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Lopez, Ruiz out at Univision

Posted on 27 May 2011. Tags: , ,

Maria Lopez-Alvarez, Univision’s VP and Director of News/Entertainment Programs and Mario Ruiz, VP of Talent for the network, are no longer with the company.

Maria had been with Univision over 20 years, working her way up the ranks. She started her career at WLTV-23 in Miami before moving to the network as Executive Producer, launching “Noticias y Más” in 1991, later renamed “Primer Impacto.”

Mario joined Univision in 2004 and was in charge of all in-house talent within Univision and Telefutura networks. He previously worked as a consultant to record companies, artists and producers in the entertainment industry.

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I'm an Emmy award-winning journalist, who's worked as an on-air reporter in Spanish and English-language television news. I've worked for Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español and Los Angeles Fox and UPN stations before diving into a convergence model at the San Jose Mercury News. I was president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists from 2004 to 2006, and inducted into the Hall of Fame in August of 2016. As an online news manager, I was West Coast Web Editor for impreMedia and Managing Editor of IntersectionsSouthLA.org. In addition to running Media Moves, which I founded in June of 2007, I'm a regular contributor to Forbes and also do freelance work as writer, reporter and producer.
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