Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

13. Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may be subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business.  The Company is not currently a party to any legal proceedings that it believes would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2018, Maven entered into an office sublease agreement to sublease of 7,457 rentable square feet at 1500 Fourth Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, Washington 98101. The sublease has a term of 41 months, commencing on June 1, 2018, with base rent at a rate of $25.95 per square foot per annum in months 1 through 12, rising to $37 per square foot in months 37 to 41. Upon execution of the sublease in April 2018, the Company paid $60,249 as prepaid rent and a security deposit of $22,992. The following table shows the aggregate commitment by year:

	Commitment
2018	$	97,000
2019		233,000
2020		265,000
2021		227,000
	$	822,000

On a select basis, the Company has provided revenue share guarantees to certain independent publishers that transition their publishing operations from another platform to theMaven.net or maven.io. These arrangements generally guarantee the publisher a monthly amount of income for a period of 12 to 24 months from inception of the publisher contract that is the greater of (a) fixed monthly minimum, or (b) the calculated earned revenue share. During the three months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company paid Channel Partner guarantees of $397,200 and $53,333, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company paid Channel Partner guarantees of $803,486 and $98,000, respectively. To the extent that the fixed monthly minimum paid exceeds the earned revenue share (defined as an Over Advance) in any month during the first 12 to 24 months (“the Guarantee Period”), then the Company may recoup the aggregate Over Advance that was expensed in the Guarantee Period during the 12 months following the Guarantee Period of the publisher contract to the extent that the earned revenue share exceeds the monthly minimum in those future months. As of June 30, 2018, the aggregate commitment is $547,000 and the Over Advance contingent amount that the Company may recoup is approximately $500,000. The following table shows the aggregate commitment by year: 

	Commitment
2018	$	405,000
2019		142,000
	$	547,000