In his first big reorganizational move since taking over as President of Telemundo Network in August of 2014, Luis Silberwasser today announced several changes among the executive ranks. Among them, he has named Luis Carlos Vélez to Executive Vice President of Network News, reporting directly to him. He takes over the news department leadership role […]
Search Results for: univision management
Guzmán promoted to News Operations Manager at KDEN
José Guzmán has entered the management ranks at the Telemundo station in Denver. He has been promoted from photographer to News Operations Manager. He will continue reporting to News Director Pedro Calderón Michel. An Emmy award-winning photographer, José has been with KDEN since October 2011. He was part of the original crew that helped launched […]
Hidalgo out, Velázquez promoted at Telemundo Deportes
Jorge Hidalgo is no longer Executive Vice President of Telemundo Deportes. His position has been eliminated. As of today, Eli Velázquez has been promoted to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Sports, Hispanic Enterprises and Content. Velázquez will report directly to Joe Uva, chairman, NBCU’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content and Gary Zenkel, President, […]
Azteca America makes 4 new executive hires
Azteca América has hired four executives to bolster its management and sales teams. Gary Pacheco joins the network as Station Manager of WMBC-Azteca New York. Erin Cook joins as Vice President of Network and National Spot Sales in Dallas. Joe Jaime joins the Chicago office as Vice President of Network and Spot Sales – Midwest and […]
Edna Schmidt sues Telemundo for wrongful termination
Former anchor Edna Schmidt has been doing the media rounds in Chicago this week, promoting WGBO Univision’s special series “Edna Mi Verdad,” about women and alcoholism that features her battle with the disease and her professional downfall because of it. A founding co-anchor of Univision Chicago’s newscast, Edna was also interviewed live on the set on […]
Pérez named VP/GM for Salem in Miami
Félix Pérez, who was General Manager of Univision Radio in New York until the company’s management restructuring in August, has landed a new job with Salem Communications, a Christian and conservative multimedia corporation that owns 63 stations in the top 25 media markets. Pérez will be VP and GM for Salem’s Miami cluster, replacing Jorge Guevara […]