Univision Announces Promotion of Cesar Conde to Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer

“Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States, announced today that Cesar Conde has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately. Conde will report to Joe Uva, Chief Executive Officer of Univision.

In this position, Conde will work closely with the CEO and the management team to identify new strategic growth opportunities for the Company while continuing to implement Univision’s corporate priorities. He will work to identify new business initiatives and alternative revenue streams across the Company’s television, radio and internet platforms and coordinate with all units in support of these new efforts. In addition, he will have direct oversight of Univision’s Community Affairs, Government Relations, and Corporate Business Development teams.

“I have worked very closely with Cesar over the last several months and he has consistently shown that he is a creative thinker and a motivational leader with keen strategic insights. His significant tenure with Univision, deep experience across several divisions of the Company and vast industry knowledge give him a unique ability to help us further grow and define Univision’s role within the rapidly evolving U.S. media industry,” said Uva. “Cesar is the ideal person for this position and I look forward to continuing to work with him to drive the Company’s growth and development.”

Conde commented, “I am honored to be given this opportunity and am thrilled to have the ability to work with our management team and the talented individuals across this organization to take the Company to the next level. Univision is one of the most unique media entities in this country and has tremendous opportunities to continue to grow, evolve and further deepen the Company’s commitment to the Hispanic community. I look forward to contributing to the bright future ahead for us.”

Conde most recently served as the Special Assistant to Joe Uva, Chief Executive Officer of Univision. Prior to this position, Conde served as the Vice President and Operating Manager of the Galavisión Network, where he was responsible for all of its functions, including programming, promotions, operations, talent relations and original productions. Conde has also served as the Vice President of Corporate Development for the three Univision Networks, and as Vice President of Business Development at the Univision Network.

Aside from his tenure with Univision, Conde was one of twelve 2002-2003 White House Fellows appointed by President George W. Bush. In that capacity, he served as the White House Fellow for Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Before joining Univision, Conde was Vice President of Business Development at StarMedia Network, the first internet company focused on Spanish and Portuguese-speaking audiences globally. Prior to StarMedia, he was an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions group at Salomon Smith Barney.

He holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Additionally, Conde is very active in the development of educational opportunities for the Hispanic community. He is the Chairman and Co-Founder of the Futuro Program, a non-profit organization that provides role models and educational workshops to Hispanic high school students.

Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.univision.net. “

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