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impreMedia confirmed the appointment of Hernando Ruiz-Jiménez, Executive Vice President and General Manager, East Division and Damián Mazzotta, General Manager, West Division.  Juan Varela also has been tapped as the new Content Director.  All three join impreMedia’s Executive Committee and report directly to Francisco Seghezzo, COO.

The National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) honored impreMedia with Fifty-six awards for its publications in multiple categories. impreMedia’s two dailies, La Opinión and El Diario La Prensa garnered 17 awards in total.

Cesar Pizarro, vice president and business manager of El Nuevo Herald announced his retirement. Since the 1980s, there has been no single individual in our company more closely associated with our strategy in the Hispanic marketplace in general, or with the success of El Nuevo Herald, in particular. Cesar began his career with us in 1974, and along the way has served as Director of Circulation for The Miami News, Regional Sales Manager for The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald, Director of Display Ad Sales, National Advertising Director, Director of Spanish Language Publications, and Director of Hispanic Market & International Advertising. He was a key player in the launch of El Nuevo Herald in 1987 as well as the decision to market El Nuevo separately from The Miami Herald in 1998.

The vast majority of U.S. adults read newspaper media content across a range of technology platforms, according to an analysis of the newest data on media usage from Scarborough Research—including 59% of Americans ages 18-24, the youngest cohort of adults, a group that many are skeptical ever think about newspaper content.

El Sentinel, South Florida’s largest per edition Spanish language weekly serving Broward and Palm Beach County, hosted a VIP cocktail to celebrate it’s 10th Anniversary.

impreMedia announced plans for the Centennial celebration of El Diario/La Prensa.

The Los Angeles Times Media Group’s Hoy Los Angeles announced it will expand to a Thursday-Saturday print schedule with a new Thursday edition focusing on lifestyle news for Spanish-language readers.

The Houston Chronicle announced new leadership in the areas of Spanish-language publishing, marketing and communications, naming Alejandro “Alex” Sanchez, as the general manager and publisher of La Voz.

A new study shows that in an average week, 74 percent of all Internet users rely on local newspaper media – digital as well as print – as key sources of news and information, and are engaging with their local newspaper across multiple platforms.