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Provision (Benefit) for Income Tax by Geographical Location (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 28, 2013
Schedule of Components of Income Before Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items]      
Income (loss) before income taxes $ (59,037)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 14,592us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ (8,868)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
United States      
Schedule of Components of Income Before Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items]      
Income (loss) before income taxes (58,692)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= emms_UnitedStatesMember
16,659us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= emms_UnitedStatesMember
(7,518)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= emms_UnitedStatesMember
Foreign      
Schedule of Components of Income Before Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items]      
Income (loss) before income taxes $ (345)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= emms_ForeignMember
$ (2,067)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= emms_ForeignMember
$ (1,350)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= emms_ForeignMember