By Gonzalo López Martí @LopezMartiMiami
Dear Mr. Marcelo Claure.
You are a long-time Miami resident.
An accomplished entrepreneur.
It’d be fair to say you are the most successful Hispanic businessman living in the US today.
You amassed one bulky personal fortune and built a global corporate juggernaut from scratch.
Not in real estate like all those big shots driving flashy, second-hand Maseratis around town: you made your money in the highly competitive field of mobile telecommunications.
You employ hundreds of people locally and thousands more across the world.
This community owes you a lot.
You are an example for this town and for Latinos all over the planet.
Question: what’s your exact share & role in the bid to start an MLS franchise in Miami?
The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) s now accepting entries for its 14th annual Multicultural Excellence Awards. The awards recognize marketers and their agencies for their work in producing outstanding multicultural advertising campaigns.
SiriusXM announced “Piolin’s Jugada Musical,” an exclusive event hosted by SiriusXM’s Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo featuring Tejano band Intocable and special guest comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias performing live for SiriusXM fans at The House of Blues in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content announced that Maria Drew has been named Senior Vice President of Human Resources. She will report to Joe Uva, Chairman, Hispanic Enterprises and Content, NBCUniversal and will be based in Miami.
Where US immigrants come from, state by state today and a century agoWith more than 40 million immigrants, the United States is the top destination in the world for those moving from one country to another. Mexico, which shares a nearly 2,000-mile border with the U.S., is the source of the largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States.
Not surprisingly, advertisers believe the integration of campaigns across multiple screens is important and will become even more so, but the effectiveness of these campaigns in maximizing results has been mixed. Our analysis of 45 campaigns measured by Nielsen Cross-Platform Campaign Ratings found that the vast majority of advertisers’ “integrated” TV and online campaigns did not achieve better results than if the TV and online advertising had been planned separately.
This year the drama of the World Cup is expected to dominate 60% of the Twitter conversation for a month, making it the most connected World Cup yet. So, how can brands make sure they’re heard through the social media noise during the tournament and beyond? 
ImpreMedia announced that Monica C. Lozano will depart as CEO of the company and as Publisher of La Opinión. She will remain as Chair of the Board of impreMedia’s parent company, US Hispanic Media Inc.
República announced that it won a 2014 Appy Award in the best Mapping/Navigation category for the Miami Trolley app.
Hispanic On Demand, a U.S. Hispanic digital media company, has launched a unique cutting-edge online advertising multiplatform designed to provide optimized planning, purchasing, management and targeting for U.S. Hispanic digital ad campaigns.
Last year I wrote about the Brooklyn Nets and the master class in branding they put on display in their new arena. But if you want to be truly schooled on how to manage a brand, visit Disneyland and see how longtime professionals do it.
The Mirren-RSW/US 2014 New Business Tools Annual Report is a must-read resource for anyone involved in Agency New Business.
Seventy percent of media professionals are interested in learning more about cross-device advertising, according to a research study released by Conversant, the leader in personalized digital marketing. The study, which was conducted by independent research company Bovitz, Inc., solicited insight into the planning and buying processes for digital media.
From all that’s been written about the importance of radio creative lately, it’s clear that many recognize that poor creative continues to suck the ROI out of radio advertising. What’s not as readily apparent is that poor creative negatively impacts radio’s performance in econometric/Media Mix Modeling modeling, which so often plays a critical role in media selection.
Millennial Media released Cross-Screen Consumer Behavior Decoded, a report that explores how demographics, content, and time of day influence cross-screen consumer behavior. The acceleration of multiple device ownership with faster network access around the globe has fueled the ability to reach consumers as they move from screen to screen. 
The US retail industry’s advertising spending on paid digital media will reach $11.05 billion in 2014 and rise to $17.39 billion by 2018, for a 12.8% compound annual growth rate between 2013 and 2018. Even though digital spending growth for the industry has begun to slow, retail continues to spend more than any other US industry and will maintain this lead for at least the next several years, according to a new eMarketer report, “The US Retail Industry 2014: Digital Ad Spending Forecast and Trends,” part of our new report series, “2014 Digital Ad Spending Benchmarks by Industry.”
The US auto industry is in the midst of a tremendous run-up in digital ad spending, piggybacking on cross-industry shifts in marketing budgets and historically strong domestic sales volumes. Automakers and dealers will spend $6.15 billion on US digital advertising in 2014, up 18.8% from the previous year.
