Media Moves

Univision really wants to make a mark online.  It has announced it will continue its cyberspace expansion by creating exclusive webnovelas and making them available on its UVideos Digital Network, set to launch this summer.  The digital network will give users access to thousands of hours of on-demand content. Currently in Beta, UVideos will make [...]

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Joe Ruiz has left NOWCastSA.com where he was Engagement Editor since January of 2011. His last day was yesterday. He’s moving to Houston to start a new job as Web Content Administrator for the Houston Independent School District. His first day on the new job is May 16. Joe also recently became Web Director for Latino [...]

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As of today, AOL Latino no longer exists. Yesterday was the final day of the Spanish-language spin off launched by AOL Corp. in 2003. The site has been rebranded as Huffpost Voces.  People that log in to www.AOLLatino.com will now automatically be redirected to Huffpostvoces.com. The front page of today’s HuffPost Voces includes a welcome message in Spanish by [...]

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Pilar Marrero has published her first book, ”El Despertar del Sueño Americano” (Waking up from the American Dream). It went on sale today. Pilar, a political writer for La Opinión newspaper in Los Angeles, says she has been covering immigration and politics for the past 25 years since she arrived to the U.S. She was compelled to [...]

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Two Latino conferences overlapped last week – and in a way, crossed into each other’s territories – Hispanicize in Miami and NALIP in Los Angeles. The National Association of Latino Independent Producers met in Universal City. Even though the event is geared at producers and filmmakers, the reality is that social and digital media have [...]

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Michelle Morgante has been named Associated Press Bureau Chief for Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. She’ll be based in Minneapolis. She replaces Randy Picht, who was named executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Michelle leaves Miami, where she was Assistant Chief of Bureau – Florida/ Caribbean [...]

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Award-winning photographer Ray Chávez won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for breaking news photo. The winning image shows Oakland police officers reacting to fires set by Occupy Oakland protesters in the early morning hours of Nov. 3. “It’s an honor to win a prestigious award that recognizes the hard work that [...]

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Carlos Sanchez has been named National Political Editor of the recently launched Latino news website VOXXI.com. He’ll be overseeing all political and elections coverage. Carlos is a 30-year newspaper industry veteran.  He was most recently Executive Editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald, a position he held for 10 years. Carlos previously worked as State Editor for the Austin [...]

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Josie Tiscareño, who has been with Ahora Utah since its launch four years ago is moving on.  She has been hired as an Editor-at-Large at La Opinión. She starts the new job on April 11. Josie has been the editor of Ahora Utah since 2009. About joining La Opinión Josie tells me:”This ‘move’ means a new challenge [...]

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After weeks of rumors, impreMedia today announced that US Hispanic Media Inc. (USHM), a subsidiary of Argentina’s S.A. La Nación, has reached an agreement to become the strategic and controlling shareholder of the Hispanic online and newspaper company. Monica Lozano will remain CEO of impreMedia. Other company managers will also stay. The editorial content will [...]

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