Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 12 Related Party Transactions (a) Affiliate Resources and Obligations In May 2016, the Company entered into agreements with CSS and affiliated companies that provide the Company with access to important assets and resources as described below (the “2016 Agreements”). The 2016 Agreements include a management services agreement and a license agreement. A summary of the 2016 Agreements is as follows: Management Services Agreement The Company is a party to a Management Services Agreement with CSS (the “Management Agreement”). Under the terms of the Management Agreement, the Company is provided with the operational expertise of the CSS companies’ personnel, including its chief executive officer. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Company also receives other services, including accounting, legal, marketing, management, data access and back office systems, and requires CSS to provide office space and equipment usage. Under the terms of the Management Agreement, commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, the Company paid a quarterly fee to CSS equal to 5 Since the completion of the IPO, the Company reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the quarterly fee is based on gross revenue as reported in the applicable public filing under the Exchange Act for each fiscal quarter. For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded management fee expense of $ 2,423 6,818 112,914 120,227 Each quarterly amount due shall be paid on or prior to the later of the 45 th th 739,422 In addition, for any sponsorship that is arranged by CSS for the Company’s video content or that contains a multi-element transaction for which the Company receives a portion of such revenue and CSS receives the remaining revenue (for example, a transaction that relates to both video content and CSS’s printed products), the Company shall pay a sales commission to CSS equal to 20 The term of the Management Agreement is five years, with automatic one-year renewals thereafter unless either party elects to terminate by delivering written notice at least 90 days prior to the end of the then current term. The Management Agreement is terminable earlier by either party by reason of certain prescribed and uncured defaults by the other party. The Management Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of the Company’s bankruptcy or a bankruptcy of CSS or if the Company no longer has licensed rights from CSS under the License Agreement described below. License Agreement The Company is a party to a trademark and intellectual property license agreement with CSS (the “License Agreement”). Under the terms of the License Agreement, the Company has been granted a perpetual, exclusive license to utilize the Brand and related content, such as stories published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul In consideration of the License Agreement, in May 2016 the Company paid to CSS a one-time license fee of $ 5,000,000 1,500,000 3,500,000 0.5 The Note was due on the earlier of (a) five business days after the date of written demand by CSS and (b) the third business day following the closing date of an initial public offering of the common stock of the Company. The Note was repaid in full by September 16, 2016. Included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 is $ 891 3,069 Under the terms of the License Agreement, commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, the Company also pays an incremental recurring license fee to CSS equal to 4 th 572,172 In addition, CSS provides marketing support for the Company’s productions through its email distribution, blogs and other marketing and public relations resources. Commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, the Company shall pay a quarterly fee to CSS equal to 1 2,423 6,818 For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded license fee expense of $112,914 and $120,227, respectively, payable to CSS. (b) Distribution Agreement with A Plus In September 2016, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSS acquired a majority of the issued and outstanding common stock of A Plus. A Plus develops and distributes high quality, empathetic short-form videos and articles to millions of people worldwide. A Plus is a digital media company founded, chaired, and partially owned by actor and investor Ashton Kutcher. Mr. Kutcher owns 23 2 75 In September 2016, the Company entered into a distribution agreement with A Plus (the “A Plus Distribution Agreement”). The A Plus Distribution Agreement has an initial term ending in September 2023. Under the terms of the A Plus Distribution Agreement, the Company has the exclusive worldwide rights to distribute all video content (in any and all formats) and all editorial content (including articles, photos and still images) created, produced, edited or delivered by A Plus. Under the terms of the A Plus Distribution Agreement, the Company was obligated to pay A Plus an advance of $ 3,000,000 The Company is entitled to retain a net distribution fee of 30 40 5 15 The Company will not pay A Plus its portion of gross revenue until such time as the A Plus Advance has been recouped in full. At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, prepaid distribution fees were $ 2,062,852 592,786 Online revenue in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes $ 48,462 398,741 (c) Debt Private Placement and Equity Private Placements Officers of the Company and of CSS, and their family members (“Related Parties”), made purchases under the Debt Private Placement, the 2016 Equity Private Placement, and the 2017 Equity Private Placement on the same terms and conditions as offered to other investors. Prior to the IPO, Related Parties purchased $ 1,413,140 2,030,000 220,877 (d) Consulting Agreement CSS Productions had a consulting agreement with Low Profile Films, Inc. (“Low Profile”). Low Profile provided executive production services for the Company that included all activities necessary to establish and maintain relationships regarding CSS Productions proposed feature length film, a possible talk show and, Low Profile was to oversee the production to facilitate the public viewing or distribution of same. The owner of Low Profile is the son of the Company’s chairman and chief executive officer. The Company’s agreement with Alcon for a feature length film expired on July 15, 2016 and as a result, the Company and Low Profile mutually agreed to terminate the executive production services agreement as of July 15, 2016. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company paid Low Profile $ 5,000 35,000 (e) Sponsorship by the Foundation CSS and the Company have several agreements with a charitable foundation (the “Foundation”), on whose advisory board the Company’s chief executive officer sits, under which the Foundation agreed to sponsor a Saturday morning family television show as discussed in Note 4. As of September 30, 2017, two seasons of original episodes of Hidden Heroes 0 136,364 1,666,588 2,204,546 |