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In their ongoing quest to build profitable and sustainable businesses around digital media, content owners are increasingly turning to subscription models. Although a sizeable portion of the target audience remains unwilling to pay for online or mobile content, many consumers are beginning to accept the idea that quality comes at a price.

The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from television, print, radio and internet outlets, and a declining share are doing so in Spanish, according to survey findings from the Pew Research Center. by Mark Hugo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera / Pew Research Center

When growing up in Mexico City, I never imagined that Corona Extra would become the international prestige beer par excellence. Please do not take me wrong, I am proud that a Mexican beer brand has become so prestigious and popular around the world, but those early experiences were quite contrasting. By Felipe Korzenny, Ph.D.

Baseball might be America’s official pastime, but recent trends in the U.S. retail sector suggest that shopping comes in a close second. And despite the boom in e-commerce, U.S. consumers do most of their shopping at physical stores. But in order to attract and captivate consumers, shopping centers have to become much more than just places to buy things-they’re social centers, places for entertainment and employment hubs.

Hispanic agencies, thus, hold all the right cards. Or, in Miami, all the right domino chips. They have the insight to not only direct Hispanic marketing efforts but also hold the keys to the truck that’s driving all of a brand’s efforts moving forward, given the multicultural population surge that will one day soon make Whites a minority across the US, and not just in the top 15 DMAs. By Adam R Jacobson – Hispanic market media strategist and veteran journalist.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth experience nearly three times as much bullying and harassment online as non-LGBT youth, but also find greater peer support, access to health information and opportunities to be civically engaged, according to a new report released by GLSEN.

America’s often-watched millennial generation, traditionally viewed as young and unattached, has grown old enough to have children. Among the older half of millennials, those between ages 25-34, there are now 10.8 million households with children. Further, with millennials accounting for 80% of the 4 million annual U.S. births, the number of new millennial parents stands to grow exponentially over the next decade. A new study of 25-34 year-old parents reveals how starting a family has changed—or not changed—this generation’s behavior, values, media consumption and buying habits.

Detailed findings are compiled in “The IAB Summer Skincare Digital Report,” based on data from Prosper Insights™, which demonstrates digital’s influence on the lives and purchase behaviors of skincare and suntan lotion enthusiasts

Viamedia announced the results of its 2013 Television & Advertising Survey, conducted online among 2,029 American adults by Harris Interactive from June 24-26, 2013. The survey, which was drafted based on Viamedia’s experience as the country’s largest non-MSO, found that nearly all Americans watch television (97%) with 72% saying they watch cable TV and 33% watch on a device1 (tablet, smartphone, computer).

The unprecedented tsunami of data available to marketers has dramatically changed digital advertising – and the ways CMOs must make decisions about it. Big Data continues to amplify digital’s capabilities and creates entirely new ones. Marketers now have a nearly infinite number of variables they can tweak to design the best campaigns possible for their audiences. Yet as the ad world becomes more automated thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, data collection and analysis is more complex than ever before.

Sponsorship regularly extends beyond digital channels to the entire marketing ecosystem, according to a new eMarketer report, “Online Sponsorship: Defining, Tracking and Measuring an Amorphous Channel.” So for many marketers, sponsorship is a multichannel game, where the activity in one channel supports and leads to another.

Last week in our blog, we showed how healthy eating is important to Hispanic Adult Millennials – but that doesn’t mean they’re always reaching for the broccoli. Convenience plays a big role in their food choices, and they often sacrifice nutrition when opting for foods that are easy to get or prepare. They also like to indulge in unhealthy treats when the mood strikes. By Insight Tr3s

Using soccer, or fútbol as it is known in Latin America, the creative – developed by Bridgestone’s creative agency, Richards/Lerma – aims to leverage this passion point and the brand’s Copa Bridgestone Libertadores title sponsorship to not only build awareness, but also to showcase the testing and technology that goes into creating the best tires. The spot, titled “Grass Grip,” uses humor to demonstrate to its consumer the powerful grip the Bridgestone Potenza tires have in the toughest conditions prevalent in the region: rain and road-quality conditions.

“The death of the CMO.” “The end of the CMO.” “The failure of the CMO.” These headlines demonstrate the prevalence of articles, writers, and researchers discussing issues related to an important C-level position, that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). While these articles are often incendiary, it’s intriguing that they are almost always written by people who have something to sell, having never been a CEO or CMO. As a result, they are often long on accusations and short on solutions. As the saying goes, it’s easier said than done when it comes to solving problems.

Each year, one corporation or organization is selected to receive this award in recognition of that company’s outstanding contributions in service to Hispanic television audiences. Time Warner Cable has established a long history of leadership in serving this audience through noteworthy accomplishments in its lineup of targeted programming choices, Hispanic marketing efforts, outstanding bilingual customer service, community outreach and its ranks of employees. Time Warner Cable also owns and operates NY1 Noticias in New York City and the nation’s first Spanish-language Regional Sports Network, Time Warner Cable Deportes.