Media

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Just as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted, the world is becoming more social. There will be 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, a 19.2% increase over 2011, eMarketer predicts—amounting to a substantial share of the world’s entire population.

Univision Communications Inc. announced the appointment of Michael T. Rodriguez to the position of vice president and general manager of the Univision and TeleFutura affiliates in Miami.

Univision Communications Inc. announced that Jeff Browning has been appointed senior vice president for Network Sales.

A new study, which combines detailed proprietary data from individual newspapers with in-depth interviews at more than a dozen major media companies, finds that the search for a new revenue model to revive the newspaper industry is making only halting progress but that some individual newspapers are faring much better than the industry overall and may provide signs of a path forward.

Among the most-discussed topics at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference held in Austin, Texas, was the increasing interaction between television and social media.

Univision Communications has confirmed the launch of their new sports network – Univision Deportes on April 7, 2012 through Dish Network.

Univision Communications Inc. announced that Laura Molen has been appointed executive vice president of Network Sales, effective immediately.

These days, college students who need an apartment head straight to Google or another search engine. Even sites such as apartments.com or apartmentguide.com are becoming an afterthought to this demographic.

Arbitron Inc. announced that NBCUniversal has selected the Arbitron Portable People Meter (PPM) service to track out-of-home television viewing for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games airing on NBCUniversal broadcast and cable networks.

Smartphone owners are increasingly using their devices for shopping, from researching products and reviews, to comparing prices, finding retail locations, and redeeming coupons.

Search engines remain popular—and users are more satisfied than ever with the quality of search results—but many are anxious about the collection of personal information by search engines and other websites and say they do not like the idea of personalized search results or targeted advertising. DOWNLOAD Report Here.