The Dark Side of Hispanic Media and PR

The Dark Side of Hispanic Media and PR

NewsTaco March 20, 2015

*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

NewsTaco March 16, 2015

*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’

NewsTaco March 13, 2015

*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

NewsTaco March 12, 2015

*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

NewsTaco June 13, 2014

*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

Mary Mata May 8, 2014

*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

NewsTaco February 19, 2014

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

NewsTaco November 7, 2013

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

Mary Mata October 31, 2013

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

Mary Mata March 27, 2013

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 […]