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Dave Boretti resigned from his post as SVP Strategic Initiatives at Univision Radio Corporate Sales in Chicago to join the Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) new Corporates Sales Team headed by Jack Hobbs – Executive VP of Corporate Sales at SBS.

Walgreens announced it has selected OMD to be its new media planning and buying agency of record. OMD will be responsible for U.S. and Puerto Rico activity related to traditional, multicultural, digital and mobile media planning and buying. The business will be led from OMD’s Chicago office.

The business of Multiethnic TV is getting its due recognition on April 17 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, when two leading industry publications, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, will present the first-ever Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards.

Recent years have seen an influx of private label food and beverage products from supercenters that rival national brands in terms of price, value, and quality. Consumer perception that supercenters can serve as viable alternatives to supermarkets when making food purchases has intensified as a result.

Eloqua announced results from a comprehensive survey of U.S.-based B2B marketers, which was published in a report entitled “Defining the Modern Marketer: From Real to Ideal.” The report,* created in conjunction with BtoB Magazine, Crain Communications offers in-depth insight into how marketing’s role has evolved to include both art and science and more specifically, what skills and technologies marketers need to improve ROI.

Univision Communications Inc. announced that Mónica Talán has been appointed executive vice president of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Univision Communications Inc., effective immediately.

Whenever someone first gets involved in Hispanic marketing, they inevitably come across a series of universally accepted “truths” about Hispanic consumers and how to market to them. While some of these truths have faded as the market has evolved over the last 50 years, some continue unchallenged. But as anyone who is deeply involved in marketing to Hispanics today will tell you the market has evolved as quickly as it’s grown. Today’s modern Hispanic marketer understands everything we think we know about Hispanics has to be questioned – especially long-standing “truths” that are likely oversimplifications rooted in a simpler, more homogeneous world that no longer exists. by Jose Villa / Sensis

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Internet advertising hit $99 billion in 2012, representing a 16.2 percent increase over the previous year and accounting for 19.5 percent of all global measured advertising expenditures, according to a new report from GroupM.

While the great recession has fundamentally reshaped the automotive industry over the past few years, the real game changer may come from a new post-recession consumer mindset, demographic shifts and how automakers respond.

From “Zoom zoom” to “Like a rock,” automotive ads have a way of resonating with consumers—and making lasting impressions. But not all creatives are created equal. Today, Nielsen announced the winners of its 7th Annual Nielsen Automotive Advertising Awards, and Volkswagen’s “Dog Strikes Back” took the top honor of Ad of the Year.

Earlier this month, Hispanics celebrated the election of Pope Francis, the first Latino to hold the papacy. People of Latin origin are driving Catholicism’s worldwide growth, so clearly the College of Cardinals knew their target audience when they chose a South American as the next pontiff. However, while Catholicism is the dominant religion among Latinos, its membership is declining as Protestant faiths attract “very religious” Hispanic young adults. Insight Tr3s shares some research on U.S. Hispanics and religion. By Insight Tr3s

More and more, consumers are engaging with content across a variety of screens, and often engaging with that content on multiple screens simultaneously. This means advertisers have to take a holistic approach to their marketing strategy, and adjust the content to fit the context of various screens while considering consumers’ multi-screen habits.

Coconut Grove based Alma announced the hiring of Jorge Mercado as its Consumer Connections Director.
Mercado brings a 15-year track record in Hispanic media and marketing that includes work for national brands such as General Motors, GMC, Farmers Insurance, Sprint Nextel and the U.S. Navy.