The Dark Side of Hispanic Media and PR
The Dark Side of Hispanic Media and PR
*I like this piece. Cesar Vargas stops, takes a step back and iterates the obvious, becasue apparently, in Spanish and many other places in Latino media, the obvious needs to […]
Univision Race Gaffe Shows Culture Gap
*This is probably the most reasoned commentary I’ve read concerning Rodner Figueroa’s racial gaffe about First Lady Michelle Obama. I worked in Spanish media since the days before Univision and […]
Univision’s fired host pens apology letter to Michelle Obama: ‘I’m embarrassed’
*So here’s the latest, in case you were keeping score. The Univision host who was fired after he commented that First Lady Michelle Obama “looks like she’s from the cast of […]
Univision Host Rodner Figueroa Fired Over Racist ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Comment Towards Michelle Obama
*The good thing is that Univision acted quickly. The thing is that there are many instances of racist remarks, anti-gay remarks and objectification of women that pass under the radar […]
Univision owners in talks to sell for north of $20B
*CBS? Time Warner? Talk is Univision is on the block for $20 billion. By Roger Yu, USA Today Univision Communications, the largest Hispanic media company in the U.S., may be […]
The Invention Of Hispanics
*This brings two things to mind. One is the fact that the “Hispanic” term is invented; another is that the inventors had a specific agenda in mind when they did […]
No-verla, the undisputed prominence of the Spanish Telenovela
By Patricia Boscan, Latina Voices Señoras y Señores, it’s time. It’s just after 1 P.M. and you’ve just finished eating lunch for an hour past noon, like you do religiously every day. Señoras, you […]
First U.S. Spanish Language TV Station, Demolished
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I earned my chops in that building. The structure had been around for two decades before I settled in, towards the back, in the newsroom just […]
Fusion and Latino Media’s Race Problem
By Aura Bogado, The Nation Latinos are already the majority in California, and are on their way to becoming the country’s biggest majority in the next few decades. Nevertheless, relatively […]
Obama Talks Immigration on Spanish TV
By David Jackson, USA Today President Obama takes his renewed immigration push to the airwaves Wednesday, speaking with two Spanish language television networks. Obama will be interviewed by anchors Jose Diaz […]