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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Negroponte, Nicholas
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o MIT Media Lab
20 Ames Street, E15-208
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(Street)
Cambridge, MA 02139
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 7/10/00
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
___ Director ___ Officer ___ 10% Owner _X_ Other
(give title below) (specify below)
Member of Section 13(d) group that is a 10% owner.
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
__X__Form Filed by One Reporting Person
____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 975,000 D
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Common Stock 82,945 I Corporation
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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(continued) TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
Date Price Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Derivative or In-
---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
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Warrant Immed. 12/8/2007 Common Stock 45,097 $.077 D
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Nicholas Negroponte January 23, 2001
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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