Alberto Mier y Terán has been hired to run a cluster of Midwest Television, Inc.’s radio and television stations in San Diego. He takes over as President and General Manager of CBS 8/KFMB-TV, Me-TV, 760 AM KFMB, 100.7 KFM-BFM and KFMB Interactive, effective February 1. Mier y Terán tells Media Moves he’s happy to return […]
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Media Moves 2015 year in review
Lots happened in 2015. The year was filled with people moves, network restructurings, newscast cancellations, and the loss of some veteran journalists and media pioneers, like Enrique Gratas and Danny Villanueva. In case you missed some of the biggest or most popular Media Moves stories of the year, here’s a recap: JANUARY Layoffs at El Diario; […]
Morcate and Pons ousted in WLTV-23 restructuring
News director Daniel Morcate and Executive Producer Roberto Pons have been relieved of their duties at Univision’s WLTV-23 in Miami, less than a year after taking over those roles. The removals of Morcate and Pons are part of a reorganization of the news management at the Univision O&O, which has lost ratings ground to Telemundo’s […]
Telemundo shuffles execs, names Vélez EVP of network news
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 […]
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, […]
“Fusion Live” cancelled, Guzmán leaves network
Another Fusion show bites the dust. This time, it’s “Fusion Live,” the nightly 8 pm newscast anchored by Mariana Atencio and Pedro Andrade. The daily, which started out as “The Morning Show” when Fusion launched on October 28 of last year, was reorganized in January and moved to its evening time slot in March. In […]