Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS) – August 20, 2010 – Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Emmis”) today announced that it is further extending its offer to issue 12% PIK Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (“New Notes”) in exchange for Emmis’ 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) at a rate of $30.00 principal […]

Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS) – August 13, 2010 – Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Emmis”) today announced that it is further extending its offer to issue 12% PIK Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (“New Notes”) in exchange for Emmis’ 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) at a rate of $30.00 principal […]

Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS) – August 9, 2010 – Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Emmis”) today announced that it is further extending its offer to issue 12% PIK Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (“New Notes”) in exchange for Emmis’ 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) at a rate of $30.00 principal […]

Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS) – August 3, 2010 – Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Emmis”) today announced that it is extending its offer to issue 12% PIK Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (“New Notes”) in exchange for Emmis’ 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) at a rate of $30.00 principal amount […]

Indianapolis, IN (NASDAQ: EMMS) — July 6, 2010 — Emmis Communications Corporation (“Emmis”), an Indiana corporation, announced that it has commenced an offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) any and all shares of Emmis’ outstanding 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Existing Preferred Stock”) for 12% PIK Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (the “New […]

Indianapolis, IN – May 25, 2010 – Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) announced today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement which will result in Emmis being taken private by JS Acquisition, LLC, a company formed by its Chairman and CEO, Jeffrey H. Smulyan.  The financing for the transaction will be provided by an […]

Emmis Communications Announces Ability of Preferred Stock Holders to Elect Two Directors Indianapolis…Emmis Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: EMMS) today announced that holders of its 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: EMMSP) are entitled to elect two new members to the Company’s Board of Directors. The election, triggered by the Company’s non-payment of its April […]

Indianapolis…Greg Loewen, Chief Strategy Officer of Emmis Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: EMMS), has been named President of Emmis Publishing effective March 1. He replaces Gary Thoe, who has decided to step down to concentrate on his family business, MidCountry Media, Inc. “Greg is the perfect person to continue our tradition of excellence in our publishing division,” […]

Indianapolis….This morning a Hungarian court ruled in favor of Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS)-owned Sláger Radio that the National Radio and Television Board (ORTT) illegally awarded a national radio broadcast contract to FM 1. The ruling means that Sláger was one of only two qualifying bids in the recent tender for Hungary’s two national radio […]

Emmis Communications’ Hungarian national radio station, Sláger, was taken off the air today.    Emmis won the broadcasting license in 1997. During its 12-year stewardship, Emmis and Sláger invested almost 30 billion forints ($170 million at current exchange rates) in Hungary’s economy, provided employment to its all-Hungarian staff, brought world-best practices to the local industry, […]