Stung by a 2-14 season and the departure of star quarterback Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis Colts this month hired Get Real Sports Sales and six summer interns to help sell 3,000 season tickets that weren’t moving.
Federal prosecutors in the Tim Durham fraud trial on Wednesday sought to introduce into evidence an IBJ investigative report from October 2009, but a judge agreed with a defense attorney and denied the request.
Several local broadcast television sources say Angela Buchman will leave Channel 8 when her contract expires this summer. A non-compete clause likely would keep her from appearing on-air for Channel 13 until next year.
Detroit Free Press senior managing editor Jeffrey Taylor was introduced to the Indianapolis Star's staff on Tuesday. He succeeds Dennis Ryerson at the helm of the state’s largest newspaper.
Angie’s List Inc. alleges its trademarked name is being misused by a Colorado competitor to intercept people conducting Google searches for the Indianapolis-based contractor-ratings service.
A federal judge wants Emmis to submit an amended proxy statement reflecting changes that would result from the proposal. The hearing will occur within 30 days of receiving the proxy.
Whether the company can strip preferred shareholders of their right to collect millions of dollars in dividends will be decided in court. Shareholders have filed suit in an attempt to stop the proposal from being voted on.
Ray Compton, Mike Jansen and Bob Lovell are using their love of sports to produce and sell DVDs capturing high school sports seasons.
A Florida-based sports marketing firm had claimed in a lawsuit that it was owed million of dollars in commissions for landing the clothing brand as the league’s title sponsor.
On Sunday, the Indiana Pacers grabbed the attention of a big chunk of the local market, drawing nearly 10 times the television audience they did for their regular-season games.
A partnership of Herb Simon and Jeff Smulyan filed plans to buy up to an additional 1 million shares of Emmis Communications Corp. at no more than $2 apiece.
A deep playoff run by the Indiana Pacers could be good news for Indianapolis-based merchandising company MainGate Inc., which produced the promotional T-shirts used at Thursday night’s victory over the Miami Heat and is working on promotions for future games.
Facebook sold 421million shares to raise $16 billion, giving the company a $104 billion market value. After the debut, underwriters bought the stock to keep it from falling below the IPO price.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is selling advertising along the world-famous, 103-year-old race course for the first time ever, a break with tradition that promises to boost its financial firepower as racetracks nationwide are struggling.
Sunrise Greetings said it will move operations by the end of the year to the Kansas City, Mo., headquarters of parent Hallmark Cards Inc., resulting in the loss of 93 jobs.
The NASDAQ exchange notified the Indianapolis-based company on Tuesday that its stock avoided delisting after shares traded above $1 for 10 consecutive trading days. Emmis has been in danger of losing its NASDAQ status for several years.
Third Street Partners, a marketing firm that hoped to land half a million dollars in corporate sponsorships for the city of Indianapolis, has received a four-year contract extension to bring home red meat.
The Indianapolis-based media company lost $18.2 million in its fiscal fourth quarter but reported a profit of $79.5 million for the fiscal year largely due to the repurchase of company preferred stock.
The Indianapolis TV station will occasionally broadcast live from the WIBC-FM 93.1 studio as part of an agreement with the radio station’s parent company, Emmis Communications Corp. WRTV is hoping to gain more exposure from the deal.
With the additional five hours of news, Fox 59 plans to add six employees at the television station, which will produce 60 hours of news programming each week.
