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Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan Preparing to Publish Memoir


Jeff Smulyan
Jeff Smulyan

Emmis Communications founder, CEO and Chairman Jeff Smulyan is preparing to publish his memoir, "Never Ride a Roller Coaster Upside Down: The Ups, Downs, and Reinvention of an Entrepreneur" on December 6. Smulyan also founded the first ever all Sports radio outlet WFAN in New York. He was also an owner of the Seattle Mariners and this November he will be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

"Jeff is a natural storyteller and makes me laugh out loud every time he shares the highs and lows of his life as an entrepreneur in sports and media. Full of insight, humor and an honest voice, 'Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down' is cleverly paced and a delight for the reader," said former quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts Andrew Luck.

Smulyan grew up with a love for radio and a fierce entrepreneurial spirit. He came of age at a time when radio transformed from a niche medium to an indispensable form of news and entertainment. Like so many youths of the time he could be found hiding his transistor radio under his pillow so he could listen to radio late into the night and escape to far off places and events.

Despite his successes, Smulyan's path was not without obstacles. In his new memoir "Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down: The Ups, Downs, and Reinvention of an Entrepreneur," he chronicles the successes as well as the failures and provides a roadmap to becoming an entrepreneur and a successful business leader.

Part business manual and part memoir, readers will meet a cast of characters and household names from David Letterman to Ken Griffey Jr., all the while enjoying countless humorous and dramatic stories from Smulyan's career.

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