Articles Posted in the Media Category
-
Slideshow: English-language News/Lifestyle Sites Compete for Latino Audience
NBC News announced this week the upcoming English-language news and lifestyle site NBCLatino.com. Lots of companies recognize the spending power of Latinos and several media companies are competing for not only their eyeballs, but also their wallets. READ about the NBC Latino launch LISTEN to a Q&A with Q&A with NBC Latino Executive Editor Chris [...]
-
DL Podcast: Q&A with Chris Peña, Executive Editor of NBC Latino
NBC News announced Thursday that it is launching a new English-language Latino news and lifestyle website called NBCLatino.com. The website will focus on news, information and lifestyle content and offer Hispanic angles on big general market stories. READ THE FULL STORY ON THE LAUNCH This week on the DL Podcast Jon (@jonbyington) interviews Chris Peña [...]
-
NBC News Announces English-Language Latino News and Lifestyle Site, www.NBCLatino.com
NBC News announced Thursday that it is launching a new English-language Latino news and lifestyle website called NBCLatino.com. The website will focus on news, information and lifestyle content and offer Hispanic angles on big general market stories. LISTEN to an extensive Q&A with NBC Latino Executive Editor Chris Peña on this week’s DL Podcast. “Even [...]
-
NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Network Fires Social Media Coordinator, @HotChulo, after Racist Tweets Exposed
NBCUniversal’s Spanish-language network Telemundo announced Wednesday afternoon that they have fired one of their contract social media coordinators, who went by the Twitter handle @HotChulo, after he posted anti-Muslim and other racist tweets during the past several months. The Twitter account for HotChulo, who described himself as a “Latino Ken Doll” on his Twitter biography [...]
-
Mario Lopez Drops by Rachael Ray & Shares his “Mexican Rachael Ray”
Mario Lopez will appear on Friday’s Rachael Ray to discuss his new book, running the New York City Marathon and his Thanksgiving Day plans. Lopez recently published a book as gift to his daugher, Gia, who just turned one. “I want to encourage kids to use a little of their imagination, flex their creative muscle. [...]
-
YouTube’s first channel for original programming targets Latinos
YouTube launched its first channel for original programming and it’s a Spanish-language channel targeting Latinos. Clevver Media’s ClevverTeVe Spanish-language news and entertainment channel is the first of the nearly 100 premium channels that YouTube has planned, reported RapidTvNews.com, from a variety of content providers that include celebrities like Jay-Z, Madonna, Tony Hawk and Ashton Kutcher, [...]
-
WorldView Video: Did Nick Cannon Attach Helium Balloons to 92.3 Host Sarah Lee’s Puppy, Charlie Roo?
[videoplayer file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6pQRNRJ3A /] WATCH: WorldView Video: Mariah Carey On The Rosie Show (Weight Loss Special) Nick Cannon appeared with Sarah Lee on 92.3’s Rollin’ radio program Thursday morning and according to the station’s website, Nick attached helium balloons on Lee’s dog and the dog flew away. The website has pictures of what appears to be [...]
-
Cine Nostalgia Launches in Verizon
Verizon and Carlos Vasallo announced the launch of Cine Nostalgia channel 1687, a 24-hours-a-day black-and-white movie channel starting on November 10th, 2011 followed by the launch of Cine Estelar at the beginning of 2012. Cine Nostalgia offers movies from the “Golden Era” of Mexican film making, and Cine Estelar is a color movie channel with the best box [...]
-
Univision Launches Revamped Univision.com Homepage
Univision announced its redesigned Univision.com homepage, for both online and mobile, Wednesday saying it will provide users with an enhanced content and navigation experience. Univision has been working on the redesign for a year and is part of an effort to rebuild and enhance the company’s entire network of national and local online and mobile [...]
-
Video: Man with Pit Bull Phobia Cries on Camera When Confronted with Puppy
The new series “Extreme Animal Phobia” premiered Friday on the Animal Planet Network. Chicago resident, Marvin Cruz, a large, tattooed biker that runs a car wash is afraid of pit bulls and his phobia was profiled during the first episode. The forty-seven-year-old said that when he was six, his neighbor was attacked by a pit [...]
-
Video Preview: Perez Hliton Joins MTV Tr3s’ Popland as Guest Star in First-Ever Spanish Speaking Role
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton will appear in his first Spanish speaking television role on MTV Tr3s’ daily scripted show “Popland,” the network announced. Hilton will take on the role of paparazzi guru, giving the show’s amateur paparazzi photographer and gossip columnist Carla (played by Sara Cobo) a boost of confidence and advice to “take risks [...]
-
Telemundo Outbid Unvision for 2018 and 2022 World Cup games; Univision CEO Responds
Univision has aired the World Cup games since 1978, but on Friday, Telemundo outbid Univision for the Spanish-language U.S. rights to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 World Cup games, the Wall Street Journal reported. “We were aggressive with our bid, but it would not have been rational for us to go higher,” Univision Chief Executive [...]
-
Video: Today’s Natalie Morales Joins ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’
Tuesday morning it was announced that Natalie Morales from NBC News will be a new correspondent on “Rock Center with Brian Williams.” In addition to Rock Center she will continue as the Today Show news anchor and co-host of its third hour. “A familiar face at NBC News, Natalie brings a breadth of experience to [...]
-
¡Q’ Viva! The Chosen is in Production- Marc Anthony in Mexico City Looking for New Talent
As you know by now, Jennifer López and Marc Anthony are teaming up with acclaimed show director Jamie King and American Idol creator Simon Fuller to launch an epic 21-country search across the Americas for the world’s most extraordinary Latin talent in the new, groundbreaking television series, ¡Q’ VIVA! THE CHOSEN. Marc Anthony began to [...]
-
Video: South Park ‘Plays Texans Vs. Mexicans’
Update: Here’s a link to the full episode. Wednesday night’s episode of South Park dealt with Mexicans and the border. Here’s a preview of the episode: The Last of the Meheecans Get More: SOUTH PARKEric Cartman,Leopold “Butters” Stotch,more… What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and Facebook.
