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Adolescence is a time of incredibly physical, social and emotional growth, and peer relationships – especially romantic ones – are a major social focus for many youth. Understanding the role social and digital media play in these romantic relationships is critical, given how deeply enmeshed these technology tools are in lives of American youth and how rapidly these platforms and devices change.

“Both Head and Heart” looks at marketing strategies designed to broadly connect with diverse audiences and the subsequent emergence of “Total Market.”

The roughly one in four Americans expecting the economy to improve in the coming year is all but unchanged from June (26%, vs. 25% in June). However, pessimism continues to grow, with three in ten Americans expecting the economy to get worse in that time (30%, up from 27% in June and 21% at the beginning of the year).

After filing for bankruptcy in Puerto Rico, Casiano Communications  and Direct ResponSource have been purchased by Ferrer Faass & Co.

ZGS Communications announced hat Raiza Iciarte has been named News Director of Telemundo Tampa effective immediately.

For decades, brand marketers have relied on survey-based methodologies to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns.  Survey-based measurement can certainly be executed correctly within a margin of error, but the results are heavily dependent upon sampling methods that pose a number of challenges:

For business owners trying to engage millennials, social media can either be your biggest ally, or your greatest downfall.

Mike Fernandez, Corporate Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Cargill was selected as the first-ever recipient of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) National Pioneer of the Year Award. He will be recognized amongst colleagues during the 2015 HPRA National BRAVO Awards ceremony on October 8, 2015 at The New York Palace Hotel.

Fernando Fiore makes his English-language debut next month as he joins FOX Sports’ coverage of the CONCACAF Cup, the winner-take-all playoff match between the U.S. Men’s National Team and Mexico for a berth in the prestigious 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Media Latino Communications (MLC) announced that its midday show, “El Pajarete con Armida y La Flaka” has been picked up by Entravision’s popular station “Jose” in Los Angeles, with multiple frequencies, KDLD 103.1 FM / KDLE 103.1 FM and KLYY 97.5 FM, in the largest radio market in the U.S. 

Today, let’s continue the persona development theme and wrap it around the types of people you meet at industry conferences. Just making sure you’ll be equipped to survive and thrive at your next show.

Programmatic technologies are reshaping the way digital media inventory is bought and sold. They are now being used on a large scale in the US and in other advanced digital media markets. While other markets are lagging behind the adoption curve, the programmatic phenomenon is global and irreversible.

According to July 2015 polling, nearly two-thirds of US ad agency executives are optimizing or customizing ad creative dynamically based on data. In return, they are hoping primarily for engagement—and clicks.

The EOSS is a research study of consumers with diverse backgrounds to better understand how Americans define happiness, success and financial accomplishment in their lives. The first phase of results reveal important findings on Hispanic attitudes.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Digital Video Center of Excellence released “The IAB State of the Digital Video World,” a report that affirms the vital role that both mobile and programmatic play in digital video advertising around the world.

CPG companies are improving their understanding – and adoption – of digital disruption.

Tony Ruiz who was a partner of New York based The Vidal Partnership will become the Local Sales Manager of Telemundo’s WNJU-YV in New York/ New Jersey in October 2015.

Univision Communications (UCI) partnered with Verizon to feature in its go90 mobile first entertainment platform a mix of UCI’s entertainment, sports and video on demand (VOD) content.

NBC UNIVERSO announced as part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage month the exclusive telecast of “Festival Internacional de Viña Del Mar 2015,” Latin America’s largest and longest-running music festival.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Digital & Emerging Business announced a partnership with Telemundo News to develop the upcoming “Noticias Telemundo” app