Press Releases

Lincoln Financial Media Expands Relationship with Emmis Interactive — for immediate release, 06.25.08

Already a sales consulting partner, Emmis Interactive tapped to provide technology as well

Chicago... Emmis Interactive, Inc., the software and consulting company that empowers the reinvention of local media, today announced it has expanded its relationship with Lincoln Financial Media to provide sales and technology services for the websites in its four markets. ...read more

Emmis Interactive Partners with Big League Broadcasting — for immediate release, 06.10.08

Atlanta's Sports Radio 790 The Zone to benefit from interactive platform, sales solutions

Chicago — Emmis Interactive, Inc., the software and consulting company that empowers the reinvention of local media, today announced it has partnered with Big League Broadcasting's Sports Radio 790 The Zone (www.790thezone.com) to provide its successful interactive platform and proven sales consulting services... read more

Emmis Interactive Announces New Affiliate Deal with iTunes — for immediate release, 05.12.08

Custom Storefronts now available to local radio stations

Chicago — Emmis Interactive, Inc., the U.S. radio industry's leader in generating interactive revenues, today announced a licensing agreement with the iTunes Store to market its custom Storefront technology to other radio station and media companies... read more

Media Mentions

"Interactive Execs Give The Big Picture On Radio & Digital"
Radio Ink, 3.11.08

"Emmis Interactive co-President Rey Mena called his division 'a software company,' saying the technology Emmis uses online is put together in house, both for the sake of maintaining control and to avoid, he said, 'what we calll the 'bolt-on effect,' where we bolt on stuff from different vendors... The corporate designers are able, he said, to make things simple for user on the station side, where 'They don't have to worry about the technology side. We do that.' At stations, he said, the responsibilities are for content — and monetization. 'We're not in the hobby business,' Mena said." read more

"Q&A: Emmis' Esayian on pulling radio advertising into the Internet age"
SNL Financial, 2.15.08

"Despite well-documented trouble at some of its core radio holdings, Emmis Communications Corp.'s Interactive segment continues to show success. Using a variety of media — most notably the Internet — to more effectively link advertisers and listeners, the division maintains relationships with all Emmis stations, and recently began taking on clients ouside of the company as well." read more

"Emmis' landmark deal with Apple paying big dividends"
Anthony Schoettle, Indianapolis Business Journal, 12.13.06

"Though few other radio stations are iTunes outlets, Emmis has flown to the top of the class of more than 25,000 iTunes affiliates worldwide, Apple officials said. "This is another way to engage consumers, not just for radio sations, but for record labels and artists as well, and that's invaluable," Jay Schemanske, associate media director in the Indianapolis office of Optimedia said. "I think the full benefit of that is starting to be realized. That's why I think this model could catch fire."