Axios, Telemundo Team For Weekly Latino Newsletter, En Inglés
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.
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A New VP for BMI’s Latin Creative Team
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) has a new Vice President of Creative for its Latin arm. Jesus Gonzalez will join the company as will oversee BMI’s Latin Creative team helping to sign and develop new talent, assist BMI’s family of songwriters and publishers and serve as a liaison between the Latin music community and the industry at large. Based…
Nueva Network Bows As Latest Hispanic-Focused National Radio Player
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.
Hispanic-focused AVOD Added To Samsung TV Plus
Canela.TV, one of the first AVOD streaming services focused on U.S. Hispanic consumers, is now available on Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free ad supported video service on 2016 – 2021 Samsung TV’s and select Galaxy devices. Available on channel 1272, Canela.TV features a mixture of Spanish-language movies and series, is unique to Samsung TV Plus…
Canela Media To Launch a Weekday ‘FAST’ Newscast
Latina-owned digital media company Canela Media has launched “Canela News,” billed as “the first free live-streaming newscast for U.S. Latino cord cutters.” It’s a Spanish-language daily newscast offering the latest headlines, sports reports, features on immigration, and other subjects of particular interest to Hispanics who prefer to consume content en español.
Univision Puts ‘Mixology’ In Motion As a National Radio Solution
Cue up another radio broadcasting company that has opted to install a nationally distributed radio program across its local FM music stations. Univision Communications, now with majority ownership held by Searchlight and ForgeLight under new CEO Wade Davis, is bringing a new national audience offering — and sales solution — to its radio division, overseen by Jesus Lara. It is doing so…
A Wave of Change At Univision Includes a Veteran Miami News Anchor
On Dec. 29, Searchlight III UTD and ForgeLight‘s acquisition of a majority stake of Univision Holdings from Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Thomas H. Lee Partners, and Saban Capital Group formally closed. With that, Wade Davis succeeded Vince Sadusky as Univision’s CEO. Then came major changes to the C-Suite, as reported by Radio & Television Business Report. Now, it is known…
Who Is Univision’s New CEO?
Univision Communications took to LinkedIn to officially welcome Wade Davis as its new CEO, following the completion of a transaction that sees Searchlight Capital Partners and ForgeLight take a majority interest in the nation’s largest multimedia company focused on Spanish-speaking consumers. But, just who is Davis, who succeeds Vince Sadusky?
Being Seen on Screen: Diverse Representation and Inclusion on TV
This is Nielsen’s first ever report that measures the television media landscape’s progress and gaps in on-screen inclusion. The report reviews a variety of underrepresented groups in TV, including women, people of color and LGBTQ+ folks.
‘Best U.S. Independent Agency’ Honors Go To d’Expósito
The agency team at d expósito & Partners celebrated the Thanksgiving weekend with distinguished recognitions at the 23rd Annual Ojo de Iberoamérica awards, which took place Nov 25-27 via a virtual conference and awards ceremony from Buenos Aires. Every year, this premiere international festival celebrates the best in advertising and content that focusing on creative,…