The Puerto Rico Daily Sun (PRDS), the island’s first newspaper organized as a cooperative, will publish its first issue on Wednesday, October 22, to address the needs of the local English-language readership.
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The Puerto Rico Daily Sun to hit the stands this month
Heads up English-speaking community: the Puerto Rico Daily Sun is on its way. The newspaper, created by a group of 90 former San Juan Star employees who have formed the Cooperativa Prensa Unida, is set to see light this month, according to Marisol Lora, Operations Coordinator for this team.
Political Ad Spending More of The Same Hype.
A year and a half ago in anticipation of what undoubtedly would become the greatest impact the Hispanic vote would have on any Presidential Election to date, I began the long and tedious process of trying to convince the folks at the presidential candidate’s headquarters that newspaper advertising would make a great vehicle to advertise their message to Hispanics and secure votes. Together with a colleague, we hit up everyone from Richardson to that long-shot democratic rising star, Senator Barack Obama. By Roger Gonzalez. To view El Blog CLICK on link above.
impreMedia announces new management structure at its New York newspapers.
impreMedia Chairman and CEO, John Paton, announced a new management structure at its New York properties: El Diario La Prensa and Hoy Nueva York.
El Nuevo Dia Orlando will cease operations.
The largest newspaper in Puerto Rico El Nuevo Dia owned and operated by the Ferré-Rangel family, began publishing five years ago in Orlando Florida as El Nuevo Dia de Orlando.
The entry into the Orlando market mirror the growth of the Hispanic population and continued migration of Puerto Ricans from the island.
Hispanic Solutions shuffles the deck.
Chicago based Hispanic Solutions, parent company of Papel Media, is restructuring its organization. Founder and now former CEO John Trainor is leaving to assume the role of General Manager at the Tribune Company‚s HOY in Chicago.
Cesar Pizarro retires from El Nuevo Herald.
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.
