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Grupo Gallegos announced the hiring of Rachel Gilmour as Group Account Director.

Netflix Inc. will offer a broad range of great global entertainment to Cuban consumers as Internet access improves and credit and debit cards become more widely available.

MCB Network Corp’s MiCasa Network and Autoproyecto.com announced a partnership to distribute automotive video content across the MiCasa national television network and OTT/IPTV in a partnership with MCB Network Corp.

Until recently, marketers could be forgiven for looking back wistfully at this golden age as new forces reshaped their world into something completely different. These new trends include a massive proliferation of television and online channels, the transformation of the home PC into a retail channel, the unrelenting rise of mobile social media and gaming, and—with all these trends—a constant battle for the consumer’s attention.

According to the 2014 Brand Footprint, that’s what it takes to be recognized as one of the top 50 global consumer goods brands. It’s an impressive number, and a marvel of manufacturing and logistics.

Deloitte released the sixth annual report “Tech Trends 2015 – The Fusion of Business and IT” outlining the top technology forces with the potential to reshape business models, reimagine customer engagement, and change how work gets done.

You’d assume that people who create media for a living would know how to present a positive image of themselves to the media. Clearly, that’s not always the case. I do a lot of media training with my clients, and I’d say the Sony execs could have used a touch-up on their message-delivery skills. And if other entertainment companies are smart, they’re booking media-training sessions for their executives as we speak.

The shelf is perhaps the most important link in the value chain from manufacturer to retailer to consumer. It’s where brands and innovations are made available to consumers. It’s where pricing and promotions take place. It’s where supply meets demand, in the most tangible way.

This year’s Year in Sports Media report highlights consumers’ global love of sports, which continues to grow. 2014 was a big year for sports, beginning with the Sochi Winter Olympics and then featuring one of the most exciting World Cups ever held.

Marketing automation is still new enough and complex enough that even vendors of automation systems face challenges running their own marketing operations on their own platforms.

From the latest nail polish trends to the hippest hair products or the toughest wrinkle fighters, women and men, young and old are shopping in the beauty aisle. In fact, 94% of all U.S. households buy beauty products, spending an average of $98 dollars each year.

Orcí announced the launch of its space themed, dream encouraging, digital, social and experiential campaign for the 2015 Honda CR-V. In the new CR-V ad supporting Motor Trend’s 2015 SUV of the Year, Orcí taps into important consumer insights about parents and quality time with kids. Serving up a serious, but inspirational spot featuring an ambitious little girl, Orcí aims to empower parents to prioritize their children’s dreams by maximizing time spent together in car rides.

One in five (20%) respondents choose a sports car as the type of car they would want to buy if they were going through a mid-life crisis and were to buy a car, while nearly as many (17%) say a sports utility vehicle, and slightly fewer (15%) a sedan, according to a new poll of over 1,000 adults conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of CarMax. Other choices include a convertible (12%), pickup truck (9%), hybrid (8%), crossover (5%), coupe (4%), minivan or van (4%), or some other type of car (6%).

Boomers were as relevant as ever last year. I predicted they would drive economic expansion, create jobs, become more important to mainstream brands, and continue to rejuvenate the face of 50+. They didn’t disappoint.

Coconut Grove, FL based Marca has been assigned Hispanic marketing and advertising responsibilities for NASCAR

More and more, brands are realizing that the U.S. Hispanic audience is large, growing, tech savvy, and particularly receptive to online marketing. This presents a huge opportunity for many brands to drive growth. One question we hear often from brands ready to venture into the Hispanic digital market: Where do we start?

In this two-part series, we explore three critical assessments brands can perform to determine where opportunity lies for growth with a Hispanic audience.

In this two-part series, we explore three critical assessments brands can perform to determine where opportunity lies for growth with a Hispanic audience. Part 1, covering Competitive Analysis, can be found here. Read on for Part 2, covering brand-owned Website Audit and Social Channel Evaluations.

In the Spring 2014 Share of Ear℠ study (a syndicated research series from Edison Research), we took a first look at how much of the total audio consumed by Americans was devoted to podcasts. Compared to the entire audio universe–every available minute of radio, Internet radio, music files, Satellite and more–podcasts occupied a single digit percentage of America’s total audio listening. But when we looked specifically at only those Americans who listen to podcasts, we got a different story–if you listen to podcasts, you listen to a lot of podcasts.

With “the big game” coming up, it’s certainly no secret that big events are often tentpole strategies for major consumer marketing companies. From music and fashion to sports and food, large-scale events give marketers the chance to connect with consumers across various touchpoints and align with their most acute passions.  Smart marketers know that communicating with Hispanic consumers through their passions and culture will lead to brand success, and events are an ideal platform for deep engagement.  By Roberto Ruiz / Univision Insights

According to El Nuevo Dia, the island of Puerto Rico and its economy are broke.  This announcements falls on the heels of an opinion piece titled “Puerto Rico: Shrinking Economy, Network TV economies of scale, need for changes in the Ad Business – – – All gains for the US Hispanic Market” we published regarding the problems the Puerto Rico advertising industry is navigating.