北京时间12月21日晚间消息，《华尔街日报》今日援引多位知情人士的消息称，百度旗下视频网站爱奇艺计划于明年进行IPO(首次公开招股)，预计募资10亿美元，为公司估值约50亿美元。这些知情人士称，百度考虑让爱奇艺在香港或美国上市。另外，在IPO前，爱奇艺还计划通过发行可转债的形式进行融资，具体的融资规模和时间尚不清楚。其中一位知情人士称，爱奇艺预计通过IPO融资约10亿美元。由于与潜在投资者的谈判仍在继续，因此具体的融资数量和条件有可能发生变化。但今年10月，爱奇艺在上海年度营销大会上曾表示，2017年最多将投入100亿元人民币(约合14亿美元)购买和制作内容。今年2月，百度CEO李彦宏和爱奇艺...
Beijing time December 21st evening news, the Wall Street Journal today quoted a number of people familiar with the news that Baidu's video website Iqiyi plans to carry out IPO next year (initial public offering), is expected to raise 1 billion U.S. dollars, for the company's valuation of about 5 billion dollars. These people say Baidu is considering allowing Iqiyi to be listed in Hongkong or the United States. In addition, before IPO, Iqiyi plans to finance by issuing convertible bonds. The size and time of the financing are still unclear. One of the insiders said Iqiyi is expected to finance about $1 billion through IPO. As negotiations with potential investors continue to continue, the number and conditions of specific financing may change. But in October this year, at the annual marketing conference in Shanghai, Iqiyi had said that it would invest 10 billion yuan (US $1 billion 400 million) in 2017 to purchase and produce content. In February this year, Baidu CEO Robin Li and Iqiyi...
