Media

As reported by HispanicAd.com this morning. According to Spain’s El Confidencial, Caribevisión filed for Chapter 11 protection, but Emilio Braun Burrillo – Chief Media Officer of Caribevision states ….

In a night of many firsts, superstars Marc Anthony and Ricardo Arjona provided two of the most memorable moments with their performances. Marc Anthony and La Quinta Estación, who performed together for the first time ever, premiered their new single “Recuérdame” against the backdrop of a tornado. In another first on the “Premios Juventud” stage was singer/songwriter Ricardo Arjona singing a medley of his hits “Minutos,” “El Problema,” and “Como Duele.”

Some 69% of all Americans have used the internet to cope with the recession as they hunt for bargains, jobs, ways to upgrade their skills, better investment strategies, housing options, and government benefits. That amounts to 88% of internet users.

According to the “Smartphone Usage and Brand Study” from Crowd Science, 13% of mobile phone users surveyed worldwide (with approximately half from the US) use iPhones, overtaking Blackberry at 9%.

Arbitron Inc. announced that it has commercialized its Portable People Meter radio ratings service in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida market and is releasing radio audience estimates for the June 2009 PPMTM survey month to its subscribers in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit against Arbitron, Inc., seeking to block the release of flawed radio station ratings. The lawsuit states that Arbitron’s sampling methodology produces unreliable ratings that significantly undercount minority listeners and has thus failed to achieve accreditation in most markets.

Univision Radio will pay the Times Company $33.5 million to exchange the FCC 105.9 FM broadcast license and transmitting equipment for the Times Company’s license, equipment and stronger signal at 96.3 FM.