Related Party Transactions	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Note 13. Related Party Transactions Transaction Agreement with Emmis and SG Broadcasting On June 28, 2019, MediaCo entered into a Contribution and Distribution Agreement with Emmis and SG Broadcasting, pursuant to which (i) Emmis contributed the assets of its radio stations WQHT-FM and WBLS-FM, in exchange for $91.5 million in cash, a $5.0 million note and 23.72% of the common stock of MediaCo, (ii) Standard General purchased 76.28% of the common stock of MediaCo, and (iii) the common stock of MediaCo received by Emmis was distributed pro rata in a taxable dividend to Emmis’ shareholders on January 17, 2020. The common stock of MediaCo acquired by Standard General is entitled to ten votes per share and the common stock acquired by Emmis and distributed to Emmis’ shareholders is entitled to one vote per share. Emmis continues to provide management services to the Stations under a Management Agreement, subject to the direction of the MediaCo board of directors, which now consists of five directors appointed by Standard General and three directors appointed by Emmis. MediaCo pays Emmis an annual management fee of $1.25 million, plus reimbursement of certain expenses directly related to the operation of MediaCo’s business. The sale closed on November 25, 2019, at which time MediaCo and Emmis also entered into the management agreement (the “Management Agreement”), an employee leasing agreement (the “Employee Leasing Agreement”) and certain other ancillary agreements. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2021, MediaCo recorded $0.6 million of management fee expense, which is included in corporate expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. $0.1 million was unpaid as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Emmis has given formal notice that it does not intend to extend the Management Agreement beyond the initial term which expires in November 2021. Under the Employee Leasing Agreement, the employees of the Stations remained employees of Emmis and we reimbursed Emmis for the cost of these employees, including health and benefit costs. Expense related to the Employee Leasing Agreement, which is included in operating expenses, was $4.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. No amount of expense related to the Employee Leasing Agreement remained unpaid as of December 31, 2020. Effective January 1, 2021, the Employee Leasing Agreement was terminated, and the Company hired all of the leased employees and assumed the employment and collective bargaining agreements related to leased employees. The Employee Leasing Agreement was terminated at the expiration of the initial term, so no early termination penalties were incurred. Convertible Promissory Notes As a result of the transaction described above, on November 25, 2019, we issued convertible promissory notes to both Emmis and SG Broadcasting in the amounts of $5.0 million and $6.3 million, respectively. On February 28, 2020, the Company and SG Broadcasting amended and restated the SG Broadcasting Promissory Note such that the maximum aggregate principal amount issuable under the note was increased from $6.3 million to $10.3 million. Also on February 28, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $2.0 million to the Company pursuant to the amended note for working capital purposes. On March 27, 2020, the Company and SG Broadcasting further amended and restated the SG Broadcasting Promissory Note such that the maximum aggregate principal amount issuable under the note was increased from $10.3 million to $20.0 million. On March 27, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $3.0 million to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated SG Promissory Note for working capital purposes. On August 28, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $8.7 million to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated SG Promissory Note for working capital purposes, bringing the total principal amount outstanding to $20.0 million. On September 30, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $0.3 million to the Company pursuant to the Additional SG Broadcasting Promissory Note for working capital purposes. On November 25, 2020, annual interest of $0.5 million and $1.1 million was paid in kind and added to the principal balances of the Emmis Convertible Promissory Note and the SG Broadcasting Promissory Note, respectively. On May 19, 2021, the Company issued to SG Broadcasting the May 2021 SG Broadcasting Promissory Note, in return for which SG Broadcasting loaned $3.0 million to the Company to make the prepayment of Senior Credit Facility debt required under Amendment No. 4. Up to $7.0 million may be borrowed pursuant to the May 2021 SG Broadcasting Promissory Note. On June 1, 2021, SG Broadcasting loaned $1.0 million to the Company under the May 2021 SG Broadcasting Promissory Note as required by Amendment No. 4 to the Senior Credit Facility. Consequently, the principal amount outstanding under the Emmis Convertible Promissory Note and the SG Broadcasting Promissory Notes as of June 30, 2021 was $5.5 million and $25.4 million, respectively. The Company recognized interest expense of $0.3 million related to the Emmis Convertible Promissory Note for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021. The Company recognized interest expense of $0.4 million and $1.1 million related to the SG Promissory Notes for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, respectively. The terms of these notes are described in Note 5. Convertible Preferred Stock On December 13, 2019, in connection with the purchase of our outdoor advertising segment, the Company issued to SG Broadcasting 220,000 shares of MediaCo Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares rank senior in preference to the MediaCo Class A common stock, MediaCo Class B common stock, and the MediaCo Class C common stock. Pursuant to the Articles of Amendment, the ability of the Company to make distributions with respect to, or make a liquidation payment on, any other class of capital stock in the Company designated to be junior to, or on parity with, the MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares, will be subject to certain restrictions, including that (i) the MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive the amount of dividends per share that would be payable on the number of whole common shares of the Company into which each share of MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares could be converted, and (ii) the MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, shall be entitled to a preference on the assets of the Company. Issued and outstanding shares of MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares shall accrue cumulative dividends, payable in kind, at an annual rate equal to the interest rate on any senior debt of the Company, including any applicable paid in kind rate (see Note 5), or if no senior debt is outstanding, 6%, plus additional increases of 1% on December 12, 2020 and each anniversary thereof. The current rate in effect at June 30, 2021 is 11.5%. MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares are redeemable for cash at the option of SG Broadcasting at any time on or after June 12, 2025, and so the shares are classified outside of permanent equity. The Series A Preferred Shares are also convertible into shares of Class A common stock at the option of SG Broadcasting at any time after May 25, 2020, with the number of shares of common stock determined by dividing the original contribution, plus accrued dividends, by the 30-day volume weighted average share price of Class A common shares. The Series A Preferred Shares are considered participating securities for the purposes of calculating earnings per share under the two-class method. On December 13, 2020, $2.1 million of dividends were paid in kind. The payment in kind increased the accrued value of the preferred stock and no additional shares were issued as part of this payment. Dividends on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by SG Broadcasting were $1.1 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, and June 30, 2021, unpaid cumulative dividends were $0.1 million and $1.4 million, respectively, and included in the balance of preferred stock in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Loan Proceeds Participation Agreement On April 22, 2020, MediaCo and Emmis entered into a certain Loan Proceeds Participation Agreement (the “LPPA”) pursuant to which (i) Emmis agreed to use certain of the proceeds of the loan Emmis received pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under Division A, Title I of the CARES Act to pay certain wages of employees leased to MediaCo pursuant to the Employee Leasing Agreement, between Emmis and MediaCo, (ii) Emmis agreed to waive up to $1.5 million in reimbursement obligations of MediaCo to Emmis under the Employee Leasing Agreement to the extent that the PPP Loan is forgiven, and (iii) MediaCo agreed to promptly pay Emmis an amount equal to 31.56% of the amount of the PPP Loan, if any, that Emmis is required to repay, up to the amount of the reimbursement obligations forgiven under (ii) above. Standard General L.P., on behalf of all of the funds for which it serves as an investment advisor, agreed to guaranty MediaCo’s obligations under the LPPA. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, Emmis received notification that the full amount of the loan has been forgiven. Management Agreement for Billboards LLC On August 11, 2020, the board of directors of the Company unanimously authorized the entry into a certain Management Agreement (the “Billboard Agreement”) between Fairway Outdoor LLC (a subsidiary of the Company, “Fairway”) and Billboards LLC (an affiliate of Standard General, “Billboards”). Under the Billboard Agreement, Fairway will manage the billboard business of Billboards in exchange for payments of $25 thousand per quarter and reimbursement of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Fairway in the performance of its duties under the Billboard Agreement. The Billboard Agreement has an effective date of August 1, 2020, has a term of three years, and has customary provisions on limitation of liability and indemnification. $50 thousand of income was recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2021 in relation to the Billboard Agreement, all of which was outstanding as of June 30, 2021. Additionally, Fairway incurred $83 thousand of out-of-pocket expenses for the period, none of which has been reimbursed as of June 30, 2021.

Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Note 13. Related Party Transactions

Transaction Agreement with Emmis and SG Broadcasting

On June 28, 2019, MediaCo entered into a Contribution and Distribution Agreement with Emmis and SG Broadcasting, pursuant to which (i) Emmis contributed the assets of its radio stations WQHT-FM and WBLS-FM, in exchange for $91.5 million in cash, a $5.0 million note and 23.72% of the common stock of MediaCo, (ii) Standard General purchased 76.28% of the common stock of MediaCo, and (iii) the common stock of MediaCo received by Emmis was distributed pro rata in a taxable dividend to Emmis’ shareholders on January 17, 2020. The common stock of MediaCo acquired by Standard General is entitled to ten votes per share and the common stock acquired by Emmis and distributed to Emmis’ shareholders is entitled to one vote per share. Emmis continues to provide management services to the Stations under a Management Agreement, subject to the direction of the MediaCo board of directors, which now consists of five directors appointed by Standard General and three directors appointed by Emmis. MediaCo pays Emmis an annual management fee of $1.25 million, plus reimbursement of certain expenses directly related to the operation of MediaCo’s business. The sale closed on November 25, 2019, at which time MediaCo and Emmis also entered into the management agreement (the “Management Agreement”), an employee leasing agreement (the “Employee Leasing Agreement”) and certain other ancillary agreements.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2021, MediaCo recorded $0.6 million of management fee expense, which is included in corporate expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. $0.1 million was unpaid as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Emmis has given formal notice that it does not intend to extend the Management Agreement beyond the initial term which expires in November 2021.

Under the Employee Leasing Agreement, the employees of the Stations remained employees of Emmis and we reimbursed Emmis for the cost of these employees, including health and benefit costs. Expense related to the Employee Leasing Agreement, which is included in operating expenses, was $4.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. No amount of expense related to the Employee Leasing Agreement remained unpaid as of December 31, 2020. Effective January 1, 2021, the Employee Leasing Agreement was terminated, and the Company hired all of the leased employees and assumed the employment and collective bargaining agreements related to leased employees. The Employee Leasing Agreement was terminated at the expiration of the initial term, so no early termination penalties were incurred.

Convertible Promissory Notes

As a result of the transaction described above, on November 25, 2019, we issued convertible promissory notes to both Emmis and SG Broadcasting in the amounts of $5.0 million and $6.3 million, respectively. On February 28, 2020, the Company and SG Broadcasting amended and restated the SG Broadcasting Promissory Note such that the maximum aggregate principal amount issuable under the note was increased from $6.3 million to $10.3 million. Also on February 28, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $2.0 million to the Company pursuant to the amended note for working capital purposes.

On March 27, 2020, the Company and SG Broadcasting further amended and restated the SG Broadcasting Promissory Note such that the maximum aggregate principal amount issuable under the note was increased from $10.3 million to $20.0 million. On March 27, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $3.0 million to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated SG Promissory Note for working capital purposes.

On August 28, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $8.7 million to the Company pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated SG Promissory Note for working capital purposes, bringing the total principal amount outstanding to $20.0 million.

On September 30, 2020, SG Broadcasting loaned an additional $0.3 million to the Company pursuant to the Additional SG Broadcasting Promissory Note for working capital purposes.

On November 25, 2020, annual interest of $0.5 million and $1.1 million was paid in kind and added to the principal balances of the Emmis Convertible Promissory Note and the SG Broadcasting Promissory Note, respectively.

On May 19, 2021, the Company issued to SG Broadcasting the May 2021 SG Broadcasting Promissory Note, in return for which SG Broadcasting loaned $3.0 million to the Company to make the prepayment of Senior Credit Facility debt required under Amendment No. 4. Up to $7.0 million may be borrowed pursuant to the May 2021 SG Broadcasting Promissory Note.

On June 1, 2021, SG Broadcasting loaned $1.0 million to the Company under the May 2021 SG Broadcasting Promissory Note as required by Amendment No. 4 to the Senior Credit Facility.

Consequently, the principal amount outstanding under the Emmis Convertible Promissory Note and the SG Broadcasting Promissory Notes as of June 30, 2021 was $5.5 million and $25.4 million, respectively.

The Company recognized interest expense of $0.3 million related to the Emmis Convertible Promissory Note for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021.

The Company recognized interest expense of $0.4 million and $1.1 million related to the SG Promissory Notes for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, respectively.

The terms of these notes are described in Note 5.

Convertible Preferred Stock

On December 13, 2019, in connection with the purchase of our outdoor advertising segment, the Company issued to SG Broadcasting 220,000 shares of MediaCo Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares rank senior in preference to the MediaCo Class A common stock, MediaCo Class B common stock, and the MediaCo Class C common stock. Pursuant to the Articles of Amendment, the ability of the Company to make distributions with respect to, or make a liquidation payment on, any other class of capital stock in the Company designated to be junior to, or on parity with, the MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares, will be subject to certain restrictions, including that (i) the MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive the amount of dividends per share that would be payable on the number of whole common shares of the Company into which each share of MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares could be converted, and (ii) the MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, shall be entitled to a preference on the assets of the Company. Issued and outstanding shares of MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares shall accrue cumulative dividends, payable in kind, at an annual rate equal to the interest rate on any senior debt of the Company, including any applicable paid in kind rate (see Note 5), or if no senior debt is outstanding, 6%, plus additional increases of 1% on December 12, 2020 and each anniversary thereof. The current rate in effect at June 30, 2021 is 11.5%.

MediaCo Series A Preferred Shares are redeemable for cash at the option of SG Broadcasting at any time on or after June 12, 2025, and so the shares are classified outside of permanent equity. The Series A Preferred Shares are also convertible into shares of Class A common stock at the option of SG Broadcasting at any time after May 25, 2020, with the number of shares of common stock determined by dividing the original contribution, plus accrued dividends, by the 30-day volume weighted average share price of Class A common shares. The Series A Preferred Shares are considered participating securities for the purposes of calculating earnings per share under the two-class method.

On December 13, 2020, $2.1 million of dividends were paid in kind. The payment in kind increased the accrued value of the preferred stock and no additional shares were issued as part of this payment. Dividends on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by SG Broadcasting were $1.1 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, and June 30, 2021, unpaid cumulative dividends were $0.1 million and $1.4 million, respectively, and included in the balance of preferred stock in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Loan Proceeds Participation Agreement

On April 22, 2020, MediaCo and Emmis entered into a certain Loan Proceeds Participation Agreement (the “LPPA”) pursuant to which (i) Emmis agreed to use certain of the proceeds of the loan Emmis received pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under Division A, Title I of the CARES Act to pay certain wages of employees leased to MediaCo pursuant to the Employee Leasing Agreement, between Emmis and MediaCo, (ii) Emmis agreed to waive up to $1.5 million in reimbursement obligations of MediaCo to Emmis under the Employee Leasing Agreement to the extent that the PPP Loan is forgiven, and (iii) MediaCo agreed to promptly pay Emmis an amount equal to 31.56% of the amount of the PPP Loan, if any, that Emmis is required to repay, up to the amount of the reimbursement obligations forgiven under (ii) above. Standard General L.P., on behalf of all of the funds for which it serves as an investment advisor, agreed to guaranty MediaCo’s obligations under the LPPA. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, Emmis received notification that the full amount of the loan has been forgiven.

Management Agreement for Billboards LLC

On August 11, 2020, the board of directors of the Company unanimously authorized the entry into a certain Management Agreement (the “Billboard Agreement”) between Fairway Outdoor LLC (a subsidiary of the Company, “Fairway”) and Billboards LLC (an affiliate of Standard General, “Billboards”). Under the Billboard Agreement, Fairway will manage the billboard business of Billboards in exchange for payments of $25 thousand per quarter and reimbursement of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Fairway in the performance of its duties under the Billboard Agreement. The Billboard Agreement has an effective date of August 1, 2020, has a term of three years, and has customary provisions on limitation of liability and indemnification. $50 thousand of income was recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2021 in relation to the Billboard Agreement, all of which was outstanding as of June 30, 2021. Additionally, Fairway incurred $83 thousand of out-of-pocket expenses for the period, none of which has been reimbursed as of June 30, 2021.