A look at Jacobson’s discussions on the U.S. radio industry, and comments made to newspapers, radio stations and television stations.
While the city of Boca Raton, Fla., may think of itself as a classy hub of business and higher income households, in English the city’s name is “Rat’s Mouth.” For Entravision, there’s nothing gross at all about a rat’s mouth. In fact, it’s just committed to one as the centerpiece of its latest national radio programming syndication effort.
One of the largest and most successful Hispanic-owned food companies in the U.S., noted for its support of Republican politicians in the 2020 election cycle, has been honored by a New York-based heritage Talk station owned by an individual whose parent company owns one of this food company’s biggest customers in the Big Apple.
Wurl, which powers streaming TV, has entered into an agreement with RCN Más and MegaNoticias to enable distribution and monetization services on the connected-TV platform Roku. As such, both services are now available on Roku in the U.S. RCN Más is a service from Latin America TV created with content from Colombian broadcaster RCN. MegaNoticias…
A twenty-five-year national radio sales professional with extensive knowledge of the Hispanic radio marketplace, Figueira’s background includes roles at Caballero Spanish Media, Interep and McGavren Guild.
This article originally appeared in the Radio + Television Business Report on July 26, 2021. By Adam R Jacobson In September 2018, a forlorn AM radio station that had been serving Brazilians with Portuguese-language fare became the latest station to capitalize on the massive growth of the Spanish-speaking population in Central Florida. Only, it didn’t adopt another…
The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2021 from Edison Research finds that 36% of U.S. Latinos age 18+ (16 million people) have listened to a podcast in the last month, which is a 44% increase over 2020 (25%).
The nation’s largest owner of broadcast radio stations, also a leading podcast and audio streaming provider, is launching a new standalone podcast venture “dedicated to elevating Latinx voices and creators, and sharing the Latinx experience with millions of listeners.” In partnership with Enrique Santos, iHeartMedia’s President and Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino, My Cultura will offer creators…
A weekly English-language newsletter examining the key issues impacting the Latino community is on the way. And, it is thanks to a new partnership between Axios and Noticias Telemundo.
An imaging company with offices in New York and Los Angeles has launched an audio network focused specifically on U.S. Latinos. Introducing Nueva Network, which promises at its onset 79% of U.S. Hispanics over the age of 11.
Internationally known recording artist Nicky Jam will be honored with the annual iHeartRadio Corazón Latino Award Presented by Ally during the virtually presented 2020 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8. Mr. Jam will be presented with the award by iHeartLatino Chief Creative Officer Enrique Santos. The award honors an individual that exemplifies their…