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Breaking: Univision Puerto Rico eliminates newscasts in restructuring, lays off 100+

October 17, 2014 by Veronica Villafañe

Univision Puerto Rico today announced it’s shutting down all of its departments, including news operations, effectively cancelling all local newscasts. That means 109 people are out of a job, according to the journalism union UPAGRA.

Laid off reporters went on social media to report that they’re out of a job and that Univision Canal 11 will now become a repeater station, airing Univision network programming.

Las Noticias cierra me despido de ustedes hasta nuevo aviso.

— Daisy Sánchez (@daisysanchezpr) October 17, 2014

Univision será una repetidora.

— Daisy Sánchez (@daisysanchezpr) October 17, 2014

An inside source confirmed the elimination of all local newscasts in Puerto Rico and that Univision is consolidating its local media divisions under one management team, similar to what it did in August during its nationwide management restructuring of the mainland stations.

This story is developing. More to come.

Filed Under: TV & Radio Tagged With: Univision Puerto Rico

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  1. Gavin Martinez says

    October 17, 2014 at 5:39 PM

    I cannot believe ok I know that there been cuts lost weekend newscast last year shutting down there news department bunch of careers down the drain leaves Telenoticias Telemundo only spanish-language station and Univision that was a stupid god bless all who lost their jobs. And univision doing that restructuring is killing career univision putting one management team is not Puerto Rico has a high hispanic-puerto rican population that was really bad content of Univision suck fix management Univision.

  2. InTheKnow says

    October 24, 2014 at 1:26 AM

    A strategic move on behalf of Univision skirting labor laws and compensation payouts. Is it cheaper to cease operations and minimize payout/severance? Yes.
    Univision should be sued in a class action suit.

    Univision – the voice of the Latinos – should be exposed for what they truly are. Tell everyone poor management led to this action and starting from scratch is the only way. Be honest for once. Putting 100+ employees on the street is criminal.

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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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