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Jesus Lara

Lara named GM of Univision Radio

January 18, 2017 by Veronica Villafañe

Univision finally has someone taking over the leadership of its radio division. The company today announced it has hired Jesús Lara as General Manager of Digital, Content, and Entertainment for Radio.

The position had been vacant for almost a year, since the sudden death of Alejandro Nieto Molina last January, after barely a week on the job.

Lara will oversee the development and implementation of digital, content creation, programming and entertainment strategies within better position Univision’s radio properties moving forward.

He’ll be based in Miami and report to John Eck, Chief Local Media Officer. He will work closely with UCI’s President of Music, Jorge ‘Pepo’ Ferradas, to align with the company’s broader music strategy.

Lara was most recently EVP of Digital Media Strategy at Spanish Broadcasting System, where he spent three years. He has also held executive roles at Viacom, where he was an SVP of Music Programing and at EMI Music, where he was VP of Marketing.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Jesus Lara, Univision Radio

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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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