Video Interview: Jeffrey Smulyan, Chief Executive Officer, Emmis Communications Corporation [EMMS]
April 23 2014 - 9:00AM
Veteran business journalist Kelsey Hubbard joins Jeffrey Smulyan,
Chief Executive Officer, Emmis Communications Corporation [EMMS] to
discuss the company's industry, strategy, financials and
positioning.
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Jeffrey Smulyan, Emmis Communications Corporation [EMMS]
Chief Executive Officer
Widely recognized as one of the most visionary leaders in the
radio industry, Jeffrey H. Smulyan, 66, serves as Founder and
Chairman of the Board of Emmis Communications Corporation, an
Indianapolis–based radio and magazine publishing company with
operations in eight U.S. markets.
Smulyan is the leading advocate of getting FM-enabled wireless
devices in smartphones. He shepherded the unification of the radio
industry behind the installation of the Emmis-created NextRadio
application in a broad array of FM-enabled wireless devices,
allowing consumers to listen to their local radio stations without
data charges.
Smulyan formed and became principal shareholder of Emmis in
1980. A public company since 1994 (Nasdaq:EMMS), Emmis owns and
operates 18 FM and 3 AM radio stations in the nation's largest
markets and city/regional magazines, including national titles
Texas Monthly and Los Angeles. Emmis owns the two top hip-hop
brands in the world, KPWR in Los Angeles and HOT 97 in New York
City.
A former director of the National Association of Broadcasters
and former Chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau, Smulyan served
as past chair of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, a
consortium of CEOs from central Indiana's largest corporations, and
sits on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, the University of
Southern California. He is a member of numerous civic boards and
committees. As principal shareholder, he led a group that purchased
the Seattle Mariners baseball team in 1989, selling the club three
years later. During that time, Smulyan served on the Major League
Baseball owner's Ownership and Television committees.
Smulyan's leadership has been recognized by the American Women
in Radio and Television's Silver Satellite Award, the National
Association of Broadcasters' National Radio Award, Radio Ink's
"Radio Executive of the Year," the American Women in Radio and
Television's Star Award, the Sagamore of the Wabash, and the
Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Ernst & Young. The radio
industry newspaper, R & R, voted Smulyan one of the 10 most
influential radio executives of the past two decades. He has been
inducted in the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and the
Indiana Business Hall of Fame. The Broadcasters' Foundation honored
him with its Golden Mike Award in recognition of his charitable
efforts. Emmis was named one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best
Companies to Work For," a point of particular pride for Smulyan,
who believes that creating a vibrant, collaborative company culture
is critical to success.
In 1994, Smulyan was named by The White House to head the U.S.
Delegation to the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International
Telecommunications Union. As a United States Ambassador, he
represented the U.S. in various bilateral meetings, negotiating a
landmark agreement between Israel and the PLO.
In 2013, Smulyan was named a "Giant of Broadcasting" by the
Library of American Broadcasting alongside such media luminaries as
Barry Diller, Alex Trebek, Morley Safer and Dick Cavett.
A cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California
with a B.A. in History and Telecommunications, Smulyan earned a
Juris Doctor degree from USC School of Law, where he served as note
and comment editor of the USC Law Review. Smulyan resides in
Indianapolis with his wife, Heather. He has three children:
Samantha, Cari and Bradley.
Emmis Communications Corporation [EMMS]:
Emmis Communications – Great Media, Great People, Great
Service®
Emmis Communications Corporation is a diversified media company,
principally focused on radio broadcasting. Emmis operates the 9th
largest radio portfolio in the United States based on total
listeners. Emmis owns 18 FM and 3 AM radio stations in New York,
Los Angeles, St. Louis, Austin (Emmis has a 50.1% controlling
interest in Emmis' radio stations located there), Indianapolis and
Terre Haute, IN and operates two additional stations in New York (1
FM and 1 AM) pursuant to a Local Marketing Agreement ("LMA")
whereby Emmis provides the programming for these stations and sells
all advertising within that programming pending its acquisition of
the stations. In addition, one of the FM radio stations Emmis
currently owns in New York is operated pursuant to a LMA by a third
party.
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