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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions |
Schedule of significant related parties and their relationships with the Company |
Company Name |  | Relationship with the Company
SINA |  | Parent and affiliates under common control.
Alibaba |  | Strategic partner and significant shareholder of the Company.
Schedule of significant related party transactions with the Company |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Transactions with SINA |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue billed through SINA(1) |  | $ | 4,057 |  | $ | 22,114 |  | $ | 39,285 |
Deemed contribution from SINA(2) |  | $ | 61,176 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Legal transfer of Weibo Funds and recognition of due to SINA(3) |  | $ | 22,565 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Costs and expenses allocated from SINA(4) |  | $ | 42,360 |  | $ | 24,678 |  | $ | 25,703 |
Interest expense on amount due to SINA |  | $ | 2,838 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Repayment of amount due to SINA(5) |  | $ | 276,614 |  | $ | 2,863 |  | $ | — |
(1) For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Group billed $4.1 million, $22.1 million and $39.3 million, respectively, to third parties through SINA. (2) The $61.2 million in deemed contribution from SINA represents the discount borne by SINA upon the settlement of investor options in 2014(see Note 3). (3) The $22.6 million relates to the amount paid by SINA for the Weibo Funds in 2014. (see Note1). (4) Costs and expenses allocated from SINA represented the charges for certain services provided by SINA’s affiliates and charged to the Company using actual cost allocation based on proportional utilization (see Note 1). In addition to the allocated costs and expenses, SINA also billed $15.1million, $29.4 million, and $20.3 million for other costs and expenses associated with Weibo’s business in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. (5) For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company repaid approximately $276.6 million for a loan and related interests to SINA.
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Transactions with Alibaba |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advertising and marketing services provided to Alibaba |  | $ | 107,587 |  | $ | 143,650 |  | $ | 57,908 |
Deemed contribution from Alibaba(6) |  | $ | 15,300 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Services provided by Alibaba |  | $ | 128 |  | $ | 4,515 |  | $ | 13,988 |
(6) The $15.3 million represents the discount borne by Alibaba upon the settlement of investor options in 2014. (see Note 3)
Schedule of related party outstanding balance |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Amount due from SINA(7) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 18,565 |
Amount due to SINA (7) |  | $ | 12,188 |  | $ | — |
Accounts receivable due from Alibaba |  | $ | 54,052 |  | $ | 24,293 |
(7) The Group uses amount due from/to SINA to settle balances arising from cost and expenses allocated from SINA based on proportional utilization, other expenditures associated with the Weibo business paid by SINA and third-party customer and supplier balances settled through SINA.

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