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2010 Media Moves headlines review

December 31, 2010 by Veronica Villafañe

It may seem like a big cliché, but this year flew by! Lots of changes – good, bad… and in some cases, surprising. If you missed it, here’s a wrap of some of the highlights reported on Media Moves in 2010.

January:

Leadership changes at impreMedia – Air America shuts down –
MediaNews bankruptcy official – Ugly Betty canceled

February:

Telemundo brings back local news to 4 markets – ABC to eliminate 300-400 jobs –

March:

Network-wide coverage of Chile quake – Mega TV exec resigns, joins CNN en Español – New management structure at Univision – Gratas returns to TV – Univision partners with impreMedia

April:

12 broadcast groups launch mobile content venture – 400 job losses in local TV news in 2009 – 175 Latino print journalists lost jobs in 2009

May:

Valdés-Ryan out at Latina – Senator calls for closure of Radio, TV Martí – Spanish networks anticipate $1.5 billion in ad revenue – TV station criticized for not airing police beating video – Restructuring at Mega TV – Lozano named CEO of impreMedia – Univision apologizes over offensive skit

June:

Telemundo staffers to get L.A. May Day settlements
– Televisa pulls plug on Hispanic magazine – Navarrette among San Diego layoffs – Murdoch, other media CEOs lobby for immigration reform – El Diario columnist arrested for espionage

July:

Bustos goes bust – Camerawoman gets $1.7 million award – Latinos among leading users of mobile web – Univision to pay $1 million to settle payola case

August:

Univision news director in midst of political scandal – Cristina ends run on Univision

September:

KNBC and KVEA newsrooms go their separate ways
– Mercado returns to Telemundo – Castro leaves GMA

October:

Sanchez fired from CNN – Televisa becomes part owner of Univision – Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize – Chilean rescue captivates media – Cristina says she didn’t want to leave – Viotto to leave CNNE – Canseco’s departure from Univision is official – NPR gives Williams the bot, Fox hires him – “Sanity” rally attracts 1000+ press credential requests – Ax falls as CNNE restructures

November:

Zalaznick to oversee Telemundo after merger – Rodriguez ousted in Early Show talent shakeup

December:

Falcón out, Lee in as Univision News President – Yahoo lays off 600 – Univision president says he’ll start 24-hr news channel – FCC sets conditions for Comcast/NBC merger approval – Espinosa chosen as show contestant on OWN

More Media Moves news next year!

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

Full bio here
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