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Alina Falcon

Exec Alina Falcón and on-air talent among dozens of Telemundo network layoffs

January 30, 2023 by Veronica Villafañe

Telemundo network has executed a series of company-wide cuts – across all departments – that have left about 60 to 70 people without jobs.

Network executive Alina Falcón, SVP of Programming Planning and Scheduling, is among those hit by the workforce reduction, a high-level inside source confirmed to Media Moves.

Since her arrival to Telemundo in 2011, Falcón held a series of top management roles. She previously spent three decades at Univision.

Some on-air talent was also laid off late last week, including Freddy Lomelí, from the network’s afternoon show En Casa con Telemundo.

As part of the cuts, longtime sports anchors Karim Mendiburu and Copán Álvarez will be departing the network when their contracts end later this year. Until then, they will remain on-air.

According to the source, 2022 was a financially solid year for Comcast, boosted by Telemundo’s earnings in the last quarter, mostly due to the World Cup.

However, a drop in Q4 earnings and a business realignment strategy focusing on streaming growth for its 2023 budget prompted the company’s preventive measures in anticipation of a possible recession.

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Alina Falcón, Copan Alvarez, karim mendiburu, Telemundo

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. CesarEbora says

    February 4, 2023 at 11:32 AM

    what about the rest of the layoffs? I heard about correspondents being canned

  2. Carlos says

    February 6, 2023 at 4:17 AM

    Don’t wish bad to anyone, but she’s NOT a nice person. But good luck on you job search.

  3. John Chavez says

    February 17, 2023 at 8:45 AM

    it was time to bring out that yelling clown in bad taste, who changed his Mexican name with the face of an Indian to the name of an aristocrat. “Karim Mendiburu”.
    What an annoyance that unpleasant character.

  4. Eric Alonso says

    February 24, 2023 at 9:11 PM

    Alina Falcon gave me the first opportunity to work in television fresh out Miami-Dade Community College. Back in 1992.
    I was an intern at Noticias 23 and I had also the chance to contribute writing for the network’s Noticiero Univision.
    She ruled with an iron fist but it was necessary to attain the level of discipline and team mentality required to excel.

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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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