Media + Essentials Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 19, 2009

After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.

Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz

When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”

November 13, 2009

The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato

Dobbs’ CNN departure leaves me cold – (Gregory Tejeda’s insightful post – good read)

November 12, 2009

Lou Dobbs Delivers His Head to Hispanics, But That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing – (interesting)

“Lopez Tonight” opened to 3.1 million viewers Monday night as the new TBS talkshow also premiered on Turner nets TNT and TruTV.

Goodbye to an anti-hispanic – After months of pressure, Lou Dobbs’ departure from CNN is not only a sign that the network is interested in restoring its credibility but also that immigrants and Latinos will stand up firmly to hate mongering.

BastaDobbs.com Announces Victory: Lou Dobbs to Leave CNN

November 5, 2009

Grassroots Effort to Oust Lou Dobbs Now 100,000 Strong – Latino leaders and their allies who are part of BastaDobbs.com vow to continue online campaign putting pressure on CNN to drop Dobbs

November 4, 2009

Friendly Fire? CNN’s Lou Dobbs Gets Called Out By CNN’s Reliable Sources

November 2, 2009

‘Drop Lou Dobbs’ Campaign Nearing 100,000 Signature Goal – need 30k more!

October 30, 2009

Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?

15% of the U.S. population is of Latino descent, but Latinos remain underrepresented on English-language television. Only 4% of on-camera talent is Latino

October 29, 2009

Lou Dobbs Ad to Air in Markets across the U.S. – (since CNN wouldn’t air it)

A Minute With: George Lopez on his new TV talk show

October 28, 2009

ESPN broadcaster suspended for making “taco” remark. Can you pass the “taco” challenge?

October 26, 2009

BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou Dobbs

October 17, 2009

Interview/Entrevista with Roberto Lovato about National Campaign Against CNN’s Lou Dobbs

October 15, 2009

TV commercial calling on CNN to retire Lou Dobbs and his ugly, race-based rhetoric to Air on CNN! – watch it here – (update: CNN rejected ad – are we surprised?)

October 13, 2009

CNN, You Can’t Have It Both Ways: It’s Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future – (w/ video)

October 5, 2009

CNN’s Latino in America Premieres October 21 & 22 | 9pm ET with host Soledad O’Brien (but don’t forget they also air Lou Dobbs)

September 30, 2009

Las Vegas figures prominently in Hispanics’ growing clout – CNN and a federal agency director looked west for input on a burgeoning segment of U.S. population

September 28, 2009

TOP Ten reasons CNN needs to drop Lou Dobbs

September 24, 2009

Lou Dobbs Confronts Latino Activists Seeking to Dislodge Him from CNN including Roberto Lovato

September 22, 2009

Ousted Florida Anchorman Charles Perez Speaks Out

September 21, 2009

As Movement Demanding CNN Dump Him Grows, Dobbs Plays Victim

September 17, 2009

New Latino initiative unites Latino bloggers & organizations in speaking out against Lou Dobbs and CNN

Latinos to CNN: Dump Dobbs Now

September 8, 2009

El Dia, Houston’s Spanish-language daily newspaper, quietly folded last week, leaving thousands of Spanish-speaking residents without a daily voice.

Hispanic-Media Spending Posts Biggest Decline Yet – Autos, Retailers Down, While Telcos, Satellite TV Are Bright Spots

August 4, 2009

Exec Shuffle As Juniper Explores Sorpresa Sale – Longtime CEO Stuart Rekant Among Departing Execs

July 28, 2009

Rick Sanchez On Twitter: Hispanics Working For Fox Have “Sold Out,” Bill Maher’s An “Opportunist”

July 21, 2009

A Note About My Time at Entrepreneur Magazine – Dennis Romero rips into his former employer

July 19, 2009

Fox News, CNBC Pundit Wages War With U.S. Hispanic Chamber Over Small Business Bill

July 16, 2009

Hispanic pride in Sotomayor but TVs set to soap opera – Upper Fells Point customers take a pass on Senate hearings – Maryland

Critics: Hispanic Media Lack Coverage Of Sotomayor 0 Gerson Borrero, of New York’s El Diario/La Prensa; Lori Montenegro, a correspondent for Telemundo and Maria Elena Salinas, a news anchor for Univision, debate whether their news organizations have a special obligation to cover the hearings

July 15, 2009

Jon Stewart: White Men Can’t Judge – Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings are no snoozefest, as Republicans call her racist and Chuck Schumer cries.

July 9, 2009

Efforts to rivet the attention of the Hispanic community on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings next week could complicate Republicans’ political ambitions for next year.

June 24, 2009

Live 2009 convention coverage – National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) in Puerto Rico or follow on twitter #nahj09

June 11, 2009

30 Years of Hispanic Business Media: From Newsletter to Multimedia – HispanicBusiness Magazine hits 30 years

June 5, 2009

Marching to a Latin beat in ‘Concert for the Troops’ – This week, mun2 is continuing its examination of how Latinos are affecting U.S. military culture and vice versa by airing “Concert for the Troops.”

June 4, 2009

Political cartoon portraying Sotomayor as a piñata is insensitive but deserves no rash judgements

Sotomayor’s treatment in the media; on being talked about but not being allowed to talk – OR – Where oh where in the world are the Hispanic journalists in the Sotomayor conversation?

June 3, 2009

Sotomayor Falls in Journalism’s Blind Spot – What her nomination clearly shows us is that what this nation needs is more incisive journalism, not less By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez

June 2, 2009

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dating another newscaster former San Antonio broadcaster Lu Parker now with KTLA Channel 5

May 29, 2009

‘Travel Tips for Aztlan’ rides cutting-edge of Latin radio – Listen Live on KPFK Saturdays, 10:00 PM – Midnight (on the web as well)

CNN Plans Latino Documentary – hosted by Soledad O’Brien – focus on the growing U.S. Hispanic population and the pertinent issues that face the community.

April 28, 2009

Conservative media personalities have baselessly blamed Mexican immigrants for spreading swine flu across the border, despite the fact that several reports have indicated that U.S. swine flu patients had recently traveled to Mexico.

April 10, 2009

New York will soon have a new daily Spanish-language newspaper. On April 20, NY Al Día will be launched

March 16, 2009

Young Latinas on PBS model financial success – Almas

March 11, 2009

MTV’s ‘I’m a Nuyorican’ not getting El Barrio love – has only managed to spark a lot of drama.

March 9, 2009

Obama Says Hola To a More Inclusive Press Strategy

March 3, 2009

Jane Velez-Mitchell was until recently a glorified freelancer for Headline News, the sister channel of CNN. Now she is one of Headline News’s nightly hosts — and her 7 o’clock show is setting ratings records for the network.

February 28, 2009

Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica make the New York Times: “She has gradually expanded her audience for years, making objects with a glittery Latino aesthetic and offering instructions and tips to those who want to do the same. Her most recent venture is the creation of a line of branded craft supplies and packaged projects, and it is finding its way into mass retail.”

February 4, 2009

Obama’s press office needs diversity

February 1, 2009

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.

January 29, 2009

People en Español english page/content gone from their website – Looks like they are no longer doing any English content

December 31, 2008

Top 15 Hispanic/Latino Media Stories of 2008 (random order – culled from Top Stories of 2008)

December 29, 2008

Many in the Indianapolis area losing TV in Spanish – Decision to drop Univision leaves growing population of Hispanics with few options – WIIH (Channel 17)

December 28, 2008

Spanish media shrinking in Tucson as Hispanic numbers boom – Local Spanish speakers have few options for news

December 23, 2008

Sheriff Arpaio Gets His Own TV Show And An Online Revolt Ensues

December 19, 2008

Sources Say Fernando Del Rincon Fired From Univision

December 18, 2008

Entravision Threatened With Delisting From NYSE – Entravision Communications, the owner of Univision affiliates in a run of top markets including Washington and San Diego, has seen its share price plummet over the past year to below $1

December 15, 2008

Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover

Interview: Carolina Guillen, ESPN Deportes

PBS’ ‘Chávez’ Web Debut Proves Profitable – Frontline documentary on Venezualan leader a bilingual hit online – (video, Hugo Chavez)

December 9, 2008

Spanish-language news sexy enough w/out Naked News

The Immigrant Story That Wasn’t: Laid Off Republic Windows Employees Just Regular Working Stiffs – Esther Cepeda absolutely stunned that the peaceful sit in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory and warehouse has not been stuck in the ghetto of “immigrant story” by our local and national media.

December 8, 2008

200 Years of Latino Media – Latino media is celebrating its bicentennial. Juan Gonzales and Felix Gutierrez discuss 200 years of Latino media.The story begins on September 7, 1808, with founding of El Misisipi in New Orleans. It was the first newspaper by and for Spanish-speaking people in the U.S. El Misisipi set the stage for the thousands of publications, broadcast, and Internet news outlets currently serving Latinos.

December 3, 2008

California broadcaster to build U.S. Latin network – Liberman Broadcasting is hoping to build a national network called Estrella TV. Through a combination of station purchases and affiliates, Liberman expects Estrella TV to be in 70 percent of U.S. Hispanic homes by the end of first-quarter 2009.

November 25, 2008

The high school student accused of stabbing an Ecuadorean immigrant to death pleaded not guilty to murder, hate crime and conspiracy charges in Riverhead yesterday.

Violence Against Journalists Grows in Mexico’s Drug War – Latest Victim Gunned Down in Front of Home

November 21, 2008

She has been anchoring at KMBC-9 for almost 25 years, but now Maria Antonia, considered Kansas City’s most recognizable Hispanic journalist, has been pulled off the anchor chair and is suing KMBC for gender and age discrimination

After three years of publication, Sports Illustrated Latino, Time Inc.’s Spanish-language edition of the general market sports title is closing its doors.

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.

November 18, 2008

Univision holds audiences as revenues fall – But net stays No. 3 in key young demo

Telemundo Drops Yahoo For Relaunch In 2009; Taps MSN Latino Instead

November 12, 2008

Politics pays off for Spanish TV – Greater access to candidates and an influx of ad revenue from political spots have boosted visibility — and the bottom line — for Spanish-language media in this year’s presidential race.

November 3, 2008

Another Open Letter to the L.A. Times – Insulting the spirit of Ruben Salazar, Frank Del Olmo, and the Latino community by letting Augustin Gurza go

Presidential Candidates Fail to Focus on Hispanic Media – Two thirds of Hispanic newspapers surveyed remain objective; 34% making endorsements, 32% back Obama and 2% support McCain

October 29, 2008

Yesterday the Obama Campaign announced that they have purchased 30 minutes of airtime on the Spanish Language network, Univision on Wednesday at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific time and 7:00pm Central and Mountain time. Tune in to see Senator Obama’s message to the American people.

October 27, 2008

Politics pays off for Spanish TV – Greater access to candidates and an influx of ad revenue from political spots have boosted visibility — and the bottom line — for Spanish-language media in this year’s presidential race.

October 23, 2008

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos interviews vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin

Radio host, a new citizen, stirs Latino voters – Eddie Sotelo, known as “Piolin,” or Tweety Bird.

October 20, 2008

Spanish-Language TV’s Wall St. Woes – The economic downturn is expected to bring declines to one of the industry’s strongest categories: Spanish-language television.

Una encuesta exclusiva realizada para El Tiempo Latino revela que la tendencia del voto hispano en el área favorece al candidato demócrata Barack Obama para las elecciones presidenciales del 4 de noviembre. De los 502 latinos entrevistados, el 85,2% dijo que votaría a Obama y el 14,8% al republicano John McCain.

Puerto Rico to launch new English-language daily – Puerto Rico Daily Sun

‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ Now Available to Hispanic Audiences in Spanish Major Markets Launch Spanish Programming through SAP and Closed Captioning

October 17, 2008

Facing a slowdown in advertising, NBC Universal’s Spanish-language television operation Telemundo has cut 85 jobs, reducing its workforce 5%. “We are basically adjusting to reflect the economic realities of the current market,” spokesman Alfredo Richard said. The employees were notified of their terminations last week.

October 8, 2008

Viewership among Hispanic households grew by 34% — from 8.2% of Hispanic households during the first McCain/Obama debate to 11% during the candidates’ second debate Tuesday night.

October 7, 2008

Overall, Hispanic viewers were less likely to watch the debates. Hispanic households, which account for 11.1% of all TV households in the U.S., made up just 6.3% to 6.5% of the combined audience for the two debates.

October 6, 2008

Last Call: Join Leading Executives at Hispanic Digital and Print Media’s Preeminent Event

October 2, 2008

The Presidential debate last Friday drew only 3.46 million Hispanic watchers

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.

No Latinos among debate monitors?

September 26, 2008

“Made in L.A.,” this week won the Emmy for outstanding continuing coverage of a news story – long form at the 29th annual news and documentary Emmy awards.

ImpreMedia and MySpace Join Forces to Present Live Web Streaming of Presidential Debates for Hispanic Audiences – ImpreMedia to Offer Spanish Translation of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates, Live In Streaming Video, On MyDebates.org and Across its Online Hispanic Network

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.

Ya Es Hora Campaign Launches Latest Phase of Historic Latino Voter Mobilization Efforts; Distributes Nearly 1 Million Voter Registration Cards – Multi-Phase Campaign Transitions This Week from Citizenship Drive to Engaging New Citizens to Register and Vote

September 23, 2008

Vicious bat attack leaves radio host blind in one eye – Dominican Pelagio de la Cruz – (video included)

September 16, 2008

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

September 9, 2008

Pioneering Hispanic Columnist Roger Hernandez Dies at 53

September 5, 2008

‘Peanuts’ animator Bill Melendez dies at 91

September 3, 2008

Puerto Rico’s daily English-language newspaper closes – The island’s daily English-language newspaper has closed after nearly 50 years.

August 26, 2008

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.

August 14, 2008

Five years after arriving in Central Florida, El Nuevo Día Orlando, the region’s only daily Spanish-language newspaper, is closing.

August 11, 2008

KRYP-FM, known as “El Rey,” has become the king of Portland radio. Only 17 months old, the station is drawing 6.4 percent of the Portland audience listening to radio at any one time. No other privately owned station — country, rock, news/talk — got more than a 5 percent share.

August 5, 2008

Deadline passes and McCain campaign refuses to answer Latino bloggers’ questionnaire

August 3, 2008

Rapid growth for Spanish-speaking television news – On an evening its rivals were preoccupied with Christie Brinkley’s divorce and the capture of a Brooklyn murder suspect, New York’s WXTV led its local news with a story about graffiti saying “Get out of the USA” painted near a Peruvian restaurant on Long Island.

August 1, 2008

Diabetes and Me: A Reporter’s Journey From Fear to Self-Control – Louis Medina of The Bakersfield Californian

July 30, 2008

Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn’t light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough.

July 24, 2008

Just a couple of months after WCBS/Ch. 2 correspondent Pablo Guzman cheated death in a car crash, he’s now recovering from a heart attack. – New York City

July 23, 2008

The only news/talk-radio station in the Valley (Arizona) aimed at Latino immigrants is going off the air, the victim of a faltering economy, ongoing crackdowns on undocumented immigrants and a tough market for Spanish talk radio. – Its sister station in Denver, KNRV-AM (1150), signs off this month, too.

Rick Rodriguez Named Carnegie Professor at Cronkite School

July 22, 2008

The next extinct species: the Latino journalist – Esther J. Cepeda

July 17, 2008

Five Minutes with Rick Sanchez – The CNN anchor talks about what it’s like to be a Latino in mainstream journalism.

July 14, 2008

Latino bloggers wait for presidential candidates’ response to special survey on issues pertinent to Latino electorate (Latina Lista)

Hispanic Radio Hits Rough Wave – Ads Decline With Lagging Economy

Spanish-language TV journalists paid less – Many earn roughly one-fourth less in base pay than their competitors at English-language stations – (very, very interesting)

June 30, 2008

Jose de la Isla: PBS still lacking in attention to Hispanics

June 26, 2008

Latino media getting cold shoulder from campaigns?

June 24, 2008

Univision, Zubi Advertising Complete $80 Million Deal – The deal includes advertising on all three Univision TV networks (Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision), among other areas of the company

June 17, 2008

Tu Ciudad magazine closure

June 12, 2008

Raul Alarcon Sr. Dies – founder of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS)

Cartoonists Go to War – (Political cartoonists in Nicaragua)

June 9, 2008

States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration (online title) vs. (newspaper title) Local Officals Adopt New, Harder Tactics On Illegal Immigrants – New York Times

June 2, 2008

Telemundo pulls plug on ‘Cada Dia’ – The decision to cancel the morning show underscores the Spanish-language network’s difficulties in competing against Univision.

Lou Dobbs Said He’d Be Happy to Triple Number of Legal Immigrants – David Sirota’s new book reveals unexpected tidbit about the God Father of the Anti-Immigration Set.

The Obama campaign has almost completely ignored Latino media, and the McCain campaign is even worse, writes La Opinión columnist Pilar Marrero

May 29, 2008

“A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There’s a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,” Obama said. “If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it’s not surprising that would happen.”

May 28, 2008

Did You Know? As a whole, Hispanic households are the least ready for the transition (to digital TV). As a result, the effect of unready households on total viewing is more likely to affect Hispanic networks than Anglo networks. Viewing to unready sets accounts for 17 percent of prime-time viewing to English-language broadcast networks and 26.8 percent to Spanish-language broadcast networks.

May 22, 2008

Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News

May 15, 2008

George de Lama steps down as Chicago Tribune managing editor for news

April 16, 2008

“Viva Hollywood” — Let the novela trial begin – Maria Conchita Alonso is host and judge of this new reality competition

Copper theft knocks Entravision radio station off air in Central Florida