impreMedia shuts down Rumbo's print edition

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impreMedia shuts down Rumbo’s print edition

Posted on 09 June 2014. Tags: ImpreMedia, Rumbo

Calling it a change in strategy, impreMedia has stopped publishing the print edition of its Texas weekly Rumbo. The company quietly acknowledged to its employees via email just this past Friday, June 6, that the final run of the Houston-based paper was a week earlier – Friday, May 30th.

The paper’s final cover greeted readers with “¡Gracias y hasta siempre!” (Thanks and farewell).

According to the email, sent in press release format, Rumbo’s conversion to an all-digital format is a way to keep the brand “relevant” and is part of “impreMedia’s corporate commitment to be number one or two in every market.”

According to the company, Rumbo is currently the fourth-ranked Spanish-language newspaper in Houston.

“We consider Houston a key market for impreMedia and remain committed to the quality content our readers have come to expect and love,” Damián Mazzotta, General Manager, West, impreMedia said in a statement. “60% of impreMedia’s users come from smartphones, so we believe this transition will make us more efficient and allow us to better focus our efforts on our growth strategy providing clients with added value through custom solutions.”

impreMedia bought three Rumbo newspapers in Texas from Meximerica Media Inc. in 2007. The failed newspaper chain was originally launched as dailies in four Texas markets in 2004, downsized to three times a week and in January of 2007, converted to a weekly publication. Only the Houston-based weekly survived until its final print publication on May 30.

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Veronica Villafañe - who has written 4587 posts on Media Moves.

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 have also held management positions in the online digital sphere - first as Managing Editor of IntersectionsSouthLA.org, followed by a role as the West Coast Web editor for impreMedia. I was president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists from 2004 to 2006. I am also a freelance writer, reporter and producer. I founded Media Moves in June of 2007.

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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.