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Univision Blackout Is ‘Probably Permanent’

Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen isn’t kidding around when it comes to the high cost of programming, telling analysts Friday that its dispute with Spanish-language broadcaster is “probably permanent.”  Courtesy of Broadcasting & Cable

Solving the growth challenge in consumer packaged goods

The magnitude and pace of change in the US market have undermined traditional growth models for many consumer-packaged-goods companies, especially larger ones. Companies need to combine greater agility with new types of scale advantage to compete more effectively.

The Viability of Heritage Marketing

Brand loyalty is somewhat habit-based. Consumers buy products because their parents bought them, passing brand equity from generation to generation. Marketers know this and often leverage that heritage with customers, but in a world where there is disruptive competition for brand loyalty, is heritage marketing still viable?  By Amelia Duggan

Buy Local. Reach National. Technology and the Rise of the Unwired Network

Buying media from an unwired network was similar to a game of pin the tail on the donkey.  It was labor-intensive (local invoices for days), hitting your target was never guaranteed and all parties were left with a dizzying feeling.  Thanks to upgrades in technology — think machine learning — those days are gone.

Zero-based productivity: The power of informed choices

Executives increasingly are recognizing zero-based budgeting (ZBB)1 for its ability to extract cost savings and transform a company’s culture related to its spending approach. This process then reallocates funds to higher-value priorities that focus the organization—from top to bottom. One element that sets ZBB apart from other cost-reduction measures is that it enables the organization to make active, well-considered choices about spending rather than merely revise the ongoing trajectory of prior spending.

Drifting Alone On The Social Network

This was not your ordinary Facebook post — if there is such a thing. 

For one thing, it was long — almost 1,600 words. That’s longer than this column. Secondly, it was raw. It was written by somebody in deep pain who laid their soul bare for their entire network to see.  I barely knew this person, and I was given a look into the deepest and darkest part of their lives. The post told the story of the breakup of a marriage and a struggle with depression. It was a disturbing blow-by-blow chronicle of someone hitting the bottom.

Hispanic Radio Podcast: SBS’s Big Play In Puerto Rico

In this Hispanic Radio Podcast, SBS EVP/Programming Jesus Salas shares why the launch of a brand-new station and adjustments at two other FMs in Puerto Rico couldn’t come at a better time. He also discusses how local social media influencers are leading one of the brand refresh efforts, and how politics and the need to talk will soon reshape another FM station best-known for its traditional salsa hits.

CHANGE OUR STORY. CHANGE OUR OUTCOME. I’M 300% SURE OF IT.

The truth of the matter is that amidst the extreme change (with a splash of chaos) that our industry is currently experiencing, it’s our job to change the story that, in my opinion, seems to have gotten away from us.  Only if WE change the story, can WE change the outcome.  So what’s the story I’m hearing out in the marketplace?  It depends who you ask, but for some it’s “Spanish-language media is dying.”  For others, it’s “Total Market is killing our industry,” or “no one can seem to get the in-culture formula right.”  To me, it’s all just negative bullshit.  No one is immune to the shift the media and marketing industry is experiencing for more reasons than I can count on two hands (that’s ten fingers, folks).  By David Chitel / NGL Collective

The Threat You Might Not See

At what point does a company become competition to others already in the market? For many large, multinational global brands, other companies don’t become competition until they’re operating at the same scale and in similar markets. As a result, global companies often don’t pay much attention to the small brands that operate well outside of their global peripheral vision.

Gaining Ground: Major League Soccer Popularity in the U.S.

Major League Soccer (MLS) has come a long way over the past decade. While “football” continues to dominate as the most popular sport globally, soccer has been fighting an uphill battle to match the interest of American football in the U

Emilio Guede Fernández passes

Emilio Guede Fernández, a pioneer of advertising film production in Puerto Rico, died in Miami last Saturday, July 28th, at the age 90. He was the founder of Guede Films, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a company that opened up offices in New York to service the U.S. Hispanic Market and had offices in Guatemala, Colombia and Panama. Guede was a cinematographer who worked as director and photographer on many television spots for many ad agencies in Puerto Rico, Latin America and the United States. A list of his commercials or those produced by his company includes brands such as AT&T, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Banco Popular and many others.

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