In their ICSID filing, Emmis and AMC assert that the Republic of Hungary has violated its treaty obligations by expropriating private property without compensation and not extending fair and equitable treatment to non-Hungarian investors.   Read the full request for arbitration against the Republic of Hungary. read more »

On Thursday, January 12, 2012, Emmis Communications (Nasdaq: EMMS) will host a conference call to discuss third-quarter earnings. Emmis Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smulyan and Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer Patrick Walsh will host the call. To access the third-quarter earnings conference call, please dial in at 1-517-623-4891.    DATE/TIME:  Thursday, ... read more »

Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS, EMMSP) – November 30, 2011 - Emmis Communications Corporation announced today that it has launched a modified “Dutch auction” tender offer to purchase up to $6,000,000 in value of shares of its 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Shares”) ... read more »

Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS; EMMSP) — November 11, 2011 — Emmis Communications Corporation today announced that it signed agreements with certain holders of its 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock  to purchase their shares of Preferred Stock and that it signed an agreement with Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, ... read more »

Washington DC…Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS, www.emmis.com) has joined with Accession Mezzanine Capital (AMC) today in filing a request for arbitration at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against the Republic of Hungary.  The claimants operated the two national commercial radio stations in Hungary, SlágerRádió and Danubius ... read more »

On Thursday, October 13, 2011, Emmis Communications (Nasdaq: EMMS) will host a conference call to discuss second-quarter earnings. Emmis Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smulyan and Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer Patrick Walsh will host the call. To access the second-quarter earnings conference call, please dial in at 1-517-623-4891. DATE/TIME:                               ... read more »

Indianapolis…Emmis Communication Corporation, a company renowned for media innovation and using its radio brands to drive community impact, today announced the launch of Incite (inciteimpact.com) a full-service social impact marketing firm.   Emmis incubated a team focused on delivering high-impact social marketing programs for not-for-profit, government agency and corporate clients. ... read more »

Indianapolis…Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) has forged a partnership with Jelli to offer five premiere radio stations to fans that connect with Facebook’s new music platform.  Jelli, 100% user-controlled radio, enables users to take over a radio station using their web browsers and iPhones. Today at f8, Facebook’s developer conference, ... read more »

Indianapolis….Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) today announced it has completed the transfer of  WKQX-FM (101.1 MHz, Chicago, IL), WLUP-FM (97.9 MHz, Chicago, IL) and WRXP-FM (101.9 MHz, New York, NY) to Merlin Media LLC (“Merlin Media”), and the sale of a controlling interest in Merlin Media to Chicago-based private equity ... read more »

Indianapolis….Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) has announced it has reached an agreement to transfer  WKQX-FM (101.1 MHz, Chicago, IL), WLUP-FM (97.9 MHz, Chicago, IL) and WRXP-FM (101.9 MHz, New York, NY) to Merlin Media LLC (“Merlin Media”), a controlling interest of which will be acquired by Chicago-based private equity firm ... read more »