Hispanic Newspapers Go Digital.

New York daily, Noticias del Mundo, Chicago weekly, La Raza Newspaper and Houston weekly Semana are among the first wave of 10 Hispanic publications unveiling their news Websites this week as part of Hispanic Digital Network (HDN). Latino-owned and operated HDN is the nation’s first network of Hispanic publications online.

The first wave of HDN publications also includes seven other Hispanic weeklies. They include: El Extra and El Hispano News both of Dallas), El Bohemio (San Francisco), El Latino (San Diego), El Vocero Hispano (Grand Rapids) and La Prensa Hispana (Indio, CA). Phoenix weekly, Prensa Hispana will go online later this week. Several more quality Hispanic publications from across the country and Puerto Rico will be unveiling their own HDN sites in the coming weeks.

“Today we celebrate the achievement of an important milestone in Hispanic publishing, advertising and the booming Hispanic Internet,” said Manny Ruiz, CEO of HDN and its sister company, news distribution service Hispanic PR Wire. “HDN publications now enjoy first-rate news Web sites comparable to or better than most U.S. English-language dailies and this is going to help them strengthen and grow their businesses by better serving their readers and advertisers alike.”