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Director, Diego Luna and Jarritos, the popular Mexican soft drink brand, joined forces to produce Jarritos’ most recent spot, “The Journey”. The short film showcases the struggles, and triumphs of immigrants living in the United States, while establishing Jarritos as a brand that celebrates the very diversity that makes its consumers and this country so great.

Featuring a fresh and modern look and feel, the Hispanic campaign will include new Spanish-language TV and digital spots that convey product and service offerings aimed at making consumers’ lives easier and demonstrating the value of being in Good Hands.

TuYo Media announced the launch of its’ TuYo Radio on DASH radio and the return of international star Rocio “La Peligrosa” Sandoval to radio.

Advertising and marketing; these two words get thrown around quite often and many people think they’re synonymous at first glance, but in reality they are very different.

We appear to be surrounded by brands and products that are looking and trying very hard to be identified as “crafted.” Staged as a new idea, the irony is brilliant, given that many of these products or brands are actually just a slap-dash, jump-on-the-band-wagon replacement for an actually interesting piece of innovation. Marketers may be trying to tap into consumers’ desire for authenticity, but if it’s not genuine, they risk losing more than just sales.

WING announced that Victor Paredes as joined the agency as Director of Strategy.

The new report from GfK’s The Home Technology Monitor™ shows that these “self-bundling” viewers – those who pay for combinations of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and other subscription streaming services – are more likely to have kids under 18 in their homes (50%, versus an average of 41% among all weekly viewers of any type).

When asked whether racial issues were improving in the U.S., males agree (strongly/somewhat) at almost double the rate than women did (50% vs. 27%, respectively). Males (36%) were also more likely to agree that politicians are trying to make their lives better when compared to females (20%).

The IAB Technology Laboratory today released for public comment the “IAB Dynamic Content Ad Standard,” a schema that will increase the relevancy of ads delivered to consumers across desktop and mobile screens, ultimately providing marketers with greater digital advertising efficiency and effectiveness.

NBC 6 / WTVJ and Telemundo 51 Miami / WSCV announced that Debra Juarez has been named Vice President, Digital. Her first day will be January 3, 2017.

The Latina SmartPurse is an innovative research initiative focused on the Hispanic female in the U.S. This progressive research takes a deep dive into the modern Latina consumer, her influence, and what she expects from brands when making purchasing decisions.

Agency holding companies appeared relatively quiet during the third quarter, with seemingly less news related to transparency, account reviews and profit pressure than we saw earlier in the year. However, the importance of each of these topics remains undiminished.

Agency leaders are standing at the proverbial crossing. Only this is not the standard T-crossing where the road leads either left or right, nor is it a fork in the road where one path leads to unknowns up the mountain, and the other unknowns will be on the path down the valley.

The baseline metric for pricing and measuring digital advertising—the served impression—has shaped digital media for more than two decades, as explored in a new eMarketer report, “Attention and Engagement Metrics: Going Beyond the Impression”.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the creation of Telemundo International Studios (TIS). 

African-Americans are exuberant and reflective—optimistic about present-day advances in income, education, entrepreneurship and health care, and determined to forge a better future as influential leaders and catalysts of social awareness against discrimination and social injustice.

By Gonzalo López Martí    – Creative director, etc./LMMiami.com

A surprisingly large amount of followers of my weekly marketing & advertising manic musings keep asking me about that friend of mine I wrote about a few columns back who’s depressed because soccer moms are driving Porsches and Teslas.

Media owners advertising sales are expected to increase by +6.3% in 2016 and by +1.6% in 2017. Neutralizing the  impact  of  incremental  ad  spend  driven  by  even-year  events  over  the  period  2015-2017  (“Political  &  Olympic”  effect  or  “P&O”)  advertising  sales  would  increase  by  +4.4%  in  2016  (previously:  +4.1%)  and by+3.5% in 2017 (prev. +3.4%).

Enjoyed the opportunity to attend a speech by David Slocum, faculty director of the Executive MBA Berlin School of Creative Leadership at one of industry events hosted by Luis Miguel Messianu of Coconut Grove, FL based ALMA.  In essence we as an industry need to change the ways we think and act on how we can mold our organizations to faces challenges on any side of the business model.

While holiday spending is likely to increase again this year in the United States – with 44 percent of U.S. consumers planning to spend more than they did last year – frugality will be the theme this holiday season, as shoppers want more for their money and are willing to put in the extra work to get the best deals, according to Accenture’s annual holiday shopping survey.