By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc / LMMiami.com
- Advertising creatives resort to puppies and babies when inspiration is elusive and they badly need a sure hit.
- Urban music composers resort to thuggery and misogyny.
- As I pointed out last week, I strongly believe urban music (meaning hip hop, reggaetón and its offshoots) is successful DESPITE its lyrics.
- From a strictly musical POV, I find these genres irresistible.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced that Rick Resnick has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Sports Partner Solutions.
ESPN and Golden Boy Promotions today announced a multi-year, international agreement for a series of fights to be televised live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.
The Marcus Corporation announced the appointment of Rolando B. Rodriguez as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Marcus Theatres.
Customers are demanding we satisfy their information needs as they manage and curate their own content. We have dubbed the shift to delivering messages to physicians and patients within an appropriate context, theAudience Economy.
They say that the bulk of the president’s job is dealing with the unexpected. Candidates campaign on platforms and promises which in many cases are not fulfilled nor accomplished. So what candidates say to get elected is one thing, and what they do when they are in office is another. The election of Donald Trump was, to many, unexpected. Politics aside, a question has been lingering in my mind about whether this will be good or bad for business (and by business I mean the Hispanic marketing communications business). By Roberto Siewczynski – SVP, Group Director – Epsilon
At a time when the topic of cultural diversity is at an all-time high, LA-based Latino soul band Chicano Batman and Johnnie Walker released a reimagined version of the iconic American folk song “This Land Is Your Land,” along with an immersive music video, that is poised to be an inspirational message of hope for modern America.
Carlos Slim announced that his company Publicidad y Contenido Editorial, a unit of the Slim-owned America Movil, will launch Nuestra Vision in the United States for US Hispanics.
Univision announced the development of a new series based on the life of iconic Latin American artist Luis Miguel
























