People + Business Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
Raúl Martinez, founder and chief creative officer of ad agency AR New York, has been brought on as creative consultant to Vogue after the departure of the magazine’s design director.
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: Entrepreneurship began early for Gándara family – El Paso
November 21, 2009
Miami’s most popular NASCAR driver not who you think – Spanish market growing thanks to Montoya’s success
November 20, 2009
Univision Communications Inc. Honors Ray Rodriguez by Dedicating Network Building
Johanna Guerra, Sr VP of Network News at Telemundo has left the company – Ramón Escobar, who last held the title of Sr VP of Network Entertainment at Telemundo, is back… as a full time consultant
November 18, 2009
Erwin Martinez, chief information officer for Rabobank, N.A. in Roseville was recently added to the list of the top 100 Hispanics in Information Technology.
PODER-ABC* Business Awards Celebrates Leadership Excellence in the Americas
Eduardo Caballero to receive Medalla de Cortez Award in NYC
Ray Gomez, news director for Pro 8 News (NBC affiliate), the CW and Telemundo in Laredo, passed away last night.
New U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO to Fight for Small Businesses
Troubled auto and home lender GMAC Financial Services said Monday CEO Alvaro de Molina is stepping down.
November 12, 2009
Frank M. Pesqueira, who owned the Grande Tortilla Factory for more than 60 years, died Nov. 9 a few days after suffering a stroke. He was 99. – Tucson
Mike Cano named Publisher of El Latino in San Diego
November 11, 2009
PHOTO: San Fernando Valley Business Journal Nominated Tony Gracia, Power Media Group’s CFO, As One Of The 2009 Top CFO Awards
Antonio Cepeda-Benito, dean of faculties for Texas A&M University, has been named in Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the Top 100 Influential Hispanics.
November 9, 2009
Bernardo Garza Sada, founder and former chairman of Mexico’s Grupo Alfa, died in Monterrey,
AT&T’S RALPH DE LA VEGA NAMED WORLDWIDE CHAIRMAN OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
Hispanic company makes news profitable – While other media companies struggle, John Paton and his Hispanic impreMedia are happily thriving
November 6, 2009
SOA Software Roberto Medrano Recognized for Leadership in the IT Industry
Telemundo station group management shuffle – Celia Chávez, Erika Diaz, Manuel Abud, Efren Padilla and David Padilla
November 5, 2009
Peru’s Gonzalo Begazo among most influential Hispanics in technology in USA
November 2, 2009
Fox Sports en Español promotes Paul Laureano y Juan Vallejo
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: McDonald’s franchise owner said he would never cook another hamburger – Richard Castro in El Paso
Virginia Hispanic chamber founder believes in building bridges – Michel Zajur
October 30, 2009
Internet Entrepreneur Selected as Keynote Speaker for 2010 Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce Business and Technology Expo – Fernando Espuelas
Jose Morales Promoted to Vice-President of Content for
Telemundo 47
October 29, 2009
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: El Pasoan Leroy Candelaria found his niche in nuclear pharmacy
October 28, 2009
Meet the Man Behind Zumba: Beto Perez – He built a global empire helping people have fun and burn calories.
October 27, 2009
Telemundo’s Janet Rodriguez picked up her first Emmy on Saturday, for best General Assignment Report – Univision’s Erick Iglesias won 2 Emmys – Rocky Mountain Emmys
After almost 2 years on the job, Joe Ruiz’s last day as a news editor for ksat.com is tomorrow. He landed a new gig as Lead for News – Associate Producer at seattletimes.com.
October 26, 2009
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read)
Hispanic Business Magazine has named Trinidad Aguirre, a San Angelo native, as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the nation
October 17, 2009
Talking TV with Univision’s Joe Uva – The Spanish-language media company chief on the business of telenovellas, the tastes of Hispanics and why advertisers should listen up.
Northern California radio-talk Host and Columnist Roberto Hernandez to receive NLGJA Award
Hugo Balta, news director for Telemundo’s WNJU-47 in New York, also got pink-slipped during the company’s latest round of cuts.
October 15, 2009
Media Matters for America has obtained evidence that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance industry group America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) new ad blitz attacking Democratic health reform plans.
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)
October 14, 2009
Rafael Olmeda resigned from his role as president of UNITY
CAUSA: CNN gets called out for hypocrisy and Lou Dobbs
October 13, 2009
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named an executive with South Texas roots to be the voice of the nation’s Hispanic business community. – Javier Palomarez
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Appoints Javier Palomarez President and CEO
The anchor Lou Dobbs appears to be exploring an exit from CNN, his longtime employer. – (Could he move to FOX?)
LISTA’ Jose Marquez and Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Recieve 2009 New York State Department of Labor and JSEC Rising Star Awards.
October 12, 2009
Whispering to Rottweilers, and to C.E.O.’s – Cesar Millan, the “Dog Whisperer,” built a multimillion-dollar company on his skill with pets and their owners. “God was my lawyer,” he says, and his pack chose his producers.
October 9, 2009
The Give: Q&A with Hispanic Philanthropists – Albert Ruesga president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation
Hispanics to be honored at UMOS dinner – Gilbert Llanas, the director of community relations for Northwestern Mutual and the president of the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee, has been named Hispanic Man of the Year.
October 7, 2009
Eventus President and CEO Nelson Albareda was nominated to serve on a commission created to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American Latino
Less than a year after getting hired at KTLA-5, Jason Martinez is out of a job
Vasquez & Co., California’s Oldest, Largest Hispanic-Owned CPA Firm, Celebrates the Bold Work of Founder
Maryland Labor Secretary Thomas Perez easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the new head of the civil rights division at the Justice Department. – All of the negative votes were cast by Republicans
Bromley Communications Promotes Key Leadership in Account Planning – Paul Bryan to the position of VP, Director of Account Planning and Research
October 5, 2009
The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Eddie Aldrete as its 2009 Corporate Executive of the Year – senior vice president at IBC Bank-San Antonio.
Top 100 Influential Hispanics List taps Dominicans on Wall Street
ICFH Elects New Board Member Whilly Bermudez
Voting Begins for the MillerCoors 2009 Lider of the Year
Review of 2010 Census Communication Plan included Felipe Korzenny
Angel investor Luis Villalobos dead at 72 – Founder of Tech Coast Angels worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs
September 30, 2009
Peter W. Davidson of Brooklyn, described as “an experienced dealmaker and executive in the private sector,” has been named to a key post in the state’s economic development agency – will be executive director, the No. 2 person, at the Empire State Development Corp., or ESD – Many of his businesses have been geared toward the Hispanic community, including El Diario/La Prensa.
Businessman activist Cid Wilson (only Dominican in the group) has proudly set to work on the task given him by President Barack Obama, which is to plan together with other prominent leaders the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino.
Juan Pablo Giometti, President and CEO of National Hispanic Entrepreneurs’ Organization (NHEO) will speak at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on September 30 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).
Governor Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico Flees Egg Attack – (eggs are nothing compared to 17,000 people losing their jobs)
September 29, 2009
Terry Jimenez has been named acting publisher of Newsday.
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: Printing pioneer Juan Barcena brought East Coast techniques to W. Texas
September 24, 2009
MillerCoors Picks Octavio Hinojosa to Provide Leadership Advice for the Next Generation of Hispanic Leaders
Union Bank and KPBS Honor San Diego County Latinos as Local Heroes
The journalist, writer Miguel Guerrero to receive kudos in Miami
America’s Voice Launches Campaign to Air New Ad on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” – watch it here
September 22, 2009
Ousted Florida Anchorman Charles Perez Speaks Out
The Spanish Beisbol Network (SBN) has named Sergio del Prado as its new Vice President of Sales
September 21, 2009
New Univision Networks president embodies future – Cesar Conde
100 Hispanic/Latino Influentials: LA Focus, Part 1
Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: Graphic designer finds success doing what he loves – Armando Alvarez in El Paso
September 18, 2009
Hispanic group to CNN: Rein in Dobbs
September 17, 2009
Horacio Gavilán Executive Director of AHAA Honored for 10 years of Service
Grupo Televisa’s Azcarraga Jean has a life like a telenovela
Kenny Lopez makes a 67 market jump from KVEO-23 in Brownsville to KTXL-40 in Sacramento as a general assignment reporter.
After a 19 year run at CNN, Christopher Crommett, currently Sr. VP of CNN en Español, has resigned from the company.
Former leaders of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are calling for the resignation of chairman David C. Lizárraga. – “He has taken control of the USHCC, he has eliminated elections and has a self-appointed board,” said Scott Flores of Denver
September 15, 2009
Fidel Castro’s new `tropical business casual’ look is a signal — but of what? – known for being deliberate with his image, might be signaling new health with his new look — but his motive is the source of much speculation.
Hispanic Online Publishers Get Social – a chat with Kevin Conroy, President of Univision Interactive Media and Mark Lopez, COO of Terra Networks about the current state of the Hispanic online market
September 14, 2009
Listen to podcast interview with Jose Carrera, owner, Ocho Placas about tattoos and his Little Havana business
Cuban Exile’s Plan for a Ferry From Miami to Havana Is Awaiting U.S. Approval
September 9, 2009
The 100 most powerful men and women in Latin American business.
Procter & Gamble’s Edgar Sandoval To Receive Achievement in Hispanic Television Award At The Seventh Annual Hispanic Television Summit
Alex Treviño jumps 78 markets to land as a reporter in WUSA-9 (CBS) in Washington, D.C.
Fred Cantú has been a popular anchor at KEYE for the past 7 years. But now the station’s president and GM, Amy Villareal, has axed his morning newscast. – Austin – also affects Michelle Valles
September 8, 2009
Miami Herald columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Andrés Oppenheimer won the VII ALGABA prize in biography, autobiography, memoirs, and historical research for a collection of columns that ran in the newspaper and will be published in the book, The Non-United States of the Americas.
September 6, 2009
Zumba Fitness: Colombian immigrant is behind fitness craze – Alberto “Beto” Perez
September 5, 2009
Meet the Most Powerful Latino in the Media-Agency Business -
In His New Post at Initiative, Colombian Mauricio Sabogal Gets a Worldwide Role
September 3, 2009
Adrián Garcia’s Web enterprise has found its way to the airwaves. “Deporte en Mente,” which he launched online in March of 2008, can now be heard on 1470 AM Radio Hispana in San Diego.
Los Angeles Hispanic/Latino Emmy winners – 2009
September 1, 2009
J.D. Salazar, SIOR of Champion Realty Advisors, LLC Named Finalist for Latino Professional of the Year in Chicago
Heard About Latinos in Social Media?: A Q&A With Co-Founder Louis Pagan
August 27, 2009
Jason Martinez, who started at KTLA-5 in Los Angeles in January as a reporter and then was moved up to the anchor seat for the 6:30 pm and 10 pm news, is now doing weekend duty.
Polito Vega Has Been Keeping Radio’s Latin Music Hot for 50 Years
August 24, 2009
A British company is releasing a new line of textile designs inspired by paintings by George Mendoza, Las Cruces’ internationally renowned blind artist.
August 21, 2009
Vicente Serrano’s new show kicks off – “Sin Censura con Vicente Serrano”
Latino Man Charged with Largest Case of Identity Theft In U.S. History – Miami’s Alberto Gonzales
Polito Vega marks 50 years in radio with star-studded MSG bash
August 18, 2009
Charles Garcia Named President of Twin Cities Professional Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
August 16, 2009
Ray Rodriguez to Retire at Year End as Univision Communications President and Chief Operating Officer – Cesar Conde taking over
Why Bounty Is a Hit With U.S. Hispanics – Interview with David Miller Gomez-Giron Procter & Gamble’s associate marketing director
August 14, 2009
Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC
August 12, 2009
d expósito & Partners has promoted Louis Maldonado to Managing Director
Antonio Alonso has been named Chief Executive Officer of CBS Outdoor International
Less than a month after leaving Liberman Broadcasting, Ibra Morales returns to Katz Television Group as a Senior Vice President.
David Novarro has been named WFLD-32’s new morning anchor effective immediately.
August 10, 2009
WPLG, the ABC affiliate in Miami, has fired anchor Charles Perez.
Seven Latino students at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus are getting a jolt of business savvy from Nike workers, one meeting and piece of advice at a time.
August 5, 2009
Univision anchor Rafael Pineda enjoys 41-year anniversary of WXTV/Ch. 41
Julian Lago, Icon of Journalism in Democratic Spain, Dies
Changing Places: Jon Andrade, Liliana Gil, Manuel García-Durán, Edward Romero…
August 4, 2009
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ELECTS MIAMI LAWYER STEPHEN N. ZACK PRESIDENT-ELECT – First Hispanic American Prepares for ABA’s Highest Office
California steps up efforts to prevent heat-related deaths among farmworkers
July 21, 2009
A Note About My Time at Entrepreneur Magazine – Dennis Romero rips into his former employer
Jose Antonio Vargas Leaves The Washington Post for The Huffington Post
July 20, 2009
Gabriel Rozman: The Uruguyan wizard of India’s TCS
July 16, 2009
CITGO Chairman, President and CEO, Alejandro Granado, received the Helping Hand Award presented by the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council
July 14, 2009
Listen to podcast with Carlos Aguirre, CEO, Grupo Radio Centro about market penetration during the recession
Interview with Fanta Marketing Chief Santiago Blanco
General Mills’ Rodolfo Rodriguez to Present Keynote Speech at Portada NYC Conference
June 25, 2009
Nacional’s Pastime – Tomas Cookman’s L.A. label pushes a wild mix of Latin sounds, from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Aterciopelados to Mexican Institute of Sound, Pinker Tones and Nortec Collective
Ricardo Salinas Receives ‘Good Neighbor Award’ From U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (USMCOC) During Ceremony Held at the Organization of American States Headquarters
June 24, 2009
Carlos Sanchez selected as the new executive director of the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (WMHCC)
June 23, 2009
Tony Garza re-plants a flag in Austin, working too in Mexico City
June 22, 2009
With a new webcast, Andres Oppenheimer expanding his reach
‘Recession in our community is business as usual’, says Baltimore Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Charles Ramos
June 20, 2009
Latino blogger/journalist Tim Chavez has passed away
June 19, 2009
President Obama has appointed Latina magazine founder and former publisher Christy Haubegger to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.
June 18, 2009
Manny Miravete, VP US Hispanic Sales Strategy at Fox Interactive Media, where he spearheaded the MySpace Latino unit, is no longer with the company.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Elects New National Board With Raytheon’s Manny Hernandez as President
June 17, 2009
Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million in the past two weeks, lawyers said on Wednesday.
Street vendor Amado Campos, 44, of Los Angeles, is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart.
June 16, 2009
Armando Contreras has been selected as the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s new president and CEO
June 15, 2009
Raul de Quesada of Fox Sports en Espanol Joins the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Board of Directors
Carl Kravetz, Publisher of VidaySalud.com and past Chairman of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies, is the recipient of the 5th Annual Hispanic Marketing Achievement Award
Rogelio Mora-Tagle is back at Telemundo. Starting today, he will be a freelance correspondent out of the network’s Telemundo bureau in Mexico City.
June 11, 2009
Polito Vega still andando – Radio legend marks 50 yrs. on the air, has no plans to retire
June 6, 2009
Vincent Cordero – VP/General Manager, WGBO and WXFT Chicago
Armando Contreras named president and CEO of Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
June 3, 2009
Tony Suarez, VP of Multicultural Marketing departs McDonald’s
Jose Chavez “J-Si” is the latest crew member of the syndicated morning show Kidd Kraddik in the Morning
June 1, 2009
Enrique Teuteló has been promoted to Univision Network anchor for “Última Hora” and “Fin de Semana.”
May 19, 2009
JOSÉ TILLÁN NAMED GENERAL MANAGER/ EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF MTV TR3S
May 14, 2009
Luca Bentivoglio has been promoted to chief operating officer of LATV, replacing Howard Bolter, who this month left the company to “pursue new opportunities,” according to a company spokesperson.
ZGS Communications announced today that Manuel Cervantes has been named General Manager of KNSO Telemundo Fresno.
NAHJ to Induct Geraldo Rivera, Ysabel Duron and Juan Gonzales Into Hall of Fame – Award-Winner Pioneers to Be Inducted During NAHJ Multimedia Convention in Puerto Rico
May 7, 2009
Alberto Santini Lara Named Director of TV Azteca’s Flagship Azteca 13
April 27, 2009
A federal judge has awarded about $235,000 to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Yakima Valley growers of violating federal labor laws.
April 3, 2009
Austin anchor Fred Cantú runs online Mexico media directory
April 2, 2009
Juan Faura to Head Hispanic Market Consultants
‘Open Source’ Entrepreneurs: Change Agents for a Stalled Economy – BusinessWeek reader Roberto Ramos says collaborative technologies can create unprecedented opportunities for unemployed workers with big dreams
March 24, 2009
A Dream Delayed for Latino Laborers
Q&A: Joe Uva on Today’s Univision
March 21, 2009
Una Entrevista Exclusiva con José Luís Napoles de Univision 23 – Miami
The Los Angeles Times Home section talked with four household employees — a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a day laborer — to see how the recession was affecting their work and their lives. Here are their stories. Because of embarrassment or immigration status, all declined to provide their full names.
March 19, 2009
Humberto Castelló, the executive editor of El Nuevo Herald in Miami, has resigned and managing editor Tony Espetia (pictured on the right), is retiring
March 18, 2009
Richard Pérez-Feria, a former People en Español managing editor, has been named Sr VP, editorial and entertainment at Miami-based agency República.
March 17, 2009
Now’s the Time for Next Hispanic Network – Liberman Broadcasting launching a Spanish-language TV network this summer with the original programming that it has developed over the past 11 years for its own short string of TV stations. – Interview with Lenard Liberman
March 16, 2009
Alberto Rodriguez partner and Creative Director of New York-based Revolucion died on Sunday March 15, 2009.
Latino layoffs at the Miami Herald
March 13, 2009
SA4Mayor.com Breaks New Ground With Online Coverage – (covering San Antonio mayorial race : powered by Latino journalists on a volunteer basis)
March 11, 2009
Media Moves: Top talent out at Univision – Enrique Gratas, Sergio Uriquidi and Fernando Arau were among those laid off.
March 10, 2009
Two prominent Miami-Dade brothers are scheduled to surrender to federal authorities Monday afternoon to begin their nine-year prison sentences for orchestrating a kickback scheme involving millions of dollars in contracts with a Kendall hospital. – Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes
February 20, 2009
Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes -If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person (a Latino) who lives in virtual slavery.
February 16, 2009
Tomato King dies of stomach cancer – Andrés Bermúdez
Carlos Slim Helú: The Reticent Media Baron
February 9, 2009
Rick Marroquin Tapped to Create Hispanic Unit for Mediabrands – Former McDonald’s, Batanga Exec Will Be Charged With Bringing Current Work Under One Umbrella
February 1, 2009
Billboard Q&A: LatinPointe CEO David Chavez
Eloy O. Aguilar, an award-winning Associated Press bureau chief who mentored a generation of journalists in Mexico and Central America as he covered civil wars, disasters and political upheaval, collapsed and died Friday. He was 72.
Chef Alex Garcia Brings Classic and Nuevo Latino Cuisine to Los Angeles Hotspot
January 21, 2009
AeroMexico Selected as “Best Airline in Mexico” by Global Traveler’s Readers
l Paso native Gilbert Solarzano didn’t set out to be a TV news cameraman. It just kind of worked out that way. Now Solarzano has a ringside seat at Tuesday’s inaugural festivities. He’ll be the guy behind NBC’s camera on the north lawn of the White House, where he’s worked for the past six years.
December 18, 2008
Cathleen Farrell has been promoted to Publisher and Editor of Vista magazine effective January 1, 2009
Ibra Morales, who left his job as Telemundo station group president in May, has been hired by Liberman Broadcasting to lead the launch of a new Spanish-language network.
Northrop Grumman Elects Stephen D. Yslas Corporate Vice President and General Counsel; Joseph Coyne Joins Company as Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
December 17, 2008
Viva Carolina Executive Editor Juan Pablo Giometti Attends Minority Business Growth Program
A Huntington Park businessman allegedly preyed on thousands of mostly Hispanic investors in a Ponzi scheme that promised 84 percent annual returns on real estate. Federal prosecutors say Milton Retana, a Salvadoran who owns Best Diamond Funding, got $62 million from investors. – California
December 15, 2008
PBS’ ‘Chávez’ Web Debut Proves Profitable – Frontline documentary on Venezualan leader a bilingual hit online – (video, Hugo Chavez)
December 12, 2008
Pacquiao-De la Hoya, éxito de TV Ganancias millonarias en PPV
Leonardo Garcia has resigned as executive director of Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
December 5, 2008
Captura Group Names Renowned Hispanic Marketing Expert Felipe Korzenny, Ph. D. Senior Strategy Consultant
December 3, 2008
30-yr TV veteran Roberto Vizcón is no longer the general manager at WGEN-TV Channel 8, the Miami affiliate of Colombia’s Caracol network
Listen to podcast interview with Aldo Quevedo, president, Dieste Dallas about reinventing the Hispanic agency
December 2, 2008
Raul Yzaguirre bestowed Corazon Award for Leadership from Univision.
Undocumented workers and employers in Arizona are finding ways to circumvent the state’s employer-sanctions law by turning to the underground, or cash, economy.
November 28, 2008
Reporter Tom Llamas is leaving WTVJ, the NBC affiliate in Miami and heading north. TVNewsday reports he has been hired at the WNBC in NYC
Francisco Varta-Orta, who was laid-off from the L.A. Times last month has found refuge at the Los Angeles Business Journal
November 25, 2008
Manuel E. Machado, CEO/Co-Chairman of Machado/Garcia-Serra Communications (MGS), announced that Tony Suarez has joined the firm as Senior Vice-President of Operations
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved the promotion of Eduardo Castro-Wright to vice chairman of Wal-Mart
Roberto Orcí joins Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies Board of Directors
AvantGuild: An Agent Opens Up the Hispanic Book Market – profiles Diane Stockwell of Globos Libros, a literary agency that focuses on the Hispanic market
November 21, 2008
Why Jorge Mettey Sued Univision
November 19, 2008
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
Sí TV Launches Multiplatform Effort Highlighting Latino Leaders
November 18, 2008
ING EXECUTIVE HONORED FOR MULTICULTURAL LEADERSHIP Portada de Hispanic Target Award Presented to Javier Palomarez of ING
Former Advisor to U.S. President Joins Biofriendly Corporation – Influential Businessman, Jose Niño, Believes in Green Plus’s Ability to Create a Quick and Effective Way to Reduce Pollution
Los salvadoreños que residen en el exterior enviaron 3.185,3 millones de dólares a sus familias en este país en los primeros diez meses del año, un incremento de 4,1%, informó el lunes el Banco Central de Reserva (BCR).
November 17, 2008
Arturo Riera has been promoted from digital advertising sales manager to director of sales for KBCW-44, the CBS-owned CW affiliate in San Francisco
David Segura Honored at 18th Annual Hispanic Business(R) Magazine EOY Awards Gala
‘The Handyman in Your Home’ – Radio host Ino Gomez tells how he reached his American dream
Bio Miguel Ferrer – Programming Director AOL Latino
November 12, 2008
Skilled immigrants a ‘brain waste’ in California’s workforce – About 300,000 college-educated legal immigrants in the state, and 1.3 million nationwide, are unemployed or working in low-level jobs because their credentials aren’t recognized here, a study finds.
Coca-cola North America (CCNA) today announced a high-profile partnership with Mexican superstar and goalkeeper Francisco Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa.
Armando Ceja, winemaker and owner of Ceja Vineyards, was recently appointed to the board of directors of The Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce, filling a recent vacancy.
November 11, 2008
American Latino TV Taps Jeff Stern as Director of Distribution
Lee Maicon joins Winglatino as VP/Head of Strategy
November 10, 2008
Barack Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board includes 2 Latinos: Roel Campos (former SEC commissioner) and Antonio Villaraigosa (mayor, City of Los Angeles)
Another possible, and younger, pick for SEC Chairman would be Democrat Roel Campos, who left the SEC in September 2007. Campos, the first Hispanic to serve on the commission, pushed for shareholder access to proxy statements and other positions that were unpopular with the corporate community. He was also an advocate for small business, arguing in 2006 that that smaller companies should have more time to comply with the costly internal-control provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
November 6, 2008
Multimedia reporter Russell Contreras has left the Boston Globe after three years
Dallas’ Al Día was not immune to Belo’s mandated cuts. – laid off 5 people.
November 3, 2008
Chris Lopez is now the official successor to Don Flores, who quit his job as editor of the El Paso Times in August.
Eric Garcia, David Hinojosa and Joyce Saenz Harris laid off at the Dallas Morning News
Criminal charges against Roberto Galvez have been dropped – Univision sports anchor in Laredo
MetLife’s Carlos Suarez Named 2008 National Hispanic Corporate Achiever
October 28, 2008
Raul Leal, Named Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Hotelier Of The Year
October 27, 2008
Anthony Reyes, President & CEO Reyes Clothing Company
ABC has relocated reporter Miguel Marquez from Los Angeles to London.
October 23, 2008
MultiVu’s Manny Santos to Speak on Panel at Multichannel’s Hispanic TV Summit 2009
Making News: Jorge Ramos Univision’s Jorge Ramos Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
A former general manager of Hoy (Julian Posada) bets on a new magazine for next-generation Chicago Latinos. – Café bills itself as a “Latino lifestyle magazine,” and the first issue came off the presses last week. It’s a free bimonthly that the founders hope will go monthly next spring.
Hispanic Marketing Author/Banker Announces Revision to Award Winning Book – Jesse Torres, bank president and acclaimed Hispanic marketing author, today announced that the Community Banker’s Guide to Hispanic Marketing will be updated to reflect recent experiences in Hispanic marketing.
Michael Zambrana, owner of Pangea Inc in St. Louis named Hispanic Businessman of the Year by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Wells Fargo
October 20, 2008
Azteca América this week named Alberto Santini Executive VP of Programming, based in Mexico City and Los Angeles.
October 17, 2008
McEvoy, president of EMBARQ Business, Honored by Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando
Mark Hinojosa is moving to Detroit. Starting October 20, he becomes the New-media Director for the Detroit News.
List of some of the Telemundo people laid off
Chris Munoz has been named EVP/GM of Univision Radio National Sales by Univision and Katz Radio Group. He was most recently a Univision Radio SVP overseeing network radio revenue and marketing platforms.
October 15, 2008
UNITY Elects New Leadership – Rafael Olmeda, immediate past president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), has been elected president of UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
The Press-Enterprise Appoints Two Executives to Expand Its Focus Online and in the Hispanic Community
October 7, 2008
Ernie Mourelo has left Los Angeles’ Telemundo affiliate KVEA-52
Al Prieto, until recently an Executive Director, has been promoted to Vice President of ABC NewsOne.
Tony Martinez, WSNS-44’s executive producer, was promoted to news director
Mirna Pineda and Mariela Gómez de Ell, former Telemundo anchors in Phoenix will be peforming in a local theater
News anchor Rich Rodriguez no longer works at Fresno’s KSEE-24
October 6, 2008
Telstra boss, Sol Trujillo, has been moonlighting for his best pal, John McCain. Having pocketed $13.4 million this year guiding the telco through the biggest upheaval in its history, Mr Trujillo has joined a host of Wall Street bankers in personally raising up to US$100,000 ($150,000) for the presidential hopeful
September 30, 2008
Los Angeles Daily News promotes Mariel Garza, hires Oscar Garza & Julio Morales
September 29, 2008
Head & Shoulders Signs Stylist Antonio Rosales as the Brand’s First Spokesperson and Ambassador for the U.S. Hispanic Market
September 27, 2008
The exit of Cucuy marks a generational change in Spanish-language radio, and will benefit a rising crop of Spanish-language DJs, especially Piolin (Tweety Bird) on Univision Communication Inc.’s KSCA-FM (101.9) and Don Cheto on KBUE-FM (105.5), owned by Burbank-based Liberman Broadcasting Inc.
September 26, 2008
Hiram Hernandez Sr. honored as Rochester’s Hispanic Business Person of the Year
September 25, 2008
Francisco Aguirre Baca, who co-founded the Spanish-language newspaper Diario Las Américas and earned accolades throughout the world for his humanitarian efforts, died at his home in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as a result of complications from a stomach aneurysm. He was 88.
Adman Luis Cabellero wants to help local businesses deliver their message to the Latino community – Fort Worth, Texas
September 24, 2008
Steve Rosa, the founder, president and CEO of (add)ventures in Providence, will be honored as the 2008 Rhode Island Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) during Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week in October.
September 23, 2008
Schwabe Attorney Roman D. Hernandez Named President-Elect of Hispanic National Bar Association
September 22, 2008
Baskin-Robbins Names New Head of U.S. Hispanic Marketing – Carlos Nunez
A Hispanic Men’s Network: HombreTV’s CEO Speaks – Dennis N. Richard
André Fernandez leaves his job as Sr VP and CFO of Telemundo to join Journal Communications as Executive Vice President, Finance and Strategy
Ramon G. Gonzales, Jr. Inducted into Cambridge Who’s Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry – Cambridge Who’s Who – Your Premier Source For Global Networking.
September 18, 2008
2008 Siempre Mujer Siempre Inspiran Honorees Revealed in October/November Issue – Magazine Honors Myrka Dellanos, Mayte Prida, Laura Posada, María Elena Salinas, Ingrid Betancourt, Maria D. Roberts and Marisol González
September 17, 2008
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MEJIAS OF WRITERS HOUSE LITERARY AGENCY
September 16, 2008
El Cucuy de la Manana Changes Course
Mauricio Galván elected President of Circulo Creativo
One of Hispanic radio’s biggest personalities, El Cucuy, Renán Almendárez Coello, has signed off of KLAX-FM “La Raza” in Los Angeles, dealing a blow to owner Spanish Broadcasting System. – going to build his own radio network
Rafael A. Sanchez, an attorney at Bingham McHale LLP, has been selected as a finalist in 2008 Best & Brightest — law category. – Indiana
September 15, 2008
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando President Ramon Ojeda as its Executive of the Year, Southeast region, for the USHCC 2008 Hispanic Leadership and Business Excellence Awards.
Hispanic Chamber boss ends brief run for mayor – Fernando Reyes in San Antonio
September 12, 2008
Mack Quintana, a community leader and former publisher of the El Paso Times and the Las Cruces Sun-News, was found dead in his West El Paso home early Thursday, police said.
Orlando Milian, Sr. VP/Account Managing Director at Young & Rubicam/New York, whose background includes senior level leadership positions in the U.S. Hispanic market, has joined d expósito & Partners, LLC
September 11, 2008
Michael Anaya Sr., CEO of Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan, has been named the new president and chairman of the board for the National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives.
September 10, 2008
Baseball All-Star David Ortiz Teams Up With State Farm(R) for National Citizenship Day
Q&A with Latino Lawyer of the Year Martin Garza
TERRI SIMPSON TO LEAD SALES OPERATIONS FOR TRIBUNE MULTICULTUAL INTERACTIVE
September 9, 2008
Power tools maker DeWalt said today (Sept. 9) that it has forged a deal with Univision’s Fernando Fiore to serve as host of its Hispanic-targeted event promotions through 2009.
Pioneering Hispanic Columnist Roger Hernandez Dies at 53
September 8, 2008
Labor fears bias may hurt Obama – 1.8 million Hispanics in Labor unions in 2007
September 5, 2008
Sergio Avila, who back in July proposed to his girlfriend on live television, has joined the KGUN-9 news team as a general assignment reporter. – Tucson
Jaime Garza, who was laid off from KCAL/KCBS five months ago, is the new 10 pm anchor at KTXL, Fox-40 in Sacramento.
Q&A: Santiago Pozo – He left a job at Universal to launch Arenas, dedicated to marketing films and TV shows to the U.S.’ exploding Latino population. In the 20 years since, the company has remained a top force in the niche it pioneered, while branching out into film production and distribution
Barrett Cuetara Named Shareholder At Cowles & Thompson – Dallas
September 3, 2008
Q&A: AIM TV’s Robert Rose
Latino Workers: Fastest-Growing Segment of Labor Force, Most Disadvantaged – National Council of La Raza
Javier Aldape: Hispanic Print Market in Context
HipCricket Taps David Jones as General Manager of First Comprehensive Hispanic Mobile Marketing Network
August 29, 2008
Germán González-Flores has been named news director of El Comercio de Colorado, a bi-monthly publication in Denver.
August 28, 2008
Sports reporter Jaime Cárdenas, recently laid off from the L.A. Times, has landed a job at the L.A. Galaxy as communications coordinator.
Interactive Chat CEO Named California Hispanic Business Man of the Year
August 26, 2008
Tapestry Promotes Isabella Sanchez, Three Others to SVP, VP Posts
Ray Chavez, an Oakland Tribune photographer and this year’s recipient of the NAHJ’s Photographer of the Year award, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland on Friday.
David Sedeño, publisher of Spanish-language La Estrella until the Fort Worth Star-Telegram folded the publication back in April, moves on to become the new editor of the semi-monthly Texas Catholic and the monthly El Católico de Texas
Armando Acuña, public editor of the Sacramento Bee since 2005, becomes associate features editor, after the paper’s management eliminates the position.
Andrés Martinez, who became L. A. Times editorial page editor in 2004 and resigned in 2007, is now suing his ex-girlfriend alleging she cost him his job at the newspaper and tarnished his professional reputation.
August 22, 2008
Angelo Paparelli Receives Top Honors from Two Leading Publications Attorney Named “Most Highly Nominated Corporate Immigration Lawyer” by International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers and Ranked as a Band #1 Immigration Lawyer by Chambers USA
August 20, 2008
Jesus Soto to receive The Profiles Leadership Award from SBA.
ImpreMedia has promoted the top executives of its New York newspapers, widening their management roles of El Diario La Prensa and Hoy New York. – Rossana Rosado y Jorge Ayala
For those of you wondering what former Telemundo president Jim McNamara is up to, I got tipped off by Laura Martinez of Multichannel News, that InterMedia Advisors will soon announce his appointment as non-executive Chairman of Cine Latino.
Batanga, Inc. Announces New Chief Revenue Officer
The editor of the El Paso Times has stepped down, officials at the newspaper announced Tuesday.
Don Flores, who has been an executive and the top editor at the El Paso Times, has resigned. Flores’ departure ended a 15-year turn as top newsman at the paper, the largest and arguably most influential news outlet in the community.
Grand Rapids entrepreneur launches medical supply company – Richard Ortega
August 17, 2008
Chicago Tribune lays off 3 Hispanic Journalists – Mark Hinojosa, Ray Quintanilla y Michael Martinez
Martín Llorens Joins RadioCadena Univision to Launch New Talk Radio Program ‘Hola Martín’
Indigenous Central Americans increasingly fill ranks of farmworkers – New survey — “A Sustainable Bounty: Investing in Our Agricultural Future” — was conducted by the Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust
How I got my job: Brandon Benavides – News producer at KSTP-TV – Twin Cities, Minnesota
August 15, 2008
Kathleen Ligocki is Appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Automobile Division of Grupo Salinas – Kathleen Ligocki es Nombrada Directora General de la Division Automotriz de Grupo Salinas
August 14, 2008
Day labor work drying up – As economy sours and construction jobs disappear, migrant workers wait all day on street corners, but employment sparse – Santa Rosa, California
REI Appoints Jose Ignacio Lozano to Board of Directors
August 12, 2008
Chris Peña is leaving Miami to become assistant news director at WMAQ, NBC’s O&O in Chicago.
Starting tonight, Alejandro Mendoza will co-anchor the 6 and 11 pm newscasts at KDTV-14, the Univision station in San Francisco
August 11, 2008
Joanne Lynch Promoted to President of the Univision Television Station Group
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