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Kevin Cuddihy and John Eck Univision

Cuddihy exits, Univision replaces him with Eck

October 21, 2015 by Veronica Villafañe

Kevin Cuddihy, Univision’s President of Local Media, is leaving the company. Today, Univision Communications, Inc (UCI) announced he will be replaced by John W. Eck as Chief Local Media Officer, effective immediately.

Cuddihy, who has been in his current role since last year, joined Univision in 2009 as EVP of TV Advertising Sales for Univision Local Media.

Eck will now oversee UCI’s local business including the company’s 128 television and radio stations in key markets across the country, as well as  maintain his technology, operations and engineering responsibilities.  He’ll remain based in New York and continue to report to President and CEO Randy Falco.

Eck, who joined Univision as VP of Technology, Operations and Engineering in 2011, previously worked at NBC Universal for 18 years.

Although the company announced in a release that Cuddihy “has decided to step down” and “will work with Eck in the next few months to support him in the transition,” his exit comes as a surprise.

Univision has been doing executive reductions and reassignments as it continues to prepare for its IPO, which a source says is likely to happen at the end of November or early December.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: John Eck, Kevin Cuddihy

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  1. 4toBate. says

    October 21, 2015 at 5:47 PM

    Se habia demorado.
    Ese home run estaba ya cantado hace su buen par de años.
    IPO ? esa vaina esta mas dificil que una calculadora sin teclas.
    Te veo mar Federico, te veo mar !

  2. 2+2 says

    October 22, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    What are John Eck’s credentials? Has he ever worked at a TV station?

  3. InNY says

    October 22, 2015 at 7:24 PM

    What are so many other’s credentials ?
    Have you all checked, all the imported cargo by Azcarraga, or brought in by Falco ?
    Univision has been a cesspool of so many adjectives during it’s last years, certainly, a shameful demise.

  4. Crazy says

    November 6, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    Univision is corrupted, every month new executives. Many times there is no money for copy paper but Fusion loss over 23 millions last year. And YES Emilio Ascarraga is the boss, yesterday he order get rid of three Unimas programs because aren’t mexicans.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, 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.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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