BEIJING, CHINA, February 28, 2006 – Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's
leading online media, search and mobile value-added services company, will open
The NASDAQ Stock Market on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. ET in New York.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Charles Zhang will preside over the
NASDAQ opening bell ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite. Chief Financial Officer
Carol Yu will also be present.
Sohu has been listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market since July 2000 and is in its
tenth year of operation. In November 2005, Sohu was selected to be the Official
Internet Content Service Sponsor of the highly anticipated Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games. Sohu will provide exclusive services to construct, operate and host the
official Beijing Olympics website, www.beijing2008.com, for this historic
event.
The NASDAQ MarketSite is located at 4 Times Square, on 43rd Street and
Broadway in New York City.
Feed Information: The opening bell is available on March 13, 2006 from
9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. ET on uplink IA-5 C-band/transponder 14. The downlink
frequency is 3980 horizontal; audio: 6.2/6.8. The feed can also be found on
Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie
Lowenthal at (646) 441-5220.
Photos: To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the NASDAQ Market Open,
please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on
the market open of your choice.
About Sohu.com Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's
premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese
who use the portal network for their news, search, e-mail, wireless messaging,
instant messaging, browsing, games and shopping. Sohu has built one of the most
comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search
engines, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destination
www.sohu.com; interactive search engine www.sogou.com; #1 online alumni club
www.chinaren.com; #1 games information portal www.17173.com; the top real estate
website www.focus.cn; wireless value-added services provider
www.goodfeel.com.cn; and leading online mapping service provider www.go2map.com.
This network of web properties offers vast Sohu user community very broad
choices regarding information, entertainment, communication and commerce.
Sohu corporate services consist of brand advertising on its matrix of
websites as well as paid listing and bid listing on its in-house developed
search directory and engines. Sohu also offers three types of consumer services.
Sohu offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, ringtone
and picture content sent over mobile phones. The company also operates two
massively multi-player online role-playing games as well as a casual game
platform, and manages an e-commerce platform. Sohu.com, established by Dr.
Charles Zhang, one of China's Internet pioneers, is in its tenth year of
operation.
For further information: Jessica Zhang Senior Manager Sohu.com
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Tel: +86 10 6272
6616 E-mail:
ir@contact.sohu.com http://corp.sohu.com
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