On the Record · Sohu.com
Sohu.com acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Sohu.com bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
SogouWord for word“On September 23, 2021, we completed the transactions contemplated by a Share Purchase Agreement, dated September 29, 2020 and amended on December 1, 2020 and further amended on July 19, 2021, by and among us, our wholly-owned subsidiary Sohu.com (Search) Limited (“Sohu Search”), and TitanSupernova Limited (“Tencent Merger Sub”), an wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent (as so amended, the “Tencent/Sohu Sogou Share Purchase Agreement”), in which Sohu Search sold all of the Class A ordinary shares of Sogou and Class B ordinary shares of Sogou owned by Sohu Search to Tencent Merger Sub at a purchase price of $9.00 per share (the “Tencent/Sohu Sogou Share Purchase”).” 20-F for 2023 | divestiture | On September 23, 2021 | — |
ChangyouWord for word“On April 17, 2020, we acquired all outstanding shares of Changyou that we did not already beneficially own pursuant to the merger (the “Changyou Merger”) of a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary with and into Changyou, with Changyou being the company surviving the Changyou Merger, and resulting in Changyou being delisted from Nasdaq and continuing as a privately-held company wholly-owned by us.” 20-F for 2023 | acquisition | April 17, 2020 | — |
ChangyouWord for word“On April 17, 2020, we completed the Changyou Merger, pursuant to which we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Changyou that we did not already beneficially own.” 20-F for 2025 | merger | April 17, 2020 | — |
online game business (transferred to Changyou)Word for word“In December 2007, we transferred our online game business to Changyou.” 20-F for 2025 | divestiture | December 2007 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|
| 2017-12-31 | $1 million |
Read from Sohu.com’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-03-12. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.