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Endeavor Marketing Group announced that it has been named global agency of record for TuYo Media

The International Creativity Festival El Ojo de Iberoamérica that will take place in November in Buenos Aires, launched a courageous campaign for the final deadline for entries. Leaded by the already claimed Fighting Cholita, ChinChin, the ad uses a current issue as it is the threat of creating a wall to separate Latin, pushing them away and diminishing the creative potential that comes with diversity.

BONJOUR AMERICA TV, a new French cable channel, announced it is launching a collection of new and exciting French entertainment options targeted towards the French–speaking community in South Florida through Atlantic Broadband cable starting in September on Channel 80.

Expósito-Ulla, chairman/CEO of d expósito & Partners, spoke last night at the black-tie ceremony dinner, during the 10th Annual ADCOLOR® Conference and Awards in which the prestigious organization fulfilled once again its mission of “highlighting and honoring the achievements of African-American, American Indian/Native American, Asian Pacific-American, Hispanic/Latino, LGBT professionals and diversity and inclusion champions in the creative industries.”

With only twenty days left until the ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference, presented by Time Inc., excitement is starting to build. In anticipation of the event, we checked in with Mammen Verghis (pictured), vice president of multicultural marketing at Prudential Financial. A featured speaker at the conference, Mammen’s presentation will share more about Prudential’s “Total Market” method, which is designed to include all diverse markets.  By Crystal Albanese, senior manager of committees and conferences at ANA

Verve released new research on Millennials and Generation Z, two groups of young mobile experts that Verve now terms Mobile Prodigies.
New Research from Verve – The Rise of Mobile Prodigies

Oft-overlooked ‘boring’ text messaging is the number one choice of communications channel between millennials and brands – and vice versa – a study of US youngsters has found.

The U.S. unauthorized immigrant population – 11.1 million in 2014 – has stabilized since the end of the Great Recession, as the number from Mexico declined but the total from other regions of the world increased, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on government data.

Digital interactions influence 56 cents of every dollar spent in retail stores, totaling $2.1 trillion by the end of the year–up from 14 cents of every dollar spent in 2013, according to Deloitte’s latest study, “The new digital divide: The future of digital influence in retail.”

For many years concerns about “digital divides” centered primarily on whether people had access to digital technologies. Now, those worried about these issues also focus on the degree to which people succeed or struggle when they use technology to try to navigate their environments, solve problems, and make decisions.

Two-plus years on from the launch of the Viewability Guidelines for desktop display and video ads, there continues to be a great deal of discussion around viewability across the industry.  We understand the focus on this, given its importance and the difficulties that are always inherent to a shift in an industry’s currency measurements, but we also believe the debate is overly focused on analyzing the limitations of viewable impressions rather than understanding their intent.

It’s no secret anymore—eSports has reached a level of legitimacy. Brands are rapidly seeking out any opportunity to sink their toes into the shiny eSports sand.

CNET en Español paid tribute to the technology contributions of Latinos in America by announcing its annual list of the top 20 most influential Latinos in technology for 2016.

Nielsen’s latest State of The Media: Audio Today report profiles radio’s significant national audience while also considering Black and Hispanic audiences. Combined, those two groups represent more than 73 million weekly listeners, and spend more time with radio each week than any other.

Have you heard of Rule 40? It is a rule instituted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that regulates the rights of official sponsors and partners, and severely limits what non-sponsors can do. The official sponsors and partners are allowed to use trademarked Olympic terms, phrases, and images in their advertising. For companies that are not official Olympic sponsors or partners, certain phrases are banned, such as “Olympic,” “Rio,” “Gold,” and even “Games.”

Gone are the days where shoppers would anxiously wait for the big Black Friday circular unveiling—they now have access to the Black Friday sales well in advance of the event.

Virtual Incentives has released the first round of data from a new research study on consumer perceptions and preferences surrounding incentives. The study, formally called “Incentive Research Paper” also explored how the incentive itself impacts brand perceptions, while studying influencers like gender, age, income levels and political affiliation.

Many marketers are hopeful that native content creation will seamlessly integrate their messaging with what consumers are already reading and watching on social channels. But there are growing pains.

By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc etc / LMMiami.com

• Silicon Valley has nurtured a generation of people who are willing to spend $300 on a trashy tattoo yet won’t shell out a dime to read The New York Times.
• We’ve been tamed to believe search, social, news, long distance calls, music, movies, file storage, you name it, are supposed to be free of charge.
• Some sort of human right.
• Who knows what we’re relinquishing in exchange.
• Time will tell.

ESPN announced the debut of Nación ESPN, a new interactive sports talk show dedicated to covering the most relevant and diverse sports news and information tailored to young, bilingual U.S. Hispanic sports fans.