Media

The Los Angeles Times announced a venture with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas to establish #EmergingUS, a multimedia platform which will explore the evolving American identity in the 21st century.

Así en el Barrio como en el Cielo debuts Tuesday, February 24 at 8:00 pm / 7:00 C, after the series finale of the telenovela Las Bravo.

German Quiroga and Daniel Suarez, two of Mexico’s most recognized NASCAR drivers, join FOX Deportes for its third season of NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES racing, beginning with the DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. ET.

Starting March 2, MEXICANICOS (#mexicanicos) will air Mondays at 10PM E/P as part of the network’s popular ‘Lunes de motores’ block.

The US magazine audience grew 9.3% between December 2013 and December 2014, from 1.43 billion to 1.59 billion, according to MPA – The Association of Magazine Media. And the research revealed a shift in magazine content consumption habits last year—one not just away from print.

So what if we got it all wrong? Maybe more money than realized will land on traditional TV than on digital services in the future years.

The Univision Network revealed the final line-up for America’s longest running and most popular Latin music award show, “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Award).

Actualidad Radio Group announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 990AM in Miami, Florida, WMYM.

According to TrackMaven reports, and other industry research, this guide provides an aggregate view of the noisiest and most effective times to communicate across five of the most commonly used Social channels. Helpful to determine the channel-specific distribution strategy that works best for your audience.

Soizic Sacrez, director of marketing for Terra, a global digital media company, discussed with eMarketer the findings in Terra’s latest round of research into US Hispanics’ media usage, revealing insights into why Hispanics are more likely to access video content via mobile and pay for video content.

Current predictions of mobile advertising’s meteoric rise are themselves too conservative – underestimating the size and growth of the mobile ad spend opportunity.

Univision Communications Inc. announced the promotion of long-time programming executive Sandra Smester to executive vice president of Programming for the Univision Network.

Univision News has announced that Daniel Coronell has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Executive Director of News.

  NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content receive extension of their FIFA’s media rights agreements in the United States and Canada for its tournaments up to and including the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Launching with an exclusive feature story and shoot with Gloria and Emilio Estefan in Miami, the bi-monthly magazine expands on a new suite of multi media platforms including: onboard magazines for passengers traveling on routes: Latin America, Caribbean, Mexico and Spain, online, mobile and tablet formats.

SBS New York officially announced and welcomes Luis Jimenez as morning show host at its flagship station in New York, 93.1FM. The new morning-drive show, “Sin Censura con Luis Jimenez” (“Luis Jimenez – Uncensored”) will air weekdays from 6am to 10am and will include a supporting cast of co-hosts, pranksters and outlandish characters.

Telemundo Denver / KDEN announcedthat Pamela Padilla has been named Multimedia Journalist for Noticiero Telemundo Denver at 4:30 PM and 10 PM.

The U.S. Census Bureau released data today from the 2012 Economic Census showing that receipts for the nation’s motion picture and video industry  – covering the entire process from production to projection − increased $1.2 billion (1.5 percent), from $79.8 billion in 2007 to $81.0 billion in 2012. These receipt totals include ticket and concession revenue.

Among the key findings, the study shows that millennial moms’ ownership of smartphones in the U.S. outpaces ownership of laptop and desktop computers for the first time, and that they are spending 35 percent more time online via their smartphones than online via laptop or desktop computers.

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