Compensation Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Compensation Plans

11. Compensation Plans

The Company provides stock-based compensation in the form of (a) stock awards to employees and directors, comprised of restricted stock awards and restricted stock units (collectively referred to as the “Restricted Stock Awards”), (b) stock option grants to employees, directors and consultants (referred to as the “Common Stock Awards”) (c) stock option awards, restricted stock awards, unrestricted stock awards, and stock appreciation rights to employees, directors and consultants (collectively the “Common Equity Awards”), (d) stock option awards outside of the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan and 2019 Equity Incentive Plan to certain officers, directors and employees (referred to as the “Outside Options”), (e) common stock warrants to the Company’s publisher partners (referred to as the “Publisher Partner Warrants”), and (f) common stock warrants to ABG-SI, LLC (referred to as the “ABG Warrants”).

Stock-based compensation and equity-based expense charged to operations or capitalized during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are summarized as follows:

	Restricted		Common		Common				Publisher
	Stock		Stock		Equity		Outside		Partner		ABG
	Awards		Awards		Awards		Options		Warrants		Warrants		Totals
During the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Cost of revenue	$	11,808	$	23,217	$	1,696,147	$	967	$	-	$	-	$	1,732,139
Selling and marketing		-		3,970		1,341,948		75,193		-		-		1,421,111
General and administrative		414,163		78,017		4,081,766		-		-		745,636		5,319,582
Total costs charged to operations		425,971		105,204		7,119,861		76,160		-		745,636		8,472,832
Capitalized platform development		2,328		-		483,854		2,690		-		-		488,872
Total stock-based compensation	$	428,299	$	105,204	$	7,603,715	$	78,850	$	-	$	745,636	$	8,961,704
During the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Cost of revenue	$	35,610	$	53,149	$	1,178,276	$	2,471	$	992	$	-	$	1,270,498
Selling and marketing		323,164		42,695		734,391		43,900		-		-		1,144,150
General and administrative		80,306		127,786		855,390		-		-		364,248		1,427,730
Total costs charged to operations		439,080		223,630		2,768,057		46,371		992		364,248		3,842,378
Capitalized platform development		88,619		32,680		267,013		1,188		-		-		389,500
Total stock-based compensation	$	527,699		256,310	$	3,035,070	$	47,559	$	992	$	364,248	$	4,231,878

Stock-based compensation and equity-based expense charged to operations or capitalized during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are summarized as follows:

	Restricted		Common		Common				Publisher
	Stock		Stock		Equity		Outside		Partner		ABG
	Awards		Awards		Awards		Options		Warrants		Warrants		Totals
During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Cost of revenue	$	60,838	$	169,482	$	4,694,925	$	4,463	$	-	$	-	$	4,929,708
Selling and marketing		-		13,899		3,820,996		224,371		-		-		4,059,266
General and administrative		559,505		297,283		10,344,247		-		-		1,498,217		12,699,252
Total costs charged to operations		620,343		480,664		18,860,168		228,834		-		1,498,217		21,688,226
Capitalized platform development		11,276		5,071		1,324,805		6,472		-		-		1,347,624
Total stock-based compensation	$	631,619	$	485,735	$	20,184,973	$	235,306	$	-	$	1,498,217	$	23,035,850
During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Cost of revenue	$	108,936	$	150,915	$	3,261,542	$	5,644	$	36,654	$	-	$	3,563,691
Selling and marketing		920,566		102,206		2,114,595		142,767		-		-		3,280,134
General and administrative		238,558		437,614		2,430,553		150,577		-		1,084,826		4,342,128
Total costs charged to operations		1,268,060		690,735		7,806,690		298,988		36,654		1,084,826		11,185,953
Capitalized platform development		234,611		154,445		864,656		5,451		-		-		1,259,163
Total stock-based compensation	$	1,502,671		845,180	$	8,671,346	$	304,439	$	36,654	$	1,084,826	$	12,445,116

Unrecognized compensation expense and expected weighted-average period to be recognized related to the stock-based compensation awards and equity-based awards as of September 30, 2021 was as follows:

	Restricted		Common		Common				Publisher
	Stock		Stock		Equity		Outside		Partner		ABG
	Awards		Awards		Awards		Options		Warrants		Warrants		Totals
Unrecognized compensation expense	$	2,750,000	$	-	$	54,255,910	$	135,741	$	-	$	3,788,429	$	60,930,080
Expected weighted-average period expected to be recognized (in years)		1.68		-		2.14		0.44		-		1.63		2.08

Pursuant to an amendment with ABG-SI, LLC on June 4, 2021, the exercise price related to the ABG Warrants exercisable for up to 10,994,922 shares of the Company’s common stock was changed to $0.42 per share from $0.84 per share in exchange for additional benefits under the Sports Illustrated licensing agreement.

Further details as of the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were issued or were available to be issued are provided under the heading Compensation Plans in Note 15.