation agreement among Sogou Technology, Sogou Information and the shareholders of Sogou Information. The agreement sets forth the right of Sogou Technology to control the actions of the shareholders of Sogou Information. The agreement has a term of 10 years and is renewable at the request of Sogou Technology. Powers of Attorney executed by the shareholders of Sogou Information in favor of Sogou Technology with a term of 10 years and is extendable at the request of Sogou Technology. These powers of attorney give Sogou Technology the right to appoint nominees to act on behalf of each of the three Sogou Information shareholders in connection with all actions to be taken by Sogou Information.
Loan agreements and equity pledge agreements between Fox Information Technology (Tianjin) Limited (“Video Tianjin”) and the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu. The loan agreements provide for loans to the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu for them to make contributions to the registered capital of Tianjin Jinhu in exchange for the equity interests in Tianjin Jinhu. Under the equity pledge agreements, the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu pledge to Video Tianjin their equity interests in Tianjin Jinhu to secure the performance of their obligations under the loan agreements and Tianjin Jinhu’s obligations to Video Tianjin under their business agreements. The loans are interest free and are repayable on demand, but the shareholders can only repay the loans by transferring to Video Tianjin their equity interests in Tianjin Jinhu. Equity interest purchase right agreements between Video Tianjin, Tianjin Jinhu and the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu. Pursuant to these agreements, Video Tianjin and any third party designated by it have the right, exercisable at any time when it becomes legal to do so under PRC law, to purchase from the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu all or any part of their equity interests at the lowest purchase price permissible under PRC law. Business operation agreement among Video Tianjin, Tianjin Jinhu and the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu. The agreement sets forth the right of Video Tianjin to control the actions of the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu. The agreement has a term of 10 years, renewable at the request of Video Tianjin. Powers of Attorney executed by the shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu in favor of Video Tianjin with a term of 10 years, extendable at the request of Video Tianjin. These powers of attorney give Video Tianjin the right to appoint nominees to act on behalf of each of the Tianjin Jinhu shareholders in connection with all actions to be taken by Tianjin Jinhu. Loan agreements and equity pledge agreements between AmazGame and the sole shareholder of Gamease and between Gamespace and the sole shareholder of Guanyou Gamespace. The loan agreements provide for loans to the respective shareholders of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace for the shareholders to make contributions to the registered capital of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace in exchange for 100% of the equity interests in Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace. The loans are interest free and are repayable on demand, but the shareholders can only repay the loans by transferring to AmazGame and Gamespace, as the case may be, their equity interests in Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace. Under the equity pledge agreements, the respective shareholders of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace pledge to AmazGame and Gamespace, their equity interests in Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace to secure the performance of their obligations under the loan agreements and Gamease’s and Guanyou Gamespace’s obligations to AmazGame and Gamespace under the various VIE-related agreements. If the shareholders breach their obligations under any VIE-related agreements (Gamease’s or Guanyou Gamespace’s breach of any of its obligations under the various applicable VIE-related agreements will be treated as its shareholder’s breach of its obligations), including the equity pledge agreements, AmazGame and Gamespace are entitled to exercise their rights as the beneficiaries under the applicable equity pledge agreements, including all rights the respective shareholders have as shareholders of Gamease or Guanyou Gamespace. Equity interest purchase right agreements among AmazGame, Gamease and the sole shareholder of Gamease and among Gamespace, Guanyou Gamespace and the sole shareholder of Guanyou Gamespace. Pursuant to these agreements, AmazGame and Gamespace have the right, exercisable at any time if and when it is legal to do so under PRC law, to purchase from the respective shareholders of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace all or any part of their equity interests in Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace at a purchase price equal to their initial contributions to the registered capital of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace. Powers of attorney executed by the sole shareholder of Gamease in favor of AmazGame and by the sole shareholder of Guanyou Gamespace in favor of Gamespace, with a term of 10 years. These powers of attorney give the respective boards of directors of AmazGame and Gamespace the exclusive right to appoint nominees to act on behalf of their respective shareholders in connection with all actions to be taken by Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace. Business operation agreements among AmazGame, Gamease and the sole shareholder of Gamease and among Gamespace, Guanyou Gamespace and the sole shareholder of Guanyou Gamespace. These agreements set forth the right of AmazGame and Gamespace to control the actions of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace, as the case may be, and the respective shareholders of Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace. Each agreement has a term of 10 years.
Share pledge agreement among Baina Zhiyuan (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Baina Technology”), Wuhan Baina Information and the shareholders of Wuhan Baina Information, which are Gamease and Yongzhi Yang, pursuant to which the shareholders pledged to Beijing Baina Technology their equity interests in Wuhan Baina Information to secure the performance of their obligations and Wuhan Baina Information’s obligations under the various VIE-related agreements. If the shareholders breach their obligations under any VIE-related agreements (Wuhan Baina Information’s breach of any of its obligations under the various VIE-related agreements will be treated as the shareholders’ breach of their obligations), including the share pledge agreement, Beijing Baina Technology is entitled to exercise its rights as the beneficiary under the share pledge agreement, including all rights of the shareholders as shareholders of Wuhan Baina Information. Call option agreement among Beijing Baina Technology, Wuhan Baina Information, Changyou Star and Yongzhi Yang. This agreement provides to Beijing Baina Technology and any third party designated by Beijing Baina Technology the right, exercisable at any time during the term of the agreement, if and when it is legal to do so under PRC law, to purchase from Changyou Star and Yongzhi Yang all or any part of their shares in Wuhan Baina Information or to purchase from Wuhan Baina Information all or part of its assets or business at the lower of RMB1.00 (approximately $0.15) or the lowest purchase price permissible under PRC law. Business Operation Agreement among Beijing Baina Technology, Wuhan Baina Information, Changyou Star and Yongzhi Yang. This agreement grants Beijing Baina Technology effective control of Wuhan Baina Information. Business Arrangements Between Subsidiaries and Consolidated VIEs Technology consulting and service agreement between Sohu Era and Sohu Internet. Pursuant to this agreement Sohu Era has the exclusive right to provide technical consultation and other related services to Sohu Internet, in exchange for a percentage of the gross revenue of Sohu Internet. The agreement has an initial term of two years, and is renewable at the request of Sohu Era. Technology consulting and service agreement between Sogou Technology and Sogou Information. Pursuant to this agreement Sogou Technology has the exclusive right to provide technical consultation and other related services to Sogou Information in exchange for a fee. The agreement has a term of 10 years and is renewable at the request of Sogou Technology. Technology consulting and service agreement between Video Tianjin and Tianjin Jinhu. Pursuant to this agreement Video Tianjin has the exclusive right to provide technical consultation and other related services to Tianjin Jinhu in exchange for a fee. The agreement has a term of 10 years and is renewable at the request of Video Tianjin. Technology support and utilization agreements between AmazGame and Gamease and between Gamespace and Guanyou Gamespace. Pursuant to these agreements, AmazGame and Gamespace have the exclusive right to provide certain product development and application services and technology support to Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace, respectively, for a fee equal to a predetermined percentage, subject to adjustment by AmazGame or Gamespace at any time, of Gamease’s and Guanyou Gamespace’s respective revenues. Each agreement terminates only when AmazGame or Gamespace is dissolved. Services and maintenance agreements between AmazGame and Gamease between Gamespace and Guanyou Gamespace. Pursuant to these agreements, AmazGame and Gamespace, respectively, provide marketing, staffing, business operation and maintenance services to Gamease and Guanyou Gamespace, respectively, in exchange for a fee equal to the cost of providing such services plus a predetermined margin. Each agreement terminates only when AmazGame or Gamespace, as the case may be, is dissolved. Services agreement between Beijing Baina Technology and Wuhan Baina Information. Beijing Baina Technology agrees to provide Wuhan Baina Information with technical services, business consulting, capital equipment lease, market consulting, integration of systems, research and development of products and maintenance of systems. Service fees are to be determined with reference to the specific services provided, based on a transfer pricing analysis. Certain of the contractual arrangements described above between the VIEs and the related wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Sohu Group are silent regarding renewals. However, because the VIEs are controlled by the Sohu Group through powers of attorney granted to the Sohu Group by the shareholders of the VIEs, the contractual arrangements can be, and are expected to be, renewed at the subsidiaries’ election.
VIE-Related Risks It is possible that the Sohu Group’s operation of certain of its operations and businesses through VIEs could be found by PRC authorities to be in violation of PRC law and regulations prohibiting or restricting foreign ownership of companies that engage in such operations and businesses. While the Sohu Group’s management considers the possibility of such a finding by PRC regulatory authorities under current law and regulations to be remote, on January 19, 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, or (the “MOFCOM”) released on its Website for public comment a proposed PRC law (the “Draft FIE Law”) that appears to include VIEs within the scope of entities that could be considered to be foreign invested enterprises (or “FIEs”) that would be subject to restrictions under existing PRC law on foreign investment in certain categories of industry. Specifically, the Draft FIE Law introduces the concept of “actual control” for determining whether an entity is considered to be an FIE. In addition to control through direct or indirect ownership or equity, the Draft FIE Law includes control through contractual arrangements within the definition of “actual control.” If the Draft FIE Law is passed by the People’s Congress of the PRC and goes into effect in its current form, these provisions regarding control through contractual arrangements could be construed to reach the Sohu Group’s VIE arrangements, and as a result the Sohu Group’s VIEs could become explicitly subject to the current restrictions on foreign investment in certain categories of industry. The Draft FIE Law includes provisions that would exempt from the definition of foreign invested enterprises entities where the ultimate controlling shareholders are either entities organized under PRC law or individuals who are PRC citizens. The Draft FIE Law is silent as to what type of enforcement action might be taken against existing VIEs that operate in restricted or prohibited industries and are not controlled by entities organized under PRC law or individuals who are PRC citizens. If a finding were made by PRC authorities, under existing law and regulations or under the Draft FIE Law if it becomes effective, that the Sohu Group’s operation of certain of its operations and businesses through VIEs is prohibited, regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the licensing and operation of such operations and businesses would have broad discretion in dealing with such a violation, including levying fines, confiscating the Sohu Group’s income, revoking the business or operating licenses of the affected businesses, requiring the Sohu Group to restructure its ownership structure or operations, or requiring the Sohu Group to discontinue all or any portion of its operations. Any of these actions could cause significant disruption to the Sohu Group’s business operations, and have a severe adverse impact on the Sohu Group’s cash flows, financial position and operating performance. In addition, it is possible that the contracts among the Sohu Group, the Sohu Group’s VIEs and shareholders of its VIEs would not be enforceable in China if PRC government authorities or courts were to find that such contracts contravene PRC law and regulations or are otherwise not enforceable for public policy reasons. In the event that the Sohu Group was unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, the Sohu Group would not be able to exert effective control over the affected VIEs. Consequently, such VIE’s results of operations, assets and liabilities would not be included in the Sohu Group’s consolidated financial statements. If such were the case, the Sohu Group’s cash flows, financial position and operating performance would be severely adversely affected. The Sohu Group’s contractual arrangements with respect to its consolidated VIEs are in place. The Sohu Group’s management believes that such contracts are enforceable, and considers the possibility remote that PRC regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the Sohu Group’s operations and contractual relationships would find the contracts to be unenforceable. The Sohu Group’s operations and businesses rely on the operations and businesses of its VIEs, which hold certain recognized and unrecognized revenue-producing assets. The recognized revenue-producing assets include goodwill and intangible assets acquired through business acquisitions. Goodwill primarily represents the expected synergies from combining an acquired business with the Sohu Group. Intangible assets acquired through business acquisitions mainly consist of customer relationships, non-compete agreements, user bases, copyrights, trademarks and developed technologies. Unrecognized revenue-producing assets mainly consist of licenses and intellectual property. Licenses include operations licenses, such as Internet information service licenses and licenses for providing content. Intellectual property developed by the Sohu Group mainly consists of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and domain names. The Sohu Group’s operations and businesses may be adversely impacted if the Sohu Group loses the ability to use and enjoy assets held by these VIEs. |
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| Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity | 12. SOHU.COM INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY Takeover Defense Sohu intends to adopt appropriate defensive measures in the future on a case by case basis as and to the extent that Sohu’s Board of Directors determines that such measures are necessary or advisable to protect Sohu stockholder value in the face of any coercive takeover threats or to prevent an acquirer from gaining control of Sohu without offering fair and adequate price and terms.
Treasury Stock Treasury stock consists of shares repurchased by Sohu.com Inc. that are no longer outstanding and are held by Sohu.com Inc. Treasury stock is accounted for under the cost method. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock. Stock Incentive Plans Sohu (excluding Sohu Video), Sogou, Changyou, and Sohu Video have incentive plans for the granting of share-based awards, including options and restricted share units, to their directors, management and other key employees. Sohu.com Inc. Share-based Awards Sohu’s 2010 Stock Incentive Plan On July 2, 2010, the Company’s shareholders adopted the Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, which provides for the issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of common stock, including stock issued pursuant to the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units and pursuant to the exercise of stock options. The maximum term of any stock right granted under the Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan is ten years from the grant date. The Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan will expire on July 1, 2020. As of September 30, 2017, 587,280 shares were available for grant under the Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. Summary of Stock Option Activity In February 2015, May 2016 and September 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors approved contractual grants to members of the Company’s management and key employees of options for the purchase of an aggregate of 1,068,000, 13,000 and 32,000 shares of common stock, respectively, with nominal exercise prices of $0.001. These stock options vest and become exercisable in four equal installments over a period of four years, with each installment vesting upon the satisfaction of a service period requirement and certain subjective performance targets. These stock options are substantially similar to restricted stock units except for the nominal exercise price, which would be zero for restricted stock units. Under ASC 718-10-25 and ASC 718-10-55, no grant date can be established for these stock options until a mutual understanding is reached between the Company and the recipients clarifying the subjective performance requirements. If the service inception date preceded the grant date, compensation expense should be accrued beginning on the service inception date, and re-measured on each subsequent reporting date before the grant date is established, based on the then-current fair value of the awards. To determine the fair value of these stock options, the public market price of the underlying shares at each reporting date is used and a binomial valuation model is applied. On February 7, 2016, February 7, 2017, and May 1, 2017, 253,250, 175,000, and 3,250, respectively, of these stock options had been granted and had become vested on their respective vesting dates, as a mutual understanding of the subjective performance targets was reached between the Company and the recipients, the targets had been satisfied, and the service period requirements had been fulfilled. The cumulative share-based compensation expense for these granted stock options has been adjusted and fixed based on their aggregate fair value at the grant date of $10.8 million, $7.0 million, and $0.1 million, respectively.
A summary of stock option activity under the Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is presented below:
Note (1): The aggregated intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the difference between Sohu’s closing stock price of $56.16 on September 30, 2017 and the nominal exercise prices of the stock options. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, total share-based compensation expense recognized for these stock options was $4.0 million and $3.9 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, total share-based compensation expense recognized for these stock options was $5.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively. Summary of Restricted Stock Unit Activity A summary of restricted stock unit activity under the Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is presented below:
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, total share-based compensation expense recognized for restricted stock units was $82,828 and $227,791, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, total share-based compensation expense recognized for restricted stock units was $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, there was negative $2.0 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock units. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.25 years. The total fair value on their respective vesting dates of restricted stock units that vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 was nil and $86,078, respectively. The total fair value on their respective vesting dates of restricted stock units that vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
Sogou Inc. Share-based Awards Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan Sogou adopted a share incentive plan on October 20, 2010. The number of Sogou ordinary shares issuable under the plan was 41,500,000 after an amendment that was effective August 22, 2014 (as amended, the “Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan”). Awards of share rights may be granted under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan to management and employees of Sogou and of any present or future parents or subsidiaries or VIEs of Sogou. The maximum term of any share right granted under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan is ten years from the grant date. The Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan will expire on October 19, 2020. As of September 30, 2017, Sogou had contractually granted options for the purchase of 38,048,189 Sogou ordinary shares under the 2010 Sogou Share Incentive Plan. Of the contractually-granted Sogou share options for the purchase of 38,048,189 Sogou ordinary shares, options for the purchase of 30,828,189 Sogou ordinary shares vest and become exercisable upon a service period requirement being met, as well as Sogou’s achievement of performance targets for the corresponding period. Subject to achievement of the applicable performance targets, of these Sogou share options for the purchase of 30,828,189 Sogou ordinary shares, options for the purchase of 29,727,589 Sogou ordinary shares vest and become exercisable in four equal installments and options for the purchase of 1,100,600 Sogou ordinary shares vest and become exercisable in two to four installments over varying periods. For purposes of recognition of share-based compensation expense, each installment is considered to be granted as of the date that the performance target has been set. As of September 30, 2017, Sogou had granted options for the purchase of 25,232,745 Sogou ordinary shares under the 2010 Sogou Share Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2017, options for the purchase of 25,167,933 Sogou ordinary shares had become vested and exercisable because both the service period and the performance requirements had been met, and of such vested options, options for the purchase of 25,163,373 Sogou ordinary shares had been exercised. Of the contractually granted Sogou share options, options for the purchase of 7,220,000 Sogou ordinary shares vest and become exercisable subject to the completion of an IPO. Of the granted options for the purchase of 7,220,000 ordinary shares, option for the purchase of 7,200,000 ordinary Shares vest and become exercisable in five equal installments, with (i) the first installment vesting upon Sogou’s IPO and the expiration of all underwriters’ lockup periods applicable to Sogou’s IPO, and (ii) each of the four subsequent installments vesting on the first, second, third and fourth anniversary dates, respectively, of the closing of Sogou’s IPO. The remaining options for the purchase of 20,000 ordinary Shares vest and become exercisable on the later of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date or (ii) the expiration date of all underwriters’ lockup periods applicable to an IPO, if the company has completed the IPO on or prior to the first anniversary of the grant date. The completion of an IPO is considered to be a performance condition of the awards. An IPO is not considered to be probable until it is completed. Under ASC 718, compensation cost should be accrued if it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved and should not be accrued if it is not probable that the performance condition will be achieved. As a result, no compensation expense will be recognized related to these Sogou share options until the completion of an IPO, and hence no share-based compensation expense was recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 for the options for the purchase of 7,220,000 Sogou ordinary shares that are subject to vesting upon completion of Sogou’s IPO. As of September 30, 2017, for purposes of recognition of share-based compensation expense, Sogou had granted Sogou share options for the purchase of 32,452,745 Sogou ordinary shares, of which options for the purchase of 7,289,372 Sogou ordinary shares were outstanding. A summary of Sogou share option activity under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is presented below:
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, total share-based compensation expense recognized for share options under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan was $48,133 and $0.7 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, total share-based compensation expense recognized for share options under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan was $0.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, there was $3.0 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested Sogou share options granted under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan. An expense of $14,095 is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.1 years. The fair value of the ordinary shares of Sogou was assessed using the income approach /discounted cash flow method, with a discount for lack of marketability, given that the shares underlying the awards were not publicly traded at the time of grant, and was determined with the assistance of a qualified professional appraiser using management’s estimates and assumptions. This assessment required complex and subjective judgments regarding Sogou’s projected financial and operating results, its unique business risks, the liquidity of its ordinary shares and its operating history and prospects at the time the grants were made. The fair value of the Sogou share options granted to Sogou management and key employees was estimated on the date of grant using the Binomial option - pricing model (the “BP Model”) with the following assumptions used:
Sogou estimated the risk-free rate based on the market yields of U.S. Treasury securities with an estimated country-risk differential as of the valuation date. An exercise multiple was estimated as the ratio of the fair value of the Sogou ordinary shares over the exercise price as of the time the Sogou share option is exercised, based on consideration of research studies regarding exercise patterns based on historical statistical data. In Sogou’s valuation analysis, a multiple of two was applied for employees and a multiple of three was applied for management. Sogou estimated the forfeiture rate to be 0% or 1% for the Sogou share options granted to Sogou management and 12% for the Sogou share options granted to Sogou employees. As there is no trading market for Sogou’s ordinary shares, the expected volatility at the valuation date was estimated based on the historical volatility of comparable companies for the period before the grant date with length commensurate with the expected term of the Sogou share options. Sogou has no history or expectation of paying dividends on its ordinary shares. Accordingly, the dividend yield was estimated to be 0%. Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement Under an arrangement (the “Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement”) that was approved by the boards of directors of Sohu and Sogou in March 2011, Sohu has the right to provide to members of Sohu’s Board of Directors, management and key employees of the Sohu Group the opportunity to purchase from Sohu up to 12,000,000 ordinary shares of Sogou at a fixed exercise price of $0.625 or $0.001 per share. Of these 12,000,000 ordinary shares, 8,800,000 are Sogou ordinary shares previously held by Sohu and 3,200,000 are Sogou ordinary shares that were newly-issued on April 14, 2011 by Sogou to Sohu at a price of $0.625 per share, or a total of $2.0 million. As of September 30, 2017, Sohu had contractually granted options for the purchase of 8,305,000 Sogou ordinary shares to members of Sohu’s Board of Directors, management and other key employees under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement. Of the contractually-granted Sogou share options for the purchase of 8,305,000 Sogou ordinary shares, options for the purchase of 8,290,000 Sogou ordinary shares vest and become exercisable in four equal installments, with each installment vesting upon a service period requirement for Sohu’s management and key employees being met, as well as Sogou’s achievement of performance targets for the corresponding period. For purposes of recognition of share-based compensation expense, each installment is considered to be granted as of the date that the performance target has been set. As of September 30, 2017, Sohu had granted Sogou share options for the purchase of 8,290,000 Sogou ordinary shares under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement. As of September 30, 2017, options for the purchase of 8,290,000 Sogou ordinary shares had become vested and exercisable because both the service period and the performance requirements had been met, and vested options for the purchase of 8,290,000 Sogou ordinary shares had been exercised.
Options for the purchase of 15,000 Sogou ordinary shares that were granted to members of Sohu’s Board of Directors in 2015 vested and became exercisable in 2015, as the service period requirement for vesting had been met. In March 2013, Sohu granted options for the purchase of 2,400,000 Sogou ordinary shares to the then President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sohu Group. These options were to vest and become exercisable in five equal installments, with (i) the first installment vesting upon Sogou’s IPO and the expiration of all underwriters’ lockup periods applicable to the IPO, and (ii) each of the four subsequent installments vesting on the first, second, third and fourth anniversary dates, respectively, of the completion of Sogou’s IPO. All installments of the Sogou share options for the purchase of 2,400,000 Sogou ordinary shares that were subject to vesting upon the completion of Sogou’s IPO were considered granted upon the issuance of the options. The completion of a firm commitment IPO is considered to be a performance condition of the awards. An IPO event is not considered to be probable until it is completed. Under ASC 718, compensation cost should be accrued if it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved and should not be accrued if it is not probable that the performance condition will be achieved. As a result, no compensation expense was to be recognized related to these Sogou share options until the completion of an IPO. Pursuant to the option agreements, these options for the purchase of 2,400,000 shares were forfeited upon the resignation of the former President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2016. As of September 30, 2017, for purposes of recognition of share-based compensation expense, Sohu had granted options for the purchase of 8,305,000 Sogou ordinary shares, of which options for the purchase of 12,000 Sogou ordinary shares were outstanding. A summary of Sogou share option activity under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is presented below:
For both the three and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, total share-based compensation expense recognized for share options under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement was nil. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, total share-based compensation expense recognized for share options under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement was $3,094 and $0.3 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested Sogou share options. The method used to determine the fair value of Sogou share options granted to members of Sohu’s Board of Directors, management and other employees was the same as the method used for the Sogou share options granted to Sogou’s management and key employees as described above. There was no share-based compensation expense recognized under the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. Sogou Share Repurchase Transaction In January 2017, Sogou repurchased 720,000 of its Class A Ordinary Shares from the former President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sohu Group for an aggregate price of $7.2 million. Approximately $4.0 million incremental share-based compensation expense associated with the repurchase, which was made pursuant to letter agreements entered into in 2016 between the Sohu Group and the former President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sohu Group in connection with her resignation, which amount is equal to the excess of the repurchase price over the fair value of Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares as of the repurchase date, related to events occurring in 2016 and was recorded in the Sohu Group’s statements of comprehensive income for the first quarter of 2017. The Group assessed the impact and determined that it was not material to the quarter ended December 31, 2016, the year ended December 31, 2016, or the nine months ended September 30, 2017.
Option Modification In the first and second quarter of 2013, a portion of the Sogou share options granted under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan and the Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement were exercised early, and the resulting Sogou ordinary shares issued upon exercise were transferred to trusts with the original option grantees as beneficiaries. The trusts will distribute the Sogou ordinary shares to those beneficiaries in installments based on the vesting requirements under the original option agreements. Although these trust arrangements caused a modification of the terms of these Sogou share options, the modification was not considered substantive. Accordingly, no incremental fair value related to these Sogou ordinary shares resulted from the modification, and the remaining share-based compensation expense for these Sogou ordinary shares continued to be recognized over the original remaining vesting period. As of September 30, 2017, 10,327,500 Sogou ordinary shares that were purchased upon the early exercise of options granted under the Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan remained unvested in accordance with the vesting requirements under the original option agreements. All Sogou ordinary shares purchased upon such early-exercise are included in the disclosures under the heading “Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan” and “Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement” above. Tencent Share-based Awards Granted to Employees Who Transferred to Sogou with the Soso Search and Search-related Business Certain persons who became Sogou employees when Tencent’s Soso search and search-related businesses were transferred to Sogou on September 16, 2013 had been granted restricted share units under Tencent’s share award arrangements prior to the transfer of the businesses. Following the transfer of the businesses, these Tencent restricted share units will continue to vest under the original Tencent share award arrangements provided the transferred employees continue to be employed by Sogou during the requisite service period. After the transfer of the Soso search and search-related businesses to Sogou, Sogou applied the guidance in ASC 505-50 to measure the related compensation expense, based on the then-current fair value at each reporting date, which is deemed to have been incurred by Tencent as an investor on Sogou’s behalf. To determine the then-current fair value of the Tencent restricted share units granted to these employees, the public market price of the underlying shares at each reporting date was applied. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, share-based compensation expense of $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, related to these Tencent restricted share units was recognized in the Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, share-based compensation expense of negative $38,458 and $0.8 million, respectively, related to these Tencent restricted share units was recognized in the Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. As of September 30, 2017, there was $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to these unvested Tencent restricted share units. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.76 years. Changyou.com Limited Share-based Awards Changyou’s 2008 Share Incentive Plan Changyou’s 2008 Share Incentive Plan (the “Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan”) originally provided for the issuance of up to 2,000,000 Changyou ordinary shares, including Changyou ordinary shares issued pursuant to the exercise of share options and upon vesting and settlement of restricted share units. The 2,000,000 reserved Changyou ordinary shares became 20,000,000 Changyou ordinary shares in March 2009 when Changyou effected a ten-for-one share split of its ordinary shares. Most of the awards granted under the Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan vest over a period of four years. The maximum term of any share right granted under the Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan is ten years from the grant date. The Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan will expire in August 2018. Prior to the completion of Changyou’s IPO, Changyou had granted under the Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan 15,000,000 Changyou ordinary shares to its former chief executive officer Tao Wang, through Prominence Investments Ltd., which is an entity that may be deemed under applicable rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to be beneficially owned by Tao Wang. Through September 30, 2017, Changyou had also granted under the Changyou 2008 Share Incentive Plan restricted share units, settleable upon vesting by the issuance of an aggregate of 4,614,098 Changyou ordinary shares, to certain members of its management other than Tao Wang, and certain other Changyou employees. Share-based Awards granted before Changyou’s IPO All of the restricted Changyou ordinary shares and restricted share units granted before Changyou’s IPO became vested by the end of 2013. Hence there has been no share-based compensation expense recognized with respect to such restricted Changyou ordinary shares and restricted share units since their respective vesting dates.
Share-based Awards granted after Changyou’s IPO Through September 30, 2017, in addition to the share-based awards granted before Changyou’s IPO, Changyou had granted restricted share units, settleable upon vesting with the issuance of an aggregate of 1,581,226 Changyou ordinary shares, to certain members of its management other than Tao Wang and to certain of its other employees. These Changyou restricted share units are subject to vesting over a four-year period commencing on their grant dates. Share-based compensation expense for such Changyou restricted share units is recognized on an accelerated basis over the requisite service period. The fair value of Changyou restricted share units was determined based on the market price of Changyou’s ADSs on the grant date. A summary of activity for these restricted share units as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is presented below:
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, total share-based compensation expense recognized for the above restricted share units was $9,000 and $27,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, total share-based compensation expense recognized for the above restricted share units was $22,000 and $66,000, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, there was $3,000 of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted share units that were unvested. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.25 years. No restricted share units vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. The total fair value of these restricted share units that vested during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was both nil. Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan On June 27, 2014, Changyou reserved 2,000,000 of its Class A ordinary shares under the Changyou.com Limited 2014 Share Incentive Plan (the “Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan”) for the purpose of making share incentive awards to certain members of its management and key employees. On November 2, 2014, the number of Class A ordinary shares reserved under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan increased from 2,000,000 to 6,000,000. The maximum term of any share right granted under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan is ten years from the grant date. The Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan will expire in June 2024. As of September 30, 2017, 2,962,000 shares were available for grant under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan. Summary of Share Option Activity On November 2, 2014, Changyou approved the contractual grant of an aggregate of 2,416,000 Class A restricted share units to certain members of its management and certain other employees. On February 16, 2015, Changyou’s Board of Directors approved the conversion of 2,400,000 of these Class A restricted share units into options for the purchase of Class A ordinary shares at an exercise price of $0.01. On June 1, 2015, Changyou’s Board of Directors approved the contractual grant of options for the purchase of an aggregate of 1,998,000 Class A ordinary shares to certain members of its management and certain other employees at an exercise price of $0.01. On July 28, 2016, Changyou’s Board of Directors approved the contractual grant of options for the purchase of an aggregate of 100,000 Class A ordinary shares to certain member of its management at an exercise price of $0.01. These Changyou share options vest in four equal installments over a period of four years, with each installment vesting upon satisfaction of a service period requirement and the achievement of certain subjective performance targets. These Changyou share options are substantially similar to restricted share units except for the nominal exercise price, which would be zero for restricted share units.
Under ASC 718-10-25 and ASC 718-10-55, no grant date can be established until a mutual understanding is reached between the Company and the recipients clarifying the subjective performance requirements. If the service inception date preceded the grant date, compensation expense should be accrued beginning on the service inception date, and re-measured on each subsequent reporting date before the grant date is established, based on the then-current fair value of the awards. To determine the fair value of these Changyou share options, the public market price of the underlying Changyou Class A ordinary shares at each reporting date is used and a binomial valuation model is applied. As of September 30, 2017, 1,549,000 of these Changyou share options had been granted and had become vested on their respective vesting dates, as a mutual understanding of the subjective performance targets had been reached between Changyou and the recipients, the targets had been satisfied, and the service period requirements had been fulfilled. The cumulative share-based compensation expense for these granted share options has been adjusted and fixed based on their aggregate fair value at the grant date of $20.0 million. A summary of share option activity under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is presented below:
Note (1): The aggregated intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the difference between Changyou’s closing price of $39.61 per ADS, or $19.81 per Class A ordinary share, on September 30, 2017 and the nominal exercise price of share option. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, share-based compensation expense recognized for these share options under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan was $2.2 million and $17.2 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, share-based compensation expense recognized for these share options under the Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan was $7.2 million and $9.3 million, respectively. Sohu Video Share-based Awards On January 4, 2012, Sohu Video adopted the Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan, under which 25,000,000 ordinary shares of Sohu Video are reserved for the purpose of making share incentive awards to management and key employees of Sohu Video and to Sohu management. The maximum term of any share incentive award granted under the Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan is ten years from the grant date. The Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan will expire on January 3, 2021. As of September 30, 2017, grants of options for the purchase of 16,368,200 ordinary shares of Sohu Video had been contractually made and were subject to vesting in four equal installments, with each installment vesting upon a service period requirement being met, as well as Sohu Video’s achievement of performance targets for the corresponding period. For purposes of ASC 718-10-25, as of September 30, 2017, no grant date had occurred, because the broader terms and conditions of the option awards had neither been finalized nor mutually agreed upon with the recipients. As of September 30, 2017, options for the purchase of 4,972,800 Sohu Video ordinary shares were vested. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, total share-based compensation expense recognized for vested options under the Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan was negative $50,000 and negative $149,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, total share-based compensation expense recognized for vested options under the Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan was $149,000 and negative $448,000, respectively.
The fair value as of September 30, 2017 of the Sohu Video options contractually granted to management and key employees of Sohu Video and to Sohu management was estimated on the reporting date using the BP Model, with the following assumptions used:
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| Noncontrolling Interest | 13. NONCONTROLLING INTEREST The noncontrolling interests in the Sohu Group’s consolidated financial statements primarily consist of noncontrolling interests for Sogou and Changyou. Noncontrolling Interest in the Consolidated Balance Sheets As of December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017, noncontrolling interest in the consolidated balance sheets was $564.2 million and $649.9 million, respectively.
Noncontrolling Interest of Sogou As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, noncontrolling interest of Sogou of $223.6 million and $165.6 million, respectively, was recognized in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets, representing Sogou’s cumulative results of operations attributable to shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc., and reflecting the reclassification of Sogou’s share-based compensation expense from shareholders’ additional paid-in capital to noncontrolling interest, the investments of shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc. in Preferred Shares and Ordinary Shares of Sogou, the repurchase of Sogou Series A Preferred Shares from noncontrolling shareholders in March 2014 and September 2015, and Sogou’s repurchase of Class A Ordinary Shares from noncontrolling shareholders in June 2014 and January 2017. Noncontrolling Interest of Changyou As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, noncontrolling interest of Changyou of $426.1 million and $398.6 million, respectively, was recognized in the Sohu Group’s consolidated balance sheets, representing a 32% and a 31% economic interest in Changyou’s net assets held by shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc., and reflected the reclassification of Changyou’s share-based compensation expense from shareholders’ additional paid-in capital to noncontrolling interest.
Noncontrolling Interest in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income was $1.9 million and $60.0 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income was $32.8 million and $80.2 million, respectively.
Noncontrolling Interest of Sogou For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, net income of $31.2 million and $20.3 million, respectively, attributable to the noncontrolling interest of Sogou was recognized in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income, representing Sogou’s net income attributable to shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc. Noncontrolling Interest of Changyou For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, net loss of $29.2 million and net income $12.5 million, respectively, attributable to the noncontrolling interest of Changyou, was recognized in the Sohu Group’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income, representing a 32% and a 31% economic interest in Changyou attributable to shareholders other than Sohu.com Inc. |
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| Net Income /(Loss) per Share | 14. NET INCOME /(LOSS) PER SHARE Basic net income /(loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income /(loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares comprise shares issuable upon the exercise or settlement of share-based awards using the treasury stock method. The dilutive effect of share-based awards with performance requirements is not considered before the performance targets are actually met. The computation of diluted net income /(loss) per share does not assume conversion, exercise, or contingent issuance of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e. an increase in earnings per share amounts or a decrease in loss per share amounts) on net income /(loss) per share. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, 247,000 and 273,000, respectively, common shares potentially issuable upon the exercise or settlement of share-based awards using the treasury stock method were anti-dilutive and excluded from the denominator for calculation of diluted net loss per share. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, 214,000 and 241,000, respectively, common shares potentially issuable upon the exercise or settlement of share-based awards using the treasury stock method were anti-dilutive and excluded from the denominator for calculation of diluted net loss per share. Additionally, for purposes of calculating the numerator of diluted net income /(loss) per share, the net income /(loss) attributable to Sohu.com Inc. is adjusted as follows. The adjustment will not be made if there is an anti-dilutive effect.
In the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted net income /(loss) per share, assuming a dilutive effect, the percentage of Sohu.com Inc.’s shareholding in Sogou was calculated by treating convertible preferred shares issued by Sogou as having been converted at the beginning of the period and unvested Sogou share options with the performance targets achieved as well as vested but unexercised Sogou share options as having been exercised during the period. The dilutive effect of share-based awards with a performance requirement was not considered before the performance targets were actually met. The effect of this calculation is presented as “incremental dilution from Sogou” in the table below. Assuming an anti-dilutive effect, all of these Sogou shares and share options are excluded from the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted income /(loss) per share. As a result, Sogou’s net income /(loss) attributable to Sohu.com Inc. on a diluted basis equals the number used for the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s basic net income /(loss) per share. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, all of these Sogou shares and share options had an anti-dilutive effect, and therefore were excluded from the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted net income /(loss) per share, and “incremental dilution from Sogou” in the table below was zero.
In the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted net income /(loss) per share, assuming a dilutive effect, all of Changyou’s existing unvested restricted share units and share options, and vested restricted share units and share options that have not yet been settled, are treated as vested and settled by Changyou under the treasury stock method, causing the percentage of the weighted average number of shares held by Sohu.com Inc. in Changyou to decrease. As a result, Changyou’s net income /(loss) attributable to Sohu.com Inc. on a diluted basis decreased accordingly. The effect of this calculation is presented as “incremental dilution from Changyou” in the table below. Assuming an anti-dilutive effect, all of these Changyou restricted share units and share options are excluded from the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted net income /(loss) per share. As a result, Changyou’s net income /(loss) attributable to Sohu.com Inc. on a diluted basis equals the number used for the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s basic net income /(loss) per share. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, all of these Changyou restricted share units and share options had an anti-dilutive effect, and therefore were excluded in the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted net income /(loss) per share, and “incremental dilution from Changyou” for the three months ended September 30, 2017 in the table below was zero. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, a portion of these Changyou restricted share units and share options had a dilutive effect, and therefore was included in the calculation of Sohu.com Inc.’s diluted net income /(loss) per share. This impact is presented as “incremental dilution from Changyou” for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 in the table below. The following table presents the calculation of the Sohu Group’s basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share data).
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15. IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS Revenue from Contracts with Customers. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, ‘‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).’’ This guidance supersedes current guidance on revenue recognition in Topic 605, ‘‘Revenue Recognition.” In addition, there are disclosure requirements related to the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue recognition. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14 to defer the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 for all entities by one year. For public business entities that follow U.S. GAAP, the deferral results in the new revenue standard are being effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Sohu Group will apply the new revenue standard beginning January 1, 2018, and will not early adopt. The Sohu Group has set up an implementation team that is currently in the process of analyzing each of the Sohu Group’s revenue streams in accordance with the new revenue standard to determine the impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements. The Sohu Group plans to continue the evaluation, analysis, and documentation of its adoption of ASU 2014-09 (including those subsequently issued updates that clarify ASU 2014-09’s provisions) throughout 2017 as the Sohu Group works towards the implementation and finalizes its determination of the impact that the adoption will have on its consolidated financial statements. Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. On January 5, 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 (“ASU 2016-01”), Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which amends certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. This amendment requires all equity investments to be measured at fair value, with changes in the fair value recognized through net income (other than those accounted for under equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee). This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Sohu Group is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its consolidated financial statements. Leases. On February 25, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”), Leases. ASU 2016-02 specifies the accounting for leases. For operating leases, ASU 2016-02 requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, in its balance sheet. The standard also requires a lessee to recognize a single lease cost, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term, on a generally straight-line basis. In addition, this standard requires both lessees and lessors to disclose certain key information about lease transactions. ASU 2016-02 is effective for public companies for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Sohu Group is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its consolidated financial statements. Compensation – Stock Compensation. On March 30, 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09 (“ASU 2016-09”), Compensation – Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which relates to the accounting for employee share-based payments. This standard addresses several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions, including: (a) income tax consequences; (b) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities; (c) classification on the statement of cash flows; and (d) accounting for forfeitures of share-based payments. This guidance became effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Group adopted this new guidance on January 1, 2017. The Sohu Group elected to continue to account for forfeitures by estimating expected forfeitures, and this standard does not have a material impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements. Financial Instruments-Credit Losses. In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), which requires entities to measure all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This replaces the existing incurred loss model and is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early application will be permitted for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. The Sohu Group is currently evaluating the impact that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Statement of Cash Flows – Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. In August 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows – Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, which clarifies the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Sohu Group is currently evaluating the impact that the standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. In November 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash. The guidance requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim period within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The standard should be applied to each period presented using a retrospective transition method. The Sohu Group is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its consolidated financial statements. Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which clarifies the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The standard should be applied prospectively on or after the effective date. The Sohu Group will evaluate the impact of adopting this standard prospectively upon any transactions of acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-04, “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” The guidance removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The guidance should be adopted on a prospective basis for the annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Sohu Group is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its consolidated financial statements. |
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| Subsequent Event | 16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS As previously disclosed in Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on October 13, 2017 and October 27, 2017, on October 13, 2017 Sogou filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 relating to a proposed IPO of American depositary shares (“ADSs”) representing Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares, and on October 27, 2017 Sogou filed with the SEC an amendment to the Form F-1 that included the number of ADSs proposed to be offered and the estimated price range for the proposed IPO. Sogou intends to apply to have the ADSs listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SOGO.” The proposed offering of Sogou ADSs will only be made by means of a prospectus. The registration statement has not yet become effective. The ADSs may not be sold, nor may any offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. Market conditions, adverse changes in Sogou’s business or prospects, or other factors could prevent Sogou from conducting and completing the proposed IPO. On October 25, 2017, Sohu received from ICBC pursuant to the loan arrangements with ICBC RMB800.0 million (or approximately $120.6 million) at an annual interest rate of 5.5%. |
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| Share-based compensation expense recognized for share awards of Sohu (excluding Sohu Video), Sogou, Changyou and Sohu Video |
Note (1): The negative amount represented re-measured compensation expense based on the then-current fair value of the awards on the reporting date. Note (2): Compensation expense for Sogou share-based awards also includes compensation expense for Tencent restricted share units that Tencent had granted to employees who transferred to Sogou with the Soso search and search-related businesses and compensation expense of $4.0 million, recognized in the first quarter of 2017 in connection with Sogou’s repurchase of Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares from the former President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sohu Group, which is equal to the excess of the repurchase price over the fair value of the Sogou Class A Ordinary Shares as of the repurchase date. |
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The following table sets forth the financial instruments, measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy, as of September 30, 2017 (in thousands):
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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| Changes in carrying value of goodwill by segment |
Note (1): Represents goodwill associated with the reclassification of assets held for sale to assets held for use in connection with MoboTap. See Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements – Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale. Note (2): Represents goodwill impairment associated with the MoboTap business recognized in the third quarter of 2017. Due to reinforced restrictions the Chinese regulatory authorities imposed on online card and board games, some of Changyou’s key distribution partners informed Changyou that they had decided to stop the distribution and promotion of card and board games in the third quarter of 2017, which had an adverse impact on MoboTap’s current performance, and also increased the uncertainty for its future operations and cash flow. As a result, Changyou determined that it is unlikely for MoboTap to gain users and grow its online card and board games revenues in China, Changyou management performed an impairment test in the third quarter of 2017 using the discounted cash flow method, and impairment charges of $86.9 million were recognized to reflect the fair value of the MoboTap business, of which an $83.5 million impairment loss was recognized for goodwill and a $3.4 million impairment loss was recognized for intangible assets. |
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VIEs (Tables) |
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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| Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note (1): The aggregated intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the difference between Changyou’s closing price of $39.61 per ADS, or $19.81 per Class A ordinary share, on September 30, 2017 and the nominal exercise price of share option. |
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| Sogou [Member] | Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Shares, outstanding | shares | 336,194,956 |
| Sogou [Member] | Series A Preferred Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Dividend rate per annum per Preferred Share | $ / shares | $ 0.0375 |
| Preferred share conversion price | $ / shares | $ 0.625 |
| Sogou [Member] | Series A Preferred Shares [Member] | Minimum [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Times over original sales price preferred shareholders entitled to receive in event of liquidation | $ / shares | 1.3 |
| Sogou [Member] | Series A Preferred Shares [Member] | Maximum [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Preferred share conversion price | $ / shares | $ 0.625 |
| Sogou [Member] | Series B Preferred Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Dividend rate per annum per Preferred Share | $ / shares | 0.411 |
| Preferred share conversion price | $ / shares | 7.267 |
| Sogou [Member] | Series B Preferred Shares [Member] | Minimum [Member] | |
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| Amount per share of preferred shares to receive in event of liquidation | $ / shares | 6.847 |
| Sogou [Member] | Series B Preferred Shares [Member] | Maximum [Member] | |
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| Preferred share conversion price | $ / shares | $ 7.267 |
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Percentage of outstanding equity capital held by parent company | 36.00% |
| Voting power held by parent | 50.00% |
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Shares, outstanding | shares | 130,920,250 |
| Shares to be purchased by Sohu management and key employees | shares | 3,707,000 |
| Sogou [Member] | Photon [Member] | Series A Preferred Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Shares, outstanding | shares | 32,000,000 |
| Sogou [Member] | Tencent [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Shares, outstanding | shares | 6,757,875 |
| Sogou [Member] | Tencent [Member] | Series B Preferred Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Shares, outstanding | shares | 65,431,579 |
| Sogou [Member] | Tencent [Member] | Non-voting Class B Ordinary Shares [Member] | |
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |
| Shares, outstanding | shares | 79,368,421 |
| Sogou [Member] | Various Employees of Sogou and Sohu [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | |
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| Shares, outstanding | shares | 21,716,831 |
| Changyou [Member] | Sohu [Member] | |
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| Percentage of outstanding equity capital held by parent company | 68.00% |
| Voting power held by parent | 95.00% |
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| Revenues | [1] | $ 93,648 | $ 109,560 | $ 286,990 | $ 357,437 | ||||||||
| Segment cost of revenues | (87,900) | (102,772) | (317,649) | (284,765) | |||||||||
| Segment gross profit | 5,748 | 6,788 | (30,659) | 72,672 | |||||||||
| SBC in cost of revenues | [2] | (278) | (266) | (619) | (255) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 5,470 | 6,522 | (31,278) | 72,417 | |||||||||
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| Product development | [3] | (29,225) | (25,043) | (82,251) | (71,606) | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | [1] | (50,239) | (66,555) | (152,233) | (194,171) | ||||||||
| General and administrative | (11,551) | (11,831) | (29,859) | (36,914) | |||||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| SBC in operating expenses | [2] | (3,753) | (5,509) | (3,304) | (4,007) | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | (94,768) | (108,938) | (267,647) | (306,698) | |||||||||
| Operating profit /(loss) | (89,298) | (102,416) | (298,925) | (234,281) | |||||||||
| Other income /(expense) | [3] | (3,534) | 1,379 | 2,799 | 3,832 | ||||||||
| Interest income | [4] | 1,731 | 2,396 | 5,130 | 6,851 | ||||||||
| Interest expense | [4] | (6,576) | (2,862) | (16,317) | (6,739) | ||||||||
| Exchange difference | (973) | (297) | (1,165) | 366 | |||||||||
| Income /(loss) before income tax benefit /(expense) | (98,650) | (101,800) | (308,478) | (229,971) | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit /(expense) | (541) | 635 | (2,413) | 1,505 | |||||||||
| Net loss | (99,191) | (101,165) | (310,891) | (228,466) | |||||||||
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| Revenues | [1] | 257,345 | 165,952 | 630,572 | 488,829 | ||||||||
| Segment cost of revenues | (130,299) | (78,788) | (323,213) | (218,394) | |||||||||
| Segment gross profit | 127,046 | 87,164 | 307,359 | 270,435 | |||||||||
| SBC in cost of revenues | [2] | 0 | (3) | (5) | (3) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 127,046 | 87,161 | 307,354 | 270,432 | |||||||||
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| Product development | [3] | (40,000) | (34,496) | (110,335) | (99,781) | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | [1] | (44,791) | (26,011) | (106,147) | (82,618) | ||||||||
| General and administrative | (6,246) | (6,409) | (16,182) | (13,972) | |||||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| SBC in operating expenses | [2] | (316) | (190) | (5,313) | (2,542) | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | (91,353) | (67,106) | (237,977) | (198,913) | |||||||||
| Operating profit /(loss) | 35,693 | 20,055 | 69,377 | 71,519 | |||||||||
| Other income /(expense) | [3] | (42) | 970 | 112 | (26,623) | ||||||||
| Interest income | [4] | 2,390 | 705 | 6,187 | 4,233 | ||||||||
| Interest expense | [4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Exchange difference | (2,475) | 481 | (5,277) | 819 | |||||||||
| Income /(loss) before income tax benefit /(expense) | 35,566 | 22,211 | 70,399 | 49,948 | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit /(expense) | (4,593) | (2,128) | (7,672) | (4,550) | |||||||||
| Net loss | 30,973 | 20,083 | 62,727 | 45,398 | |||||||||
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| Revenues | [1] | 165,572 | 135,862 | 435,803 | 394,862 | ||||||||
| Segment cost of revenues | (43,961) | (41,071) | (118,027) | (124,795) | |||||||||
| Segment gross profit | 121,611 | 94,791 | 317,776 | 270,067 | |||||||||
| SBC in cost of revenues | [2] | (4) | (26) | (72) | (36) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 121,607 | 94,765 | 317,704 | 270,031 | |||||||||
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| Product development | [3] | (35,281) | (27,410) | (91,911) | (87,785) | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | [1] | (17,467) | (18,311) | (39,785) | (43,921) | ||||||||
| General and administrative | (9,591) | (12,432) | (26,769) | (35,985) | |||||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | (86,882) | (86,882) | |||||||||||
| SBC in operating expenses | [2] | (2,204) | (7,176) | (17,151) | (9,304) | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | (151,425) | (65,329) | (262,498) | (176,995) | |||||||||
| Operating profit /(loss) | (29,818) | 29,436 | 55,206 | 93,036 | |||||||||
| Other income /(expense) | [3] | 581 | 2,691 | 5,434 | 10,060 | ||||||||
| Interest income | [4] | 8,916 | 6,929 | 23,526 | 15,135 | ||||||||
| Interest expense | [4] | (1,105) | (1,050) | (3,266) | (3,183) | ||||||||
| Exchange difference | (1,584) | 518 | (3,884) | 2,361 | |||||||||
| Income /(loss) before income tax benefit /(expense) | (23,010) | 38,524 | 77,016 | 117,409 | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit /(expense) | (10,793) | 519 | (29,278) | (12,227) | |||||||||
| Net loss | (33,803) | 39,043 | 47,738 | 105,182 | |||||||||
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| Revenues | [1] | (504) | (792) | (2,033) | (2,456) | ||||||||
| Segment cost of revenues | 48 | 42 | 118 | 259 | |||||||||
| Segment gross profit | (456) | (750) | (1,915) | (2,197) | |||||||||
| SBC in cost of revenues | [2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gross profit | (456) | (750) | (1,915) | (2,197) | |||||||||
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| Product development | [3] | 1,591 | 1,047 | 4,590 | 3,328 | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | [1] | 906 | 1,045 | 3,238 | 3,040 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 32 | 20 | 95 | 69 | |||||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| SBC in operating expenses | [2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 2,529 | 2,112 | 7,923 | 6,437 | |||||||||
| Operating profit /(loss) | 2,073 | 1,362 | 6,008 | 4,240 | |||||||||
| Other income /(expense) | [3] | (2,073) | (1,362) | (6,008) | (4,240) | ||||||||
| Interest income | [4] | (6,540) | (3,703) | (18,062) | (8,771) | ||||||||
| Interest expense | [4] | 6,540 | 3,703 | 18,062 | 8,771 | ||||||||
| Exchange difference | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Income /(loss) before income tax benefit /(expense) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit /(expense) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Net loss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Revenues | 516,061 | 410,582 | 1,351,332 | 1,238,672 | |||||||||
| Segment cost of revenues | (262,112) | (222,589) | (758,771) | (627,695) | |||||||||
| Segment gross profit | 253,949 | 187,993 | 592,561 | 610,977 | |||||||||
| SBC in cost of revenues | [2] | (282) | (295) | (696) | (294) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 253,667 | 187,698 | 591,865 | 610,683 | |||||||||
| Product development | [3] | (102,915) | (85,902) | (279,907) | (255,844) | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | [1] | (111,591) | (109,832) | (294,927) | (317,670) | ||||||||
| General and administrative | (27,356) | (30,652) | (72,715) | (86,802) | |||||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | (86,882) | 0 | (86,882) | 0 | |||||||||
| SBC in operating expenses | [2] | (6,273) | (12,875) | (25,768) | (15,853) | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | (335,017) | (239,261) | (760,199) | (676,169) | |||||||||
| Operating profit /(loss) | (81,350) | (51,563) | (168,334) | (65,486) | |||||||||
| Other income /(expense) | (5,068) | 3,678 | 2,337 | (16,971) | |||||||||
| Interest income | 6,497 | 6,327 | 16,781 | 17,448 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | (1,141) | (209) | (1,521) | (1,151) | |||||||||
| Exchange difference | (5,032) | 702 | (10,326) | 3,546 | |||||||||
| Income /(loss) before income tax benefit /(expense) | (86,094) | (41,065) | (161,063) | (62,614) | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit /(expense) | (15,927) | (974) | (39,363) | (15,272) | |||||||||
| Net loss | $ (102,021) | $ (42,039) | $ (200,426) | $ (77,886) | |||||||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 90,540 | $ 167,691 | |||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 103,400 | 100,317 | |||||
| Fixed assets, net | 198,282 | 196,839 | |||||
| Total assets | [1] | 1,134,611 | 1,241,844 | ||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | 373,141 | 286,078 | |||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 71,628 | 41,781 | |||||
| Fixed assets, net | 141,328 | 117,022 | |||||
| Total assets | [1] | 677,174 | 499,589 | ||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | 576,883 | 597,188 | |||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 105,429 | 47,150 | |||||
| Fixed assets, net | 190,124 | 189,770 | |||||
| Total assets | [1] | 1,850,960 | 1,708,037 | ||||
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| Accounts receivable, net | (85) | (81) | |||||
| Fixed assets, net | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total assets | [1] | (1,057,462) | (885,780) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,040,564 | 1,050,957 | $ 1,092,085 | $ 1,245,205 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net | 280,372 | 189,167 | |||||
| Fixed assets, net | 529,734 | 503,631 | |||||
| Total assets | $ 2,605,283 | $ 2,563,690 | |||||
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| Number of options granted | 100,000 | 1,998,000 | ||||||||
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| Number of shares authorized for issuance | 25,000,000 | |||||||||
| Percentage of outstanding ordinary shares on a fully-diluted basis | 10.00% | |||||||||
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| Number of options granted | 16,368,200 | 16,368,200 | ||||||||
| Number of options vested | 4,972,800 | 4,972,800 | ||||||||
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Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554 | $ 13,170 | $ 26,464 | $ 16,147 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 281 | 295 | 696 | 294 |
| Product development expenses [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 2,247 | 4,105 | 9,499 | 5,801 |
| Sales and marketing expenses [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 344 | 752 | 1,939 | 927 |
| General and administrative expenses [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 3,682 | $ 8,018 | $ 14,330 | $ 9,125 |
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Share-Based Compensation Expense (Share-based Compensation Expense Recognized for Share Awards of Sohu(excluding Sohu Video), Sogou, Changyou and Sohu Video) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
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Mar. 31, 2017 |
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| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554 | $ 13,170 | $ 26,464 | $ 16,147 | ||||||
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 4,086 | 5,639 | 4,088 | 4,749 | ||||||
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| Share-based compensation expense | [1] | 310 | 180 | 5,302 | 2,505 | |||||
| Sogou [Member] | Former President and CFO of Sohu Group [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | ||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 4,000 | |||||||||
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 2,208 | 7,202 | 17,223 | 9,340 | ||||||
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| Share-based compensation expense | [2] | $ (50) | $ 149 | $ (149) | $ (447) | |||||
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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) |
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Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
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| Brand advertising revenue from a related party | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 862,000 |
| Sales and marketing expense for a related party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216,000 |
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| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||||
| Brand advertising revenue from a related party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 900,000 |
| Sales and marketing expense for a related party | 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 200,000 |
| Changyou [Member] | Fox Financial [Member] | ||||
| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | ||||
| Loans payable to related parities | 29,400,000 | 29,400,000 | ||
| Loans receivable from related parities | 29,400,000 | 29,400,000 | ||
| Interest expense incurred | 200,000 | 500,000 | ||
| Interest income earned | 300,000 | 900,000 | ||
| Interest expense payable to related parities | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 | ||
| Interest income receivable from related parities | $ 1,800,000 | $ 1,800,000 | ||
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Intra-Group Loan and Share Pledge Agreement (Details) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions |
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Apr. 30, 2017
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| Sohu Media [Member] | AmazGame [Member] | Loan Agreement [Member] | ||||||||||
| Intracompany Loan and Share Pledge Agreement [Line Items] | ||||||||||
| Maximum amount of loan Sohu Media can borrow from AmazGame | $ 144.9 | ¥ 1,000.0 | ||||||||
| Annual interest rate | 6.00% | 6.00% | ||||||||
| Loans received from related parties | $ 44.3 | ¥ 300.0 | $ 29.5 | ¥ 200.0 | $ 73.8 | ¥ 500.0 | ||||
| Total outstanding balance of loan received from related parties | $ 147.6 | ¥ 1,000.0 | ||||||||
| Sohu Game [Member] | Changyou [Member] | Share Pledge Agreement [Member] | Class B ordinary shares [Member] | ||||||||||
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| Shares pledged | 11,386,228 | 13,704,663 | 13,704,663 | 11,386,228 | ||||||
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| Consecutive trading days | 10 days | |||||||||
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| Consecutive trading days | 10 days | |||||||||
| Percentage of share price drop | 20.00% | |||||||||
| Percentage of additional incremental share price drop | 20.00% | |||||||||
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Fair Value Measurements (Financial Instruments, Measured at Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
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| Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] | ||
| Restricted cash | $ 1,501 | $ 0 |
| Short-term investments | 304,300 | 247,900 |
| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | ||
| Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] | ||
| Cash equivalents | 894,099 | 626,697 |
| Restricted cash | 1,501 | |
| Short-term investments | 304,264 | 247,926 |
| Available-for-sale equity securities | 20,833 | 10,381 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in prepaid and other current assets | 3,040 | |
| Restricted time deposits | 270 | 269 |
| Total Assets | 1,220,967 | 888,313 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in other short-term liabilities | 469 | |
| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | ||
| Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] | ||
| Cash equivalents | 0 | 0 |
| Restricted cash | 0 | |
| Short-term investments | 0 | 0 |
| Available-for-sale equity securities | 20,833 | 10,381 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in prepaid and other current assets | 0 | |
| Restricted time deposits | 0 | 0 |
| Total Assets | 20,833 | 10,381 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in other short-term liabilities | 0 | |
| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | ||
| Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] | ||
| Cash equivalents | 894,099 | 626,697 |
| Restricted cash | 1,501 | |
| Short-term investments | 304,264 | 247,926 |
| Available-for-sale equity securities | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in prepaid and other current assets | 3,040 | |
| Restricted time deposits | 270 | 269 |
| Total Assets | 1,200,134 | 877,932 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in other short-term liabilities | 469 | |
| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | ||
| Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] | ||
| Cash equivalents | 0 | 0 |
| Restricted cash | 0 | |
| Short-term investments | 0 | 0 |
| Available-for-sale equity securities | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in prepaid and other current assets | 0 | |
| Restricted time deposits | 0 | 0 |
| Total Assets | 0 | $ 0 |
| Foreign exchange forward contracts recognized in other short-term liabilities | $ 0 |
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Jul. 31, 2017
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USD ($)
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Mar. 31, 2017
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USD ($)
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Apr. 30, 2015
USD ($)
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Aug. 31, 2014
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
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Mar. 31, 2017
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Sep. 30, 2016
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May 31, 2017
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Jan. 31, 2017
USD ($)
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Aug. 12, 2014
USD ($)
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May 05, 2011
USD ($)
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| Short-term Investments [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Investments in financial instruments | $ 304,300,000 | $ 304,300,000 | $ 304,300,000 | $ 247,900,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Changes in fair value of short-term investments | 3,400,000 | $ 2,800,000 | 9,100,000 | $ 5,300,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-Sale Equity Securities [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Impairment loss | 5,754,000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investments [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment amount | 86,585,000 | 86,585,000 | 86,585,000 | 74,273,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Short-term Banks Loans [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term bank loans | 61,027,000 | 61,027,000 | 61,027,000 | $ 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan received from bank | 67,785,000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Factoring Contract with recourse with HSBC [Member] | HSBC [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term Banks Loans [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term loans may borrow from bank | $ 27,100,000 | ¥ 180.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable to secure short-term bank loan | 29,800,000 | 198.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term bank loans | $ 800,000 | $ 800,000 | $ 800,000 | ¥ 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Times over short-term bank loans secured by pledge of accounts receivable | 110.00% | 110.00% | 110.00% | 110.00% | |||||||||||||||||
| Credit agreement with Ping An Bank [Member] | Ping An Bank [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term Banks Loans [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term loans may borrow from bank | $ 90,400,000 | $ 376,700,000 | $ 90,400,000 | $ 90,400,000 | ¥ 600.0 | ¥ 2,500.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Short-term bank loans | 60,300,000 | 60,300,000 | 60,300,000 | 400.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Times over reference interest rate | 150.00% | 150.00% | 115.00% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loan received from bank | $ 59,000,000 | ¥ 400.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term loan, interest rate | 65.25% | 65.25% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Credit agreement with ICBC [Member] | ICBC [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Payables [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans may borrow from bank | $ 123,000,000 | 123,000,000 | 123,000,000 | 800.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Installments of long-term loan payable | Four equal installments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional interest rate over LPR | 1.20% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term bank loans | $ 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investment in Fox Financial [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investments [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment amount in period | $ 10,500,000 | $ 16,100,000 | $ 4,800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investment amount | 25,200,000 | 25,200,000 | 25,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investment in Fox Financial [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investments [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity method investment, ownership percentage in Fox Financial, before dilution | 7.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity method investment, ownership percentage in Fox Financial, after dilution | 6.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dilution gain | $ 700,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Aggregate nominal amount of foreign exchange forward contracts | $ 100,000,000 | $ 100,000,000 | $ 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gain/(loss) from changes in fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts | 200,000 | (3,500,000) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Changyou [Member] | MoboTap [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disposal of equity interest in MoboTap | 51.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catch up of depreciation and amortization expense of the assets held for sale before the reclassification | $ 1,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Long-term Investment in Zhihu [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investments [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment amount | 18,900,000 | 18,900,000 | 18,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keyeast [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-Sale Equity Securities [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total outstanding common shares acquired and classified as available-for-sale securities | 6.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase price of available-for-sale securities | $ 15,100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Impairment loss | 5,800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fair value of available-for-sale equity securities | 7,800,000 | 7,800,000 | 7,800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hylink [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-Sale Equity Securities [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fair value of available-for-sale equity securities | $ 13,100,000 | 13,100,000 | $ 13,100,000 | ¥ 86.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of equity interest acquired and accounted under cost method | 2.00% | 2.00% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase price of equity interest acquired and accounted under cost method | $ 2,300,000 | ¥ 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of equity interest after dilution and reclassified as available-for-sale equity securities | 1.50% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized income representing change in fair value | $ 10,800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Impairment of Purchased Video Content (Details) $ in Millions |
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Jun. 30, 2017
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| Purchased video content [Member] | |
| Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] | |
| Impairment loss of purchased video content | $ 44.9 |
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Goodwill (Carrying Value of Goodwill by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
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Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
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| Goodwill [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Goodwill, Beginning Balance | $ 174,525 | ||||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Beginning Balance | (106,235) | ||||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Beginning Balance | 68,290 | ||||||||
| Transactions in Period [Abstract] | |||||||||
| Goodwill associated with MoboTap and reclassification of assets held for sale to assets held for use | [1] | 83,470 | |||||||
| Goodwill associated with an acquisition | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 1,667 | ||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | [2] | (83,470) | |||||||
| Goodwill, Ending Balance | $ 260,662 | 260,662 | |||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Ending Balance | (189,705) | (189,705) | |||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Ending Balance | 70,957 | 70,957 | |||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | 86,882 | $ 0 | 86,882 | $ 0 | |||||
| Operating Segments [Member] | Sohu [Member] | |||||||||
| Goodwill [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Goodwill, Beginning Balance | 72,011 | ||||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Beginning Balance | (35,788) | ||||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Beginning Balance | 36,223 | ||||||||
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| Goodwill associated with MoboTap and reclassification of assets held for sale to assets held for use | [1] | 0 | |||||||
| Goodwill associated with an acquisition | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 681 | ||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | [2] | 0 | |||||||
| Goodwill, Ending Balance | 73,692 | 73,692 | |||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Ending Balance | (35,788) | (35,788) | |||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Ending Balance | 37,904 | 37,904 | |||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Operating Segments [Member] | Sogou [Member] | |||||||||
| Goodwill [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Goodwill, Beginning Balance | 5,565 | ||||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Beginning Balance | 0 | ||||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Beginning Balance | 5,565 | ||||||||
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| Goodwill associated with MoboTap and reclassification of assets held for sale to assets held for use | [1] | 0 | |||||||
| Goodwill associated with an acquisition | 0 | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 251 | ||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | [2] | 0 | |||||||
| Goodwill, Ending Balance | 5,816 | 5,816 | |||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Ending Balance | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Ending Balance | 5,816 | 5,816 | |||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Operating Segments [Member] | Changyou [Member] | |||||||||
| Goodwill [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Goodwill, Beginning Balance | 96,949 | ||||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Beginning Balance | (70,447) | ||||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Beginning Balance | 26,502 | ||||||||
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| Goodwill associated with MoboTap and reclassification of assets held for sale to assets held for use | [1] | 83,470 | |||||||
| Goodwill associated with an acquisition | 0 | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | 735 | ||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | [2] | (83,470) | |||||||
| Goodwill, Ending Balance | 181,154 | 181,154 | |||||||
| Accumulated impairment losses, Ending Balance | (153,917) | (153,917) | |||||||
| Goodwill, Net, Ending Balance | 27,237 | 27,237 | |||||||
| Goodwill impairment and impairment of intangible assets acquired as part of business acquisitions | $ 86,882 | $ 86,882 | |||||||
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Taxation (PRC Corporate Income Tax) (Details) - State Administration of Taxation, China [Member] |
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Jun. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
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| Income Tax and Tax Rate [Line Items] | |||
| Unified income tax rate | 25.00% | ||
| High and New Technology Enterprises [Member] | |||
| Income Tax and Tax Rate [Line Items] | |||
| Preferential income tax rate | 15.00% | ||
| Preferential income tax rate period (years) | 3 years | ||
| Software Enterprise [Member] | |||
| Income Tax and Tax Rate [Line Items] | |||
| Preferential income tax rate | 12.50% | ||
| Preferential income tax rate period (years) | 3 years | ||
| Income tax exemption period beginning with first profitable year | 2 years | ||
| Tax rate reduction rate | 50.00% | ||
| Software Enterprise [Member] | Sohu New Momentum [Member] | |||
| Income Tax and Tax Rate [Line Items] | |||
| Preferential income tax rate | 12.50% | ||
| Key National Software Enterprise [Member] | |||
| Income Tax and Tax Rate [Line Items] | |||
| Preferential income tax rate | 10.00% | ||
| Key National Software Enterprise [Member] | AmazGame [Member] | |||
| Income Tax and Tax Rate [Line Items] | |||
| Preferential income tax rate | 10.00% |
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Taxation (PRC Withholding Tax on Dividends) (Details) $ in Millions |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
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| State Administration of Taxation, China [Member] | |
| Withholding tax on dividends [Line Items] | |
| Withholding income tax rate for dividends, foreign invested enterprises to foreign holding companies | 10.00% |
| Changyou [Member] | |
| Withholding tax on dividends [Line Items] | |
| Deferred tax liabilities related to withholding tax | $ 29.5 |
| HONG KONG | State Administration of Taxation, China [Member] | |
| Withholding tax on dividends [Line Items] | |
| Preferential withholding tax rate on dividends, foreign invested enterprises | 5.00% |
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Taxation (PRC Value-Added Tax and U.S. Corporate Income Tax) (Details) |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2017 | |
| Value added tax and income tax [Line Items] | |
| U.S. corporate income tax rate | 35.00% |
| State Administration of Taxation, China [Member] | |
| Value added tax and income tax [Line Items] | |
| Value-added tax rate | 6.00% |
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Commitments and Contingencies (Contractual Obligation) (Details) $ in Thousands |
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
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|---|---|
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | $ 85,511 |
| 2018 | 147,268 |
| 2019 | 67,284 |
| 2020 | 22,898 |
| 2021 | 3,267 |
| Thereafter | 89 |
| Total Payments Required | 326,317 |
| Purchase of cinema advertisement slot rights [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 15,795 |
| 2018 | 78,225 |
| 2019 | 43,686 |
| 2020 | 20,124 |
| 2021 | 2,858 |
| Thereafter | 79 |
| Total Payments Required | 160,767 |
| Purchase of content and services - video [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 27,087 |
| 2018 | 16,379 |
| 2019 | 18,718 |
| 2020 | 580 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | 62,764 |
| Purchase of bandwidth [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 26,827 |
| 2018 | 13,771 |
| 2019 | 1,261 |
| 2020 | 1,103 |
| 2021 | 322 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | 43,284 |
| Operating lease obligations [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 4,290 |
| 2018 | 14,417 |
| 2019 | 3,234 |
| 2020 | 1,032 |
| 2021 | 60 |
| Thereafter | 10 |
| Total Payments Required | 23,043 |
| Expenditures for operating rights for licensed games with technological feasibility [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 529 |
| 2018 | 19,154 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | 19,683 |
| Purchase of content and services - others [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 5,766 |
| 2018 | 2,483 |
| 2019 | 298 |
| 2020 | 59 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | 8,633 |
| Fees for operating rights for licensed games in development [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 1,362 |
| 2018 | 1,182 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | 2,544 |
| Expenditures for rights to titles of games in development [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 259 |
| 2018 | 1,233 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | 1,492 |
| Others [Member] | |
| Contractual Obligation [Line Items] | |
| 2017 | 3,596 |
| 2018 | 424 |
| 2019 | 87 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| Thereafter | 0 |
| Total Payments Required | $ 4,107 |
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VIEs (VIEs Consolidated within Sohu Group, Basic Information for Principal VIEs and Subsidiaries of Principal VIEs) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2017 |
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| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Aggregate amount of loans due from related parties | $ 9.4 | |
| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital and PRC statutory reserves | 79.9 | |
| High Century [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 4.6 | |
| High Century [Member] | Dr. Charles Zhang [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 80.00% | |
| High Century [Member] | Wei Li [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 20.00% | |
| Heng Da Yi Tong [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.2 | |
| Heng Da Yi Tong [Member] | Dr. Charles Zhang [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 80.00% | |
| Heng Da Yi Tong [Member] | Wei Li [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 20.00% | |
| Sohu Internet [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.6 | |
| Sohu Internet [Member] | High Century [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Donglin [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.5 | |
| Donglin [Member] | Sohu Internet [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 0.5 | |
| Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | Ye Deng [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Transferred equity interest to new shareholders, percentage | 50.00% | |
| Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | Xuemei Zhang [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 50.00% | |
| Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | Xiufeng Deng [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 50.00% | |
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| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 3.3 | |
| Guangzhou Qianjun [Member] | Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Focus Interactive [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.6 | |
| Focus Interactive [Member] | Heng Da Yi Tong [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Sogou Information [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 2.5 | |
| Sogou Information [Member] | High Century [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 45.00% | |
| Sogou Information [Member] | Xiaochuan Wang [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 10.00% | |
| Sogou Information [Member] | Tencent [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 45.00% | |
| Gamease [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.3 | |
| Gamease [Member] | High Century [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Guanyou Gamespace [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.5 | |
| Guanyou Gamespace [Member] | Changyou Star [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Shanghai ICE [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 1.2 | |
| Shanghai ICE [Member] | Gamease [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 100.00% | |
| Wuhan Baina Information [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Registered capital | $ 3.0 | |
| Wuhan Baina Information [Member] | Changyou Star [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 60.00% | |
| Wuhan Baina Information [Member] | Yongzhi Yang [Member] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Ownership percentage | 40.00% |
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VIEs (VIEs Consolidated within Sohu Group, Financial Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
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| ASSETS: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 1,040,564 | $ 1,092,085 | $ 1,040,564 | $ 1,092,085 | $ 1,050,957 | $ 1,245,205 |
| Accounts receivable, net | 280,372 | 280,372 | 189,167 | |||
| Prepaid and other current assets | 228,206 | 228,206 | 260,133 | |||
| Assets held for sale | 0 | 0 | 103,079 | |||
| Long-term investments, net | 86,585 | 86,585 | 74,273 | |||
| Fixed assets, net | 529,734 | 529,734 | 503,631 | |||
| Intangible assets, net | 31,463 | 31,463 | 32,131 | |||
| Goodwill | 70,957 | 70,957 | 68,290 | |||
| Other non-current assets | 27,162 | 27,162 | 29,100 | |||
| LIABILITIES: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | 270,939 | 270,939 | 193,209 | |||
| Accrued liabilities | 342,555 | 342,555 | 324,876 | |||
| Receipts in advance and deferred revenue | 131,723 | 131,723 | 118,951 | |||
| Liabilities held for sale | 0 | 0 | 3,902 | |||
| Long-term taxes payable | 30,901 | 30,901 | 32,625 | |||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 45,860 | 45,860 | 39,784 | |||
| Net revenue | 516,061 | 410,582 | 1,351,332 | 1,238,672 | ||
| Net income/(loss) | (102,021) | (42,039) | (200,426) | (77,886) | ||
| Net cash provided by /(used in) operating activities | 83,972 | 214,224 | ||||
| Net cash provided by /(used in) investing activities | (185,233) | (9,046) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | 57,265 | (327,591) | ||||
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| ASSETS: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 55,414 | 55,414 | 94,859 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net | 97,153 | 97,153 | 72,151 | |||
| Prepaid and other current assets | 29,986 | 29,986 | 86,722 | |||
| Assets held for sale | 0 | 0 | 12,551 | |||
| Intra-Group receivables due from the Company's subsidiaries | 386,656 | 386,656 | 197,438 | |||
| Total current assets | 569,209 | 569,209 | 463,721 | |||
| Long-term investments, net | 30,240 | 30,240 | 17,472 | |||
| Fixed assets, net | 3,023 | 3,023 | 4,372 | |||
| Intangible assets, net | 12,405 | 12,405 | 14,545 | |||
| Goodwill | 36,989 | 36,989 | 35,161 | |||
| Other non-current assets | 2,871 | 2,871 | 4,052 | |||
| Total assets | 654,737 | 654,737 | 539,323 | |||
| LIABILITIES: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | 56,945 | 56,945 | 15,824 | |||
| Accrued liabilities | 79,203 | 79,203 | 96,695 | |||
| Receipts in advance and deferred revenue | 48,307 | 48,307 | 44,797 | |||
| Liabilities held for sale | 0 | 0 | 3,232 | |||
| Other current liabilities | 96,975 | 96,975 | 111,775 | |||
| Intra-Group payables due to the Company's subsidiaries | 169,452 | 169,452 | 129,431 | |||
| Total current liabilities | 450,882 | 450,882 | 401,754 | |||
| Long-term taxes payable | 14,072 | 14,072 | 13,463 | |||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 3,954 | 3,954 | 1,273 | |||
| Intra-Group payables due to the Company's subsidiaries | 20,492 | 20,492 | 19,620 | |||
| Total liabilities | 489,400 | 489,400 | $ 436,110 | |||
| Net revenue | 224,450 | 228,599 | 649,409 | 675,281 | ||
| Net income/(loss) | $ (2,693) | $ 5,338 | 49,515 | 20,854 | ||
| Net cash provided by /(used in) operating activities | (52,043) | 20,306 | ||||
| Net cash provided by /(used in) investing activities | (1,602) | 1,061 | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | $ (131) | $ 0 | ||||
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VIEs (VIEs Consolidated within Sohu Group, Summary of Significant Agreements Currently in Effect) (Details) |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2017 | |
| Sogou Information [Member] | Xiaochuan Wang [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Ownership percentage | 10.00% |
| Sogou Technology [Member] | Shareholders of Sogou Information [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Powers of attorney term | 10 years |
| Sogou Technology [Member] | Sogou Information [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Technology consulting and service agreement term | 10 years |
| Sogou Technology [Member] | Sogou Information [Member] | Shareholders of Sogou Information [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Business operation agreement term | 10 years |
| Video Tianjin [Member] | Shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Powers of attorney term | 10 years |
| Video Tianjin [Member] | Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Technology consulting and service agreement term | 10 years |
| Video Tianjin [Member] | Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | Shareholders of Tianjin Jinhu [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Business operation agreement term | 10 years |
| AmazGame [Member] | Shareholders of Gamease [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Powers of attorney term | 10 years |
| AmazGame [Member] | Gamease [Member] | Shareholders of Gamease [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Business operation agreement term | 10 years |
| Percentage of exchange equity interests due to contributions to registered capital of equity | 100.00% |
| Gamespace [Member] | Shareholders of Guanyou Gamespace [Member] | |
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| Powers of attorney term | 10 years |
| Gamespace [Member] | Guanyou Gamespace [Member] | Shareholders of Guanyou Gamespace [Member] | |
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| Business operation agreement term | 10 years |
| Percentage of exchange equity interests due to contributions to registered capital of equity | 100.00% |
| Beijing Baina Technology [Member] | Wuhan Baina Information [Member] | Changyou Star and Yongzhi Yang [Member] | |
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | |
| Call option agreement, exercise price | At the lower of RMB1.00 (approximately $0.15) or the lowest purchase price permissible under PRC law |
| Sohu Era [Member] | Sohu Internet [Member] | |
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| Technology consulting and service agreement term | 2 years |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu's 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, Narrative) (Details) - Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan [Member] - Common Stock [Member] - shares |
9 Months Ended | |
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Jul. 02, 2010 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||
| Number of shares authorized for issuance | 1,500,000 | |
| Maximum term of share rights granted under stock incentive plan | 10 years | |
| Plan expiration date | Jul. 01, 2020 | |
| Shares available for grant | 587,280 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu's 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, Stock Option Activity, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554 | $ 13,170 | $ 26,464 | $ 16,147 | |||||||
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| Number of options granted in period | 3,250 | 175,000 | 253,250 | 178,000 | |||||||
| Number of share options vested | 3,250 | 175,000 | 253,250 | 239,000 | |||||||
| Aggregate fair value of share options vested | $ 100 | $ 7,000 | $ 10,800 | ||||||||
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| Number of options granted | 32,000 | 32,000 | 13,000 | 1,068,000 | |||||||
| Exercise prices of option granted | $ 0.001 | $ 0.001 | |||||||||
| Installments of stock options granted | Four equal installments | ||||||||||
| Award vesting period | 4 years | ||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 4,000 | $ 5,300 | $ 3,900 | $ 3,600 | |||||||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu's 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, Stock Option Activity) (Details) - Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan [Member] - Stock Options [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance | 193,000 | ||||||
| Number of Shares, Granted | 3,250 | 175,000 | 253,250 | 178,000 | |||
| Number of Shares, Exercised | (132,000) | ||||||
| Number of Shares, Forfeited or expired | 0 | ||||||
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance | 239,000 | ||||||
| Number of Shares, Vested, Ending balance | 3,250 | 175,000 | 253,250 | 239,000 | |||
| Number of Shares, Exercisable, Ending balance | 239,000 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Granted | $ 0.001 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised | 0.001 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Ending balance | 0.001 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Vested, Ending balance | 0.001 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable, Ending balance | $ 0.001 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Ending balance | 7.36 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Vested, Ending balance | 7.36 | ||||||
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Exercisable, Ending balance | 7.36 | ||||||
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding, Ending balance | [1] | $ 13,416 | |||||
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested, Ending balance | [1] | 13,416 | |||||
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable, Ending balance | [1] | $ 13,416 | |||||
| Closing stock price | $ 56.16 | ||||||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu's 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, Restricted Share Unit Activity) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 |
| Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Share Units [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Number of Units, Unvested, Beginning balance | 11 | |||
| Number of Units, Granted | 0 | |||
| Number of Units, Vested | (2) | |||
| Number of Units, Forfeited | (5) | |||
| Number of Units, Unvested, Ending balance | 4 | 4 | ||
| Number of Units, Expected to vest thereafter | 3 | |||
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Unvested, Beginning balance | $ 70.24 | |||
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Vested | 64.00 | |||
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Forfeited | 71.85 | |||
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Unvested, Ending balance | $ 81.56 | 81.56 | ||
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Expected to vest thereafter | $ 81.56 | $ 81.56 | ||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 82,828 | 400,000 | $ 227,791 | 1,100,000 |
| Unrecognized compensation expenses | (2,000,000) | $ (2,000,000) | ||
| Unrecognized compensation expenses, weighted average period for recognition (in years) | 3 months | |||
| Fair value of restricted share units vested | $ 0 | $ 200,000 | $ 86,078 | $ 500,000 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Aug. 22, 2014 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 | ||||
| Sogou [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | [1] | $ 310,000 | 180,000 | $ 5,302,000 | 2,505,000 | |||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Maximum term of share rights granted under stock incentive plan | 10 years | |||||||
| Plan expiration date | Oct. 19, 2020 | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Share Options [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of shares outstanding | 7,289,000 | 7,289,000 | 9,451,000 | |||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of shares authorized for issuance | 41,500,000 | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 38,048,189 | 38,048,189 | ||||||
| Number of options granted for which performance targets had been set | 32,452,745 | 32,452,745 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 48,133 | $ 200,000 | $ 700,000 | $ 1,400,000 | ||||
| Number of shares outstanding | 7,289,372 | 7,289,372 | ||||||
| Unrecognized compensation expense | $ 3,000,000 | $ 3,000,000 | ||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Service Period and Achievement of Performance Targets [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 30,828,189 | 30,828,189 | ||||||
| Number of options granted for which performance targets had been set | 25,232,745 | 25,232,745 | ||||||
| Number of options vested and exercisable | 25,167,933 | 25,167,933 | ||||||
| Accumulated number of share options exercised | 25,163,373 | 25,163,373 | ||||||
| Unrecognized compensation expense | $ 14,095 | $ 14,095 | ||||||
| Unrecognized compensation expense, weighted average period for recognition (in years) | 1 year 6 days | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Service Period and Achievement of Performance Targets, Part One [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 29,727,589 | 29,727,589 | ||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Four equal installments | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Service Period and Achievement of Performance Targets, Part Two [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 1,100,600 | 1,100,600 | ||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Two to four installments | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Completion of Sogou's IPO and Expiration of All Underwriters' Lockup Periods [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 7,220,000 | 7,220,000 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Completion of Sogou's IPO and Expiration of All Underwriters' Lockup Periods, Part One [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 7,200,000 | 7,200,000 | ||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Five equal installments | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Completion of Sogou's IPO and Expiration of All Underwriters' Lockup Periods, Part Two [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Number of options granted | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan, Share Option Activity) (Details) - Sogou [Member] - Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] - Share Options [Member] $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
| |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance | shares | 9,451 |
| Number of Shares, Granted | shares | 20 |
| Number of Shares, Exercised | shares | (2,168) |
| Number of Shares, Forfeited or expired | shares | (14) |
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance | shares | 7,289 |
| Number of Shares, Vested, Ending balance, and expected to vest thereafter | shares | 69 |
| Number of Shares, Exercisable, Ending balance | shares | 5 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Beginning balance | $ 0.476 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Granted | 0.001 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised | 0.001 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Forfeited or expired | 0.001 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Ending balance | $ 0.617 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Beginning balance | 6.31 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Ending balance | 5.36 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Vested, Ending balance, and expected to vest thereafter | 6.96 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Exercisable, Ending balance | 4.99 |
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding, Ending balance | $ | $ 3,145 |
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested, Ending balance, and expected to vest thereafter | $ | 209 |
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable, Ending balance | $ | $ 3 |
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- Definition For presentations that combine terminations, the number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan or that expired. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan, Share Option Assumptions) (Details) - Sogou [Member] - Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] - Share Options [Member] |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
$ / shares
| |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Weighted average expected option life | 9 years |
| Volatility rate | 47.00% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
| Minimum [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Average risk-free interest rate | 2.14% |
| Exercise multiple | 2 |
| Expected forfeiture rate (post-vesting) | 0.00% |
| Fair value | $ 3.18 |
| Maximum [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Average risk-free interest rate | 2.92% |
| Exercise multiple | 3 |
| Expected forfeiture rate (post-vesting) | 12.00% |
| Fair value | $ 9.99 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan, Share Option Assumptions, Narrative) (Details) - Sogou [Member] - Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] - Share Options [Member] |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Estimated dividend yield | 0.00% |
| Minimum [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Exercise multiple | 2 |
| Estimated forfeiture rate as of the valuation date | 0.00% |
| Maximum [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Exercise multiple | 3 |
| Estimated forfeiture rate as of the valuation date | 12.00% |
| Employees [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Exercise multiple | 2 |
| Estimated forfeiture rate as of the valuation date | 12.00% |
| Management [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Exercise multiple | 3 |
| Management [Member] | Minimum [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Estimated forfeiture rate as of the valuation date | 0.00% |
| Management [Member] | Maximum [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Estimated forfeiture rate as of the valuation date | 1.00% |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) |
1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr. 14, 2011 |
Jul. 31, 2016 |
Mar. 31, 2013 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Mar. 31, 2011 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 | ||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | [1] | $ 310,000 | 180,000 | $ 5,302,000 | 2,505,000 | |||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Share Options [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of shares outstanding | 12,000 | 12,000 | 70,000 | |||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of shares authorized for issuance | 12,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Sogou's ordinary shares previously held by Sohu | 8,800,000 | |||||||||||
| Sogou's newly-issued shares | 3,200,000 | |||||||||||
| Sogou's newly-issued shares, price per share | $ 0.625 | |||||||||||
| Sogou's newly-issued shares, value | $ 2,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 0 | $ 3,094 | $ 0 | $ 300,000 | ||||||||
| Number of shares outstanding | 12,000 | 12,000 | ||||||||||
| Unrecognized compensation expenses | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Service Period and Achievement of Performance Targets [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of options granted | 8,305,000 | 8,305,000 | ||||||||||
| Number of options granted for which performance targets had been set | 8,305,000 | 8,305,000 | ||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Service Period and Achievement of Performance Targets [Member] | Management and Key Employees [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of options granted | 8,290,000 | 8,290,000 | ||||||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Four equal installments | |||||||||||
| Number of options granted for which performance targets had been set | 8,290,000 | 8,290,000 | ||||||||||
| Number of options vested and exercisable | 8,290,000 | 8,290,000 | ||||||||||
| Accumulated number of share options exercised | 8,290,000 | 8,290,000 | ||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Service Period and Achievement of Performance Targets [Member] | Board of Directors [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of options granted | 15,000 | |||||||||||
| Number of options vested and exercisable | 15,000 | |||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | Vesting upon Completion of Sogou's IPO and Expiration of All Underwriters' Lockup Periods [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of options granted | 2,400,000 | |||||||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Five equal installments | |||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 0 | |||||||||||
| Number of shares forfeited | 2,400,000 | |||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Minimum [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Fixed exercise price of ordinary share | $ 0.001 | |||||||||||
| Sogou [Member] | Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Maximum [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Fixed exercise price of ordinary share | $ 0.625 | |||||||||||
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- Definition The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement, Share Option Activity) (Details) - Sogou [Member] - Sohu Management Sogou Share Option Arrangement [Member] - Share Options [Member] shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
| |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance | shares | 70 |
| Number of Shares, Exercised | shares | (58) |
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance | shares | 12 |
| Number of Shares, Vested, Ending balance | shares | 12 |
| Number of Shares, Exercisable, Ending balance | shares | 12 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Beginning balance | $ 0.517 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised | 0.625 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Ending balance | 0.001 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Vested, Ending balance | 0.001 |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable, Ending balance | $ 0.001 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Beginning balance | 6.79 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Ending balance | 7.64 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Vested, Ending balance | 7.64 |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Exercisable, Ending balance | 7.64 |
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding, Ending balance | $ | $ 84 |
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested, Ending balance | $ | 84 |
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable, Ending balance | $ | $ 84 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sogou Share Repurchase Transaction) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 31, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Mar. 31, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Incremental share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554 | $ 13,170 | $ 26,464 | $ 16,147 | ||||
| Sogou [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Incremental share-based compensation expense | [1] | $ 310 | $ 180 | $ 5,302 | $ 2,505 | |||
| Sogou [Member] | Former President and CFO of Sohu Group [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | ||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||||
| Aggregate repurchased shares | 720,000 | |||||||
| Aggregate cost of repurchased shares | $ 7,200 | |||||||
| Incremental share-based compensation expense | $ 4,000 | |||||||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sogou Inc. Share-based Awards, Option Modification) (Details) - Sogou [Member] - Sogou 2010 Share Incentive Plan [Member] |
9 Months Ended |
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|
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
shares
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Incremental compensation expense | $ | $ 0 |
| Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Accumulated number of share options early exercised remained unvested | shares | 10,327,500 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Tencent Share-based Awards Granted to Employees Who Transferred to Sogou with Soso Search-related Businesses) (Details) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 | ||
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | [1] | 310,000 | 180,000 | 5,302,000 | 2,505,000 | |
| Sogou [Member] | Tencent [Member] | Tencent Share-based Awards Related to Soso [Member] | Restricted Share Units [Member] | ||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 300,000 | $ (38,458) | 600,000 | $ 800,000 | ||
| Unrecognized compensation expenses | $ 100,000 | $ 100,000 | ||||
| Unrecognized compensation expenses, weighted average period for recognition (in years) | 9 months 4 days | |||||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Changyou's 2008 Share Incentive Plan) (Details) - Changyou [Member] - Changyou's 2008 Share Incentive Plan [Member] |
1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mar. 31, 2009
shares
|
Sep. 30, 2017
shares
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Dec. 31, 2008
shares
|
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
| Award vesting period | 4 years | ||
| Maximum term of share rights granted under stock incentive plan | 10 years | ||
| Plan expiration date | Aug. 30, 2018 | ||
| Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
| Number of shares granted | 15,000,000 | ||
| Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
| Shares reserved for future issuance | 2,000,000 | ||
| Shares reserved for future issuance as result of stock split | 20,000,000 | ||
| Stock split, conversion ratio | 10 | ||
| Ordinary Shares [Member] | Restricted Share Units [Member] | |||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
| Number of shares granted | 4,614,098 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Share-based Awards Granted before Changyou's IPO, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 |
| Changyou [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 2,208,000 | $ 7,202,000 | 17,223,000 | $ 9,340,000 |
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou's Share-based Awards Granted before IPO [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 0 | |||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Share-based Awards Granted after Changyou's IPO, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 |
| Changyou [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 2,208,000 | 7,202,000 | $ 17,223,000 | 9,340,000 |
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou's Share-based Awards Granted after IPO [Member] | Restricted Share Units [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Number of Units, Vested | 0 | |||
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou's Share-based Awards Granted after IPO [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Restricted Share Units [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Number of shares or units granted | 1,581,226 | 1,581,226 | ||
| Award vesting period | 4 years | |||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 9,000 | 22,000 | $ 27,000 | 66,000 |
| Unrecognized compensation expenses | $ 3,000 | $ 3,000 | ||
| Unrecognized compensation expenses, weighted average period for recognition (in years) | 3 months | |||
| Number of Units, Vested | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fair value of restricted share units vested | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||
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- Definition Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Share-based Awards Granted after Changyou's IPO, Restricted Share Unit Activity) (Details) - Changyou [Member] - Changyou's Share-based Awards Granted after IPO [Member] - Restricted Share Units [Member] - $ / shares shares in Thousands |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 | |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Number of Units, Unvested, Beginning balance | 10 |
| Number of Units, Granted | 0 |
| Number of Units, Vested | 0 |
| Number of Units, Forfeited | 0 |
| Number of Units, Unvested, Ending balance | 10 |
| Number of Units, Expected to vest thereafter | 10 |
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Unvested, Beginning balance | $ 14.25 |
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Unvested, Ending balance | 14.25 |
| Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value, Expected to vest thereafter | $ 14.25 |
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Jul. 28, 2016 |
Jun. 01, 2015 |
Feb. 16, 2015 |
Nov. 02, 2014 |
Jun. 27, 2014 |
|
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554 | $ 13,170 | $ 26,464 | $ 16,147 | |||||
| Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | |||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Four equal installments | ||||||||
| Award vesting period | 4 years | ||||||||
| Changyou [Member] | |||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 2,208 | 7,202 | $ 17,223 | 9,340 | |||||
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Share Options [Member] | |||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Number of shares or units granted | 1,549,000 | 1,549,000 | |||||||
| Number of share options vested | 1,549,000 | ||||||||
| Aggregate fair value of share options vested | $ 20,000 | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 2,200 | $ 7,200 | $ 17,200 | $ 9,300 | |||||
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Class A Restricted Share Units [Member] | |||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Number of shares or units granted | 2,416,000 | ||||||||
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Shares reserved for future issuance | 6,000,000 | 2,000,000 | |||||||
| Maximum term of share rights granted under stock incentive plan | 10 years | ||||||||
| Plan expiration date | Jun. 30, 2024 | ||||||||
| Shares available for grant | 2,962,000 | 2,962,000 | |||||||
| Changyou [Member] | Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | |||||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||||
| Number of shares or units granted | 100,000 | 1,998,000 | |||||||
| Number of ordinary shares converted to options from restricted share units | 2,400,000 | ||||||||
| Exercise prices of option granted | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | ||||||
| Installments of share options granted | Four equal installments | ||||||||
| Award vesting period | 4 years | ||||||||
| Number of share options vested | 522,000 | ||||||||
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- Definition The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan, Share Option Activity) (Details) - Changyou [Member] - Changyou 2014 Share Incentive Plan [Member] - Share Options [Member] $ in Thousands |
9 Months Ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
| ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Number of Shares, Vested, Ending balance | shares | 1,549,000 | |||
| Class A Ordinary Shares [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning Balance | shares | 852,000 | |||
| Number of Shares, Granted | shares | 320,000 | |||
| Number of Shares, Exercised | shares | (650,000) | |||
| Number of Shares, Forfeited or expired | shares | 0 | |||
| Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending Balance | shares | 522,000 | |||
| Number of Shares, Vested, Ending balance | shares | 522,000 | |||
| Number of Shares, Exercisable, Ending balance | shares | 522,000 | |||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Beginning balance | $ 0.01 | |||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Granted | 0.01 | |||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised | 0.01 | |||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Outstanding, Ending balance | 0.01 | |||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Vested, Ending balance | 0.01 | |||
| Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable, Ending balance | $ 0.01 | |||
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Beginning balance | 7.93 | |||
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years), Outstanding, Ending balance | 7.43 | |||
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding, Beginning balance | $ | $ 9,032 | [1] | ||
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding, Ending balance | $ | 10,333 | [1] | ||
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested, Ending balance | $ | $ 10,333 | [1] | ||
| Closing price | $ 19.81 | |||
| ADS [Member] | ||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||||
| Closing price | $ 39.61 | |||
| ||||
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu Video Share-based Awards, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Jan. 04, 2012 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ 6,554,000 | $ 13,170,000 | $ 26,464,000 | $ 16,147,000 | |||
| Sohu Video [Member] | |||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | [1] | $ (50,000) | 149,000 | $ (149,000) | (447,000) | ||
| Sohu Video [Member] | Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | |||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||
| Maximum term of share rights granted under stock incentive plan | 10 years | ||||||
| Plan expiration date | Jan. 03, 2021 | ||||||
| Sohu Video [Member] | Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | |||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||
| Shares reserved for future issuance | 25,000,000 | ||||||
| Sohu Video [Member] | Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan [Member] | Ordinary Shares [Member] | Share Options [Member] | |||||||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||||||
| Number of options granted | 16,368,200 | 16,368,200 | |||||
| Installments of share options granted | Four equal installments | ||||||
| Number of options vested | 4,972,800 | 4,972,800 | |||||
| Share-based compensation expense | $ (50,000) | $ 149,000 | $ (149,000) | $ (448,000) | |||
| |||||||
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- Definition Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Sohu.com Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Sohu Video Share-based Awards, Share Option Assumptions) (Details) - Sohu Video [Member] - Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan [Member] - Share Options [Member] |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
$ / shares
| |
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |
| Average risk-free interest rate | 2.54% |
| Exercise multiple | 2.8 |
| Expected forfeiture rate (post-vesting) | 14.00% |
| Weighted average expected option life | 4 years 4 months |
| Volatility rate | 41.20% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
| Fair value | $ 0.67 |
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Noncontrolling Interest (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
|
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |||||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | $ 649,855 | $ 649,855 | $ 564,215 | ||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | 1,939 | $ 32,775 | 59,965 | $ 80,238 | |
| Sogou [Member] | |||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |||||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | 223,609 | 223,609 | 165,584 | ||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | 31,166 | 20,283 | 63,252 | 46,383 | |
| Changyou [Member] | |||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | |||||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | $ 426,137 | $ 426,137 | $ 398,631 | ||
| Percentage of noncontrolling interest recognized in consolidated balance sheets | 32.00% | 32.00% | 31.00% | ||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | $ (29,190) | $ 12,492 | $ (3,204) | $ 33,855 | |
| Percentage of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest recognized in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | 31.00% | 32.00% | |||
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- Definition Percentage of noncontrolling interest recognized in consolidated balance sheets No definition available.
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- Definition Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which is directly or indirectly attributable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (that is, noncontrolling interest, previously referred to as minority interest). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Noncontrolling Interest (Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Balance Sheets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | $ 649,855 | $ 564,215 |
| Sogou [Member] | ||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | 223,609 | 165,584 |
| Changyou [Member] | ||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | 426,137 | 398,631 |
| Other [Member] | ||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||
| Noncontrolling interest in consolidated balance sheets | $ 109 | $ 0 |
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Noncontrolling Interest (Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
|
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | $ 1,939 | $ 32,775 | $ 59,965 | $ 80,238 |
| Sogou [Member] | ||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | 31,166 | 20,283 | 63,252 | 46,383 |
| Changyou [Member] | ||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | (29,190) | 12,492 | (3,204) | 33,855 |
| Other [Member] | ||||
| Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items] | ||||
| Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest in consolidated statements of comprehensive income | $ (37) | $ 0 | $ (83) | $ 0 |
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Net Income /(Loss) per Share (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
|
| Sogou [Member] | ||||
| Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | ||||
| Incremental dilution | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Changyou [Member] | ||||
| Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | ||||
| Incremental dilution | $ 0 | $ (472,000) | $ (931,000) | $ (1,125,000) |
| Potential common shares issuable upon exercise or settlement of share-based awards [Member] | ||||
| Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | ||||
| Anti-dilutive potential common shares | 247,000 | 214,000 | 273,000 | 241,000 |
| Potential common shares issuable upon exercise or settlement of share-based awards [Member] | Sogou [Member] | ||||
| Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | ||||
| Incremental dilution | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||
| Potential common shares issuable upon exercise or settlement of share-based awards [Member] | Changyou [Member] | ||||
| Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | ||||
| Incremental dilution | $ 0 | |||
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- Definition Schedule of calculation of numerator and denominator in earnings per share [Line Items] No definition available.
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Net Income /(Loss) per Share (Calculation of Sohu Group's Basic and Diluted Net Income /(Loss) per Share) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
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Sep. 30, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2017 |
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| Net loss attributable to Sohu.com Inc., basic | $ (103,960) | $ (74,814) | $ (260,391) | $ (158,124) |
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| Net loss attributable to Sohu.com Inc., diluted | $ (103,960) | $ (75,286) | $ (261,322) | $ (159,249) |
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| Weighted average basic shares of common stock outstanding | 38,877 | 38,728 | 38,848 | 38,695 |
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| Share options and restricted share units | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding | 38,877 | 38,728 | 38,848 | 38,695 |
| Basic net loss per share attributable to Sohu.com Inc. | $ (2.67) | $ (1.93) | $ (6.70) | $ (4.09) |
| Diluted net loss per share attributable to Sohu.com Inc. | $ (2.67) | $ (1.94) | $ (6.72) | $ (4.12) |
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| Incremental dilution | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
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| Incremental dilution | $ 0 | $ (472) | $ (931) | $ (1,125) |
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Subsequent Events (Details) $ in Thousands, ¥ in Millions |
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Sep. 30, 2017
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| Loan received from bank | $ 67,785 | $ 0 | ||
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| Loan received from bank | $ 120,600 | ¥ 800.0 | ||
| Long-term loan, interest rate | 5.50% | 5.50% | ||
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