"The economic downturn – along with more aggressive enforcement – is reducing the flow of illegal immigrants to the United States.
Not only are fewer people – mostly Hispanics – slipping into the United States, they're getting fewer jobs. New data shows that Latino participation in the labor force – normally among the highest – has dropped along with a decline in new arrivals."
The calls have come not because of any change in Rodriguez's status as a council member, he says, but because it was on that day when it became clear that he would be the sole Hispanic on the 14-member council.
As it prepares to turn 100, the Boy Scouts of America is honing its survival skills for what might be its biggest test yet: drawing Hispanics into its declining — and mostly white — ranks.
"For Hispanics, Christmas remains a predominantly religious holiday. Christmas traditionally lasts from the beginning known as Advent through the Baptism of Jesus. As with most Hispanic cultural traditions, celebration of the Christmas season is primarily molded around family, either immediate or extended."
"I'm relying less and less on compilations, because when people want a greatest hits, they download them and make their own," Venevision VP of music Jorge Pino says.
As a result, Latino families across the economic spectrum are scaling back their plans for traveling or sending elaborate gift packages to their home countries.
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At travel agencies that specialize in Latin American destinations, several agents said they had sold about one-third fewer tickets than last year.
Entre los más generosos destacan el Consejo Presidencial del Sida (Copresida) de República Dominicana, un organismo que mantiene una estrecha colaboración con la Fundación Clinton desde hace años y que donó entre 10 y 25 millones de dólares; la Fundación Azteca América; el empresario venezolano Gustavo Cisneros, propietario de Venevisión, y el magnate de origen cubano de la industria azucarera, Alfonso Fanjul.
Of marketers that target minority groups, 95% tailor messages to Latin Americans ...
But for 12 years, the show, adapted from “Too Many Tamales” by Gary Soto (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1993), a children’s book that regularly lands on reading lists in schools across the region and beyond, has routinely sold out its weekend runs of 19 shows, which alternate between English and Spanish.
Moody’s Investors Service says the weak advertising market is putting pressure on revenues and cash flow for Univision. The company’s ratings have been downgraded and Moody’s says the outlook for Univision is negative. The credit downgrade applies to approximately $10.6 billion of debt for the Spanish-language radio and TV giant.
"Univision is struggling to make payments on its nearly $10 billion of debt, for which the payments rose by $845 million this year, because cash flow is falling precipitously and cash on hand is declining."
Not every Hispanic and Latino actor in Hollywood has been given a part here - it only seems that way.
"Despite recent improvements, Latino and black students continue to lag behind whites and Asians in becoming academically eligible to enter California's two public university systems, according to a state report released Tuesday."
" Tribune was only one of three $10 billion-plus leveraged buyouts in media, alongside the $12.3 billion buyout of Spanish-language broadcaster Univision earlier last year and the $18 billion buyout of radio broadcaster Clear Channel in July."
-- More than 6 in 10 Latino voters backed Proposition 4, the measure requiring parental notification before a minor can have an abortion.
-- Nearly 8 in 10 Latinos voted for Obama.
"Some 20 percent of the present population of the Iberian peninsula has Sephardic Jewish ancestry, and 11 percent bear Moorish DNA signatures, a team of geneticists reports."
"In the weeks following the recent election, though, there has been a very different feeling in the air in these neighborhoods, a feeling of relief, of recognition, of pride. There is going to be a man in the White House (Barack Obama) whose mother was white and whose father was black. He was a mixed-race child; he is a black man. His family is multicultural, as mine is. What a relief to see this represented in the realities of power and politics! In the media!"
Univision and producers Endemol and Amistad Productions are developing an online telenovela with some big-name talent for 2009. The network said that the program is designed to incorporate product placements and other integrations, although a representative said no deals have been struck yet. The "Webnovela" is entitled Vidas Cruzadas (Crossed Lives) and will star well-known Hispanic actors Kate del Castillo and Guy Ecker. Carlos Sotomayor is the producer. The 15-episode
"In signs of a slowing market, Univision Communications' financial results are slipping each quarter, Time Inc. is closing one of its two Spanish-language titles, and the best holiday party in the Hispanic market, thrown every December by Vidal Partnership, is drastically downsizing this year from 600 guests to only the agency's staff in keeping with the more-somber times."
A national organization that advocates for Hispanics claimed Tuesday that the Long Island police department that investigated the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, allegedly targeted because of his ethnicity, fails to adequately investigate crimes committed by whites against Latinos.
"Suffolk County is a particularly good example of elected officials stoking the fires of anti-immigrant sentiment," Murguía said. She cited news reports of Levy's past use of such terms as "anchor babies," used to describe a child born to an immigrant in the United States, allegedly as a device for a family to obtain a legal foothold.
"Since 2004, Blazak said, Ku Klux Klan rhetoric has take an "incredible shift from anti-black diatribes" toward hatred directed at Latinos."
"The Obama transition team and the chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, understand the role that the Latino vote played in this election, and I think we will see representation in the Obama Cabinet and at the White House," said Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza.
"a substantial shift of Hispanic voters toward the Democrats" in five states--Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico--"could make the national political map unwinnable for Republicans."
"It will be a thunderous welcome, delivered mostly by Hispanic voters who - having provided a critical edge to Obama on Election Day in several key states - are looking for payback."
Hundreds of immigrants gathered for an annual Mass celebrating their contributions to America were urged to summon forgiveness amid mourning the death of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorean killed in Patchogue a week earlier in what police have termed a crime of hate.
Televisa posted a 9.7 percent decline in third-quarter net majority profit on Thursday, hurt by a jump in financing costs,
" About 80 percent of Latinos gave Bush negative marks, while 72 percent of all Americans do, exit polling showed.
The question remains: Did Latinos flock to Obama's message of change or did they simply leave the beleaguered Republican Party?"
"The nativist, anti-immigrant attitudes chilled even Latino citizens who support border enforcement, Guerra observed, and Hispanics voted against McCain, a longtime friend of Latinos. "
"Exit poll data show Hispanic voters backed Obama by a whopping 2-to-1 margin, helping to deliver much of the Southwest and also Florida, Virginia and other big battlegrounds where Republicans have long held sway."
"But strategists believe the large and growing Latino population there remains untapped, along with a large black electorate, which could make Texas competitive with a major investment of time and money from an Obama-led Democratic Party."
The top two English-language shows Hispanics watched during the week of October 27 were both the final game of the World Series.
"Nationwide, 67 percent of Latinos voted for Obama this week, an 11 percentage-point gain over Latino support for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004, according to the research firm Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International. That increase far surpassed the rise in African-American and white support for the Democratic ticket from four years ago."
"Dramatic rises in Hispanic participation, support or both put Obama over the top in Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado. The trends were similar in Arizona and Texas, though the two states went for Republican John McCain. The group also made its presence felt in Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina."
Record turnout among Hispanic voters helped push Barack Obama over the top in an election that signals the emerging political clout of the nation's fastest-growing demographic group.
The NALEO Educational Fund has projected that at least 9.2 million Latinos would vote in this election, and early results indicate that Latino voter turnout is likely to be higher.
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In Virginia, where the reported margin of victory as of this writing was 120,299, the NALEO Educational Fund estimates that about 67,000 Latinos voted for Senator Obama. In Florida, where the reported margin of victory as of this writing was 178,745, the NALEO Educational Fund's analysis estimates that about 548,000 Latinos voted for Senator Obama.
NBC Universal's Spanish-language television division, Telemundo, is whittling its workforce by 5%, cutting at least 85 jobs amid a slowdown in advertising.
Televisa posted a 9.7 percent decline in third-quarter net majority profit on Thursday, hurt by a jump in financing costs
The Nielsen ratings company no longer measures Spanish language audiences separately from the general market. Univision has been regularly beating the four major networks in some prime-time slots and during newscasts. Has Univision has been able to convert its comparatively high ratings into ad dollars?
"The intense campaign to register new voters launched by a coalition of organizations and media—including La Opinión—have borne fruit by increasing the potential Latino vote from 7.6 million in 2004 to probably close to 10 million this year."
Spanish-language network Univision and Zune, the Microsoft music and entertainment service, today said they were launching a music download service via Univision.com.
The new service will be branded Baja Zune Musica en Univision.com (Download Zune Music on Univision.com).
Televisa said on Friday it is moving forward with a lawsuit against its U.S. partner Univision, as the Mexican media giant seeks a more profitable way to tap the attractive U.S. Hispanic market.http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2452114320081024
``Latino community, you hold this election in your hands,'' Obama said last night at the Albuquerque rally. The event also featured New Mexico's Bill Richardson, the country's only Hispanic governor, and comedian George Lopez. The Democrat also urged New Mexico residents to vote early.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aW8_E.DQSXBg&refer=home
Los Angeles police officers are far more likely to stop, search and arrest minorities than they are whites -- even after statistics were adjusted for high- and low-crime areas -- according to a nongovernmental report released Monday.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-aclu21-2008oct21,0,4850652.story
"Most Latinos aren't immigrants," she said. "More than 80 percent of Hispanics in this country are U.S. citizens or legal residents. But the truth is, Hispanics understand that this issue is about all of us."http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=177562
Latino Protestant voters appear to be swinging away from the Republican Party, a new poll shows, and immigration is a key factor.
Mexicans love goofy gringo's travels in Mexico.A significant percentage of Latino voters in key battleground states are either undecided or still open to persuasion in the presidential contest, according to a survey released today by The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund.http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-survey-shows-significant-numbers/story.aspx?guid={C7ACD093-29F7-47B3-95F3-33996BE338A6}&dist=hppr
A legal war is being waged in the valley to give Latino voters more power.http://www.modbee.com/local/story/453376.html
"An Obama win in once-red Colorado, which voted twice for President Bush but has since elected a Democratic governor and senator, could tip the election. The race is still close, however, and Republicans outnumber Democrats in the state by about 74,000. About one-third of Colorado's 3 million voters don't belong to either party."http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/713838.html
(Placido) Domingo's concert inside Chichen Itza violates a law that requires the ruins to be preserved to educate Mexicans about ancient cultures, said Cuauhtemoc Velasco, a leader of the archaeologists' union.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_en_mu/lt_mexico_pyramid_concerts
Telemundo will broadcast the home games of teams including: UNAM, Atlante, Tigres, Monterrey, Toluca and Atlas. The first televised game of a Mexico team is expected to air on Telemundo in about a week.
Sources said late Sunday that the deal came together as part of a competitive bidding process, though it was unclear which U.S. Hispanic broadcast networks competed for the rights to televise the soccer games of the six Mexico teams.
With strong support from Latinos, a slim majority of California voters favor a statewide ballot initiative that would require doctors to notify parents before teenagers have abortions, according to a Field Poll released today.
"Hispanic groups and Spanish-language media companies announced Thursday an effort to distribute 1 million voter registration cards in seven states with large Hispanic populations."http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/immigration/entries/2008/09/25/latino_groups_pledge_to_regist_1.html
"In 1996, Wilson started his first tech venture firm, Flatiron Partners.
...
He then went through the heights of the dot-com boom and subsequent bust, when "all hell broke loose." One of the companies he spotlighted was Kozmo, the delivery service that was arguably Gotham's most famous dot-bomb. "To me, Kozmo was kind of a definitive company. We invested in it, we lost a lot of money, ..."
"In a Spanish language television ad, the Obama side accused John McCain of being in lock-step with Rush Limbaugh on immigration. That's three times bad for the Democrats. They made the mistake of bringing Limbaugh into the mix, as if Limbaugh mattered. They erred in thinking that immigration is a front-burner issue for Latinos (the Spanish ad was obviously aimed at the Latino population), and they were wrong in thinking that Spanish television was far enough from the mainstream that the ad wouldn't be noticed by the country at large.
And finally, for the Latino voter, the ad is a sad reminder that national political strategists haven't the slightest idea about how to attract the Latino vote. It's also a reminder that the Latino voter is seen as unsophisticated, narrow minded, one-issue centered."
"Commentary: McCain's Latino ad hits target, Obama's misses"
McCain accuses Barack Obama of scuttling immigration overhaul
"ACCURACY The bill in question, which died in 2007, would have overhauled the nation’s immigration rules by creating a temporary worker program, a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal workers already here and provisions to tighten border security. Members of both parties took the blame for introducing amendments that ultimately killed the carefully developed compromise based upon an initial bill that Mr. McCain had helped draft. Before its fate was sealed, President Bush, who was pushing hard for its passage, directed much of his rhetoric against Republican opponents who dismissed it as “amnesty.”"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/politics/16madbox.html?ref=us
"Long regarded as the slumbering giant in American politics — a commentary on their underachievement and their potential as an electoral force — Latinos are now finding themselves the focus of intense interest in the presidential campaigns."http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/09/15/0915latvote.html
"Democrats are realizing that winning the Hispanic vote is more critical than ever if they hope to carry Nevada in November."http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/14/richardson-says-hispanic-voters-are-key-obama-win/
"Amid falling home prices and tightened credit conditions, home lending activity fell more than 20% in 2007 compared with the prior year with African-Americans and Hispanics seeing the largest decline in loan originations, a new report shows."
In three of four battleground states where Hispanics make up at least 10% of the voting population, Obama had a distinct advantage over Republican John McCain among Hispanic voters ...http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-09-Hispanicvote_N.htm
"We believe that the personal histories of both senators demonstrate that they are change agents; however, the policies are markedly different as is the impact that they would have on distinct sectors of the society.http://www.impre.com/laopinion/opinion/2008/9/7/an-agenda-for-latinos-79400-1.html
For Latinos, these differences are extremely important."
In August, Liberman Media switched KZZA-FM Dallas from a Latin urban format with little spoken Spanish to a mix that targets second- and third-generation Hispanics. KZAA now plays an even mix of English- and Spanish-language music and features bilingual DJs. The twist? All artists played on the station, even those singing in English, are Hispanic, reflecting a concerted effort to attract a Hispanic audience.
"We tried many common denominators, and we found that you can't put all Latins in the same basket," Liberman programming vice president Eddie Leon said, explaining why the station shied away from labels like "Latino" or "Hispanic" or even "hurban" or "urban."
Nine million Hispanic voters scattered across battleground states pose a dilemma for Republican White House hopeful John McCain: how to win their support without angering his party's base.
According to the polls, some two-thirds of Hispanic voters back the Democrats and their White House hopeful Barack Obama compared to a third for the Republicans.
Frank Gamboa, a retired naval officer who now uses a wheelchair, said he retains fond memories of “growing up” with McCain at the academy in the mid-1950s.
“I always saw him as so intense, but also muy simpático, and I found he was understanding, and truly sympathetic, when I'd relate my life as a first-generation American,” said Gamboa, who grew up in Southern California.
"(McCain) especially can't afford an exodus of Latino Protestants, a key part of Mr. Bush's base.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-latinos_02edi.ART.State.Edition1.4d855bb.html
In 2004, 37 percent of Latino Protestants considered themselves Republicans. But a June survey by Calvin College's Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics reveals that number has fallen to 16 percent heading into this election. "
"In this city, the chances of electing the first black president heavily falls on the shoulders of Latinos, the country's fastest-growing electorate. And they know it, too."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703860.html?hpid=artslot
"In general, Hispanics are heavy users of all digital media, embracing innovations more rapidly than non-Hispanic whites.http://www.emarketer.com/Report.aspx?code=emarketer_2000520
Yet Hispanic-targeted ad dollars remain locked in TV budgets. Why? "
" Latinos make up nearly half of California's K-12 public school students, and their numbers are surging across the country, underscoring a growing challenge for educators who are looking to the Golden State for ways to adapt to the changing face of America's classrooms."
"Carlos Pereira grinned widely as he stood in the outgoing tide of newly sworn-in citizens leaving a Miami naturalization ceremony. So far, he had registered 328 people, mostly from Latin American countries. Only 62 of them were from Cuba."http://www.mcclatchydc.com/254/story/50606.html
"“Most Hispanics, especially tweens and teens, are bilingual, but the way they consume media is content-driven,” said María Badillo, senior vice president of programming for Sorpresa, which on Aug. 25 is premiering Karkú, a live-action TV series targeting Hispanic tweens and teens formatted as a telenovela. The Spanish-language series will air Monday through Thursday at 9 p.m. ET."http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=495528
"Last year's $13.7 billion acquisition of L.A.-based Univision has left the new owners, a group of big league private equity fellas that includes L.A. billionaire Haim Saban, with nearly $10 billion in outstanding debt. Second-quarter financials for the Spanish-language media giant were pretty weak – revenue was down 4.3 percent and operating income before depreciation and amortization was down 10.9 percent."http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2008/08/debt_woes_at_univisi.php
"Moody’s recently downgraded the firm’s probability-of-default rating to B2 from B1, saying the company won’t be able to de-leverage as soon as Moody’s previously thought. And Univision is having a hard time selling assets for top dollar, as the credit crunch has made it hard to get a loan."http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/at-univision-high-leverage-creates-drama/
"HipCricket has carved out a niche for itself in working with broadcasters and media companies. It also has a lot of experience reaching the Hispanic market, which includes some of the most active users of mobile technology and text messaging."http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=162234
The last holdouts are more likely to be low-income, non-English speaking, minority or disabled viewers, said Todd Sedmak, a spokesman for the coupon program.
" Of most concern to some doctors are Spanish-language television and radio ads promising miracle cures for everything from weight loss to male impotency and cancer.http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10183180
The fact that so many Latinos rely on broadcast media for health news is both good and bad, said Dr. Glenn Lopez, an assistant professor in UCLA's Department of Family Medicine.
"I believe there is less control in truth in advertising in the Spanish media than the English media, because I've seen these outrageous claims being made about vitamins and other products," said Lopez, who studies community health issues in Sun Valley. "
"Cuando en 1996, Fernando Espuelas presentó StarMedia nadie imaginó su impacto. "http://www.exonline.com.mx/diario/noticia/dinero/hacker/%C2%A1starmedia_vive!/306572
Univision Communications Inc., the Spanish-language broadcaster taken private last year, posted a wider second-quarter loss Friday, weighed down by an advertising slump.http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-earns9-2008aug09,0,6106202.story
"Shares of Mexican broadcaster Televisa, the biggest producer of Spanish language TV content, rose 2.8 percent on Tuesday after Merrill Lynch raised its rating on the stock to "buy" from "neutral.""
""It's this intersection of continuing immigration, a spreading out of that immigrant population into new areas and the relatively young age structure of the Hispanic population, and to some degree the Asian population" that is contributing to these ethnic shifts, says Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center."http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-08-07-census_N.htm?csp=DailyBriefing
"Palladium and a growing number of private-equity firms invest in what bankers call the "U.S. emerging domestic market," or ethnic and urban businesses. More than 55 such firms manage $10 billion in capital, according to the National Association of Investment Companies."
"To those who cared to look below the surface, it was apparent that Cuba's startling economic windfall was not being used to meet the needs of the people but rather to pad the private bank accounts and pocketbooks of a powerful group of corrupt politicians and American "investors." This economic high command would come to be known as the Havana Mob."http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121691915607981583.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
"Univision's local New York affiliate has taken the market's July sweep in all three key demo news races for the first time in history."http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ieb1f595b5fc21e0a0710bb0e4c82bc5a
"George Lopez is joining the effort to get out the Latino vote."http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8780252&nav=menu612_2_7
"Moving away from the telenovelas that are its tortillas and salsa, Mexican conglom Televisa is taking a cue from the U.S. with its upcoming dramatic series "Terminales.""
"About 40 percent of the U.S. Latino population is foreign-born, according to the 2006 American Community Survey. Many of them lack health insurance, Huerta said,or don't speak English and don't understand the American medical system, so they wait to see a doctor."
"Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn't light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough."
La especialista Silvia Ortueta analiza para Wharton el perfil de los hispanos de acuerdo a su grado de integración en la cultura norteamericana mediante factores como el idioma, los amigos, los vecinos, la manera cómo se perciben, lugar de nacimiento y densidad del mercado, y los divide en tres grupos:
- los aculturados, hispanos de cuarta generación o más que se sienten más cómodos hablando inglés y representan el 9% del mercado;
- los parcialmente aculturados, que pueden llevar más de una generación viviendo en Estados Unidos y están familiarizados con su cultura e idioma, aunque siguen siendo fieles a sus raíces y cultura (el 66%);
- y los inaculturados, es decir, los recién llegados que desconocen la cultura americana y están totalmente apegados a su país de origen (el 25%).
By 2012, nearly 30 million US Hispanics will be online. Many of them will be native-born Hispanics rather than immigrants.http://www.emarketer.com/Report.aspx?code=emarketer_2000514
This group of young Latinos will be bilingual and proud of its Hispanic origins, and marketers cannot assume that mass-market, English-language campaigns will reach them effectively.
"The Democratic National Committee announced today that it will team up with the Obama campaign for an unprecedented $20 million effort to organize and mobilize Latino voters. Frank Sanchez, the chairman of the campaign's National Hispanic Leadership Council, and DNC Vice Chair Linda Chavez-Thompson called the initiative an “historic commitment” on a conference call this afternoon."
"GOP strategist Bill McInturff has long emphasized that earning 40 percent of the Hispanic vote is critical for Republicans to win. Today, McInturff is John McCain’s pollster, and by his metric McCain has a serious Latino problem. "
"Univision Communications – the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the country – could significantly increase TWC’s costs in key markets with large Hispanic populations like Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, Texas by pushing for high retransmission-consent fees."
"UCI professor's book seeks to dispel image of Hispanics as illiterate illegal immigrants who have too many babies."
Chavez calls this portrayal the "Latino Threat Narrative," and it goes something like this:Latinos are a threat to the nation. Latinos have too many babies. Latinos can't or won't learn English. Latinos refuse to integrate. Latinos are replicating their own culture in the U.S. Latinos are part of a conspiracy to take over the American Southwest.
"Latino registered voters prefer Obama over Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, by 66 percent to 23 percent, according to a national study released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center."
"Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters"
"We are keeping our Buy recommendation on Grupo Televisa S.A. de C.V. (TV). We are encouraged by the positive second quarter 2008 operating results and remain optimistic about the outlook for the media industry in 2008 due to the U.S. Presidential campaign and the Olympic games."
"Produced by a world-class production team at WGBH and the BBC, Latin Music USA "invites the audience into the vibrant musical conversation between Latinos and non-Latinos that has helped shape the history of popular music in the United States," says series producer Adriana Bosch. The multimedia project is anchored by a four-hour documentary series that premieres on January 21, 2009 on PBS stations nationwide."http://www.emediaworld.com/press_release/release_detail.php?id=99162
"Voy LLC, the multimedia company launched in 2003 by StarMedia’s founder and entrepreneur Fernando Espuelas, is up for sale, the company’s CEO and founder confirmed."
"Depicting Obama as a Muslim and his wife, Michelle, as a machine-gun-toting militant - with a picture of Osama bin Laden hanging over the fireplace, while an American flag burns in it - is more slanderous than satirical.
The caricature is not really about race, but patriotism. The subtext is that the Obamas are a couple of flag pins short of being real, full-blooded, God-fearing Americans.
Now, where have we heard that before? You got it. In the throes of the immigration debate, it is U.S.-born Latinos who are often hit with the accusation that they are "Americans in name only.""
"These days pollsters put Mr Obama 30 points ahead of Mr McCain among Hispanic voters. Largely because of them, he has opened a small lead in Colorado and New Mexico (plus a huge one in solidly Democratic California)."
In fact, nearly one out of 10 Hispanics ages 40–74 say they plan to spend their retirement years abroad, mostly to be with family, according to an exclusive AARP Segunda Juventud survey.
"In 2004, President Bush made huge inroads and won 40 percent of the Latino vote. This year, this fastest-growing part of the electorate is swinging heavily back to the Democrats -– in part, over the fallout from the increasingly polarized immigration debate."
"Novela producers have been experimenting with new technologies and higher production values to attract those much-coveted younger demographics. And distributors keep getting savvier about what works in different markets and how to reach consumers, wherever they are."
Now, as one of the nation's most prominent Latino politicians, he has become the go-to guy for Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic nominee, on Latino issues.
"As the presidential candidates court the Latino vote, they are looking to New Mexico.
Hispanics make up nearly 40 percent of the state's electorate. While they are largely registered Democrats, many crossed party lines in 2004 to help President Bush win that state. Part of that vote was supporting the president in a time of war."
"The National Association of Latino Elected Officials, in cooperation with National Council of La Raza, Univision, State Farm and other groups will spend $3 to 4 million on the campaign."
"Luis Vasquez-Ajmac discussed advertising and marketing to the Hispanic community at a Greater Washington Board of Trade event I attended at the National Press Club."
"Nearly three times as many Latinos in Florida registered as Democrats than as Republicans between January and May, according to the state Democratic Party. ...
"The younger Cubans, they're saying, 'Look, you know, enough with the rhetoric of Cuba. [The Republicans] haven't liberated Cuba,' " said Florida Democratic congressional candidate Raul Martinez as he shook hands and posed for pictures with people arriving for the ceremony. "
"While campaigning during the primaries, Contreras found out that it wasn’t that Latinos didn’t like Obama, but that they didn’t know him and most were surprised that the policy differences between Clinton and Obama are not that different. “What we need to do is reach out to our friends and family and introduce Barack.”"
Contrary to the declining audience levels experienced lately by the English-language local newscasts, Univision’s award-winning local news continues to draw Hispanic viewers who, regardless of their proficiency in English, still prefer to get their news en español. In fact, approximately 77 percent of KMEX and WXTV local news viewers are bilingual.
"Pew's numbers now show that Latino voters are heading back into the Democratic fold, but the message in these voting patterns and in the demographic projections is that neither party can afford to take the Latino vote for granted."
"Comic Cheech Marin, one half of the pothead duo Cheech and Chong, has one of the largest collections of Chicano art in the world. By sharing his favorite works with the public, he hopes to help push Mexican-American art into "the mainstream," he tells Madeleine Brand."
"While Hispanics are not classified as a race, they include biracial and multiracial individuals, resulting from the African influence related to slave trade throughout the Caribbean and parts of South America and from the union of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the Europeans. Hispanics represent every hair and skin color. There isn't one "look" that identifies all Latinos."
"Latino musicians, actors and celebrities are getting involved in the U.S. presidential campaign to an unprecedented degree this year, from voter-registration campaigns to online music videos for Barack Obama, the candidate drawing the most support from young Latinos."
"Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship of a pivotal voting constituency by vowing to revamp immigration policy."
"Barack Obama and John McCain are coveting the ever-growing Latino vote and both have obstacles to overcome to win over these communities. Orange County Hispanics have some advice for the presumptive presidential candidates — talk to us up close and personal and resist the urge to pander"
"In the '90s, we thought of marketing to Latinos as just turning it into Spanish, but the Latino audience is much more diverse, and we understand it better" now, said Ricardo Torres, CEO of Latino Perspectives magazine, who has advised MPAC in the past and wrote the introduction to the report
Ad spending in Hispanic TV for Chase's banking and credit card services totaled $8 million in 2007, up from $6 million in 2006, per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
The demise marks the end of a bold experiment in targeting -- and capitalizing on -- an enormous but elusive demographic. The readers of Tu Ciudad are the children and grandchildren of immigrants who still feel connected to their cultural roots, no matter how thoroughly they blend into the urban mainstream. The quandary in reaching them arises from the very thing that defines them as a group, their bicultural identity.
The question remains: Do they need a specialty magazine to appeal to their Latino side?
Suddenly it seems that Sen. Barack Obama's Latino problem has become a Latino edge. A recent Gallup poll shows the Illinois senator winning 62 percent of registered Latino voters nationwide, with Republican nominee Sen. John McCain lagging behind at 29 percent.
A new national survey of Latino voters shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with a nearly 3-to-1 advantage over his rival, Republican John McCain.
The survey found that 60 percent of Latinos planned to vote for Obama, compared to 23 percent for McCain, while 16 percent were undecided. Latino Decisions, a joint effort between Pacific Market Research and University of Washington political scientists Matt Barreto and Gary Segura, conducted the poll by telephone June 1-12.
A Los Angeles district court judge has agreed to yet another delay in the trial between Spanish-language media giants Univision and Televisa.
A national survey of Latino voters, conducted as the Democratic primary season ended, shows Democratic presidential Candidate Sen. Barack Obama with a bit lead over Republican nominee-in-waiting Sen. John McCain.
The most optimistic argue that the migration to Obama will come naturally -- and that Hispanics favored Clinton because of better name recognition. Now in the general election, when the choice is between a Democrat and a Republican, a majority of Hispanics will no doubt flock to Obama. Recent Gallup Polls show Obama winning 62 percent of Hispanic registered voters nationwide, compared with 29 percent for Republican Sen. John McCain
Obama enjoys a 33 percentage point advantage over McCain among Latino registered voters nationwide, according to a Gallup Poll summary of surveys taken in May.
"To me, he's head and shoulders above McCain," said Felix Diaz, a 73-year-old
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Victorville resident. "I think the rest of the Hispanic community feels the same way."
During the primaries on Super Tuesday, he received only 35 percent of Latinos' vote, while former rival Sen. Hilary Clinton's received 63 percent.
"There really wasn't an opportunity for Barack Obama to introduce himself to Latino voter"
"The Hispanic community is one that cannot be taken for granted," said Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo, a Clinton supporter whose border district gave Mrs. Clinton more votes than any other in Texas' primary in March.
Mr. Obama, he said, needs to do "extensive outreach" to Hispanics, particularly Hispanic legislators, a key group the senator – like John Kerry in 2004 – has largely ignored.
While Batanga LIVE/Publishing will remain headquartered in NYC, the company will be bringing its content and technical operations down to its Miami offices from Greensboro, North Carolina.
It might not be perfect, but the manner in which the presidential candidates are chosen in the United States works. We start out with several choices, then narrow them down to two by process of elimination. It's probably one of the most democratic electoral systems in the world. Even so, it does have its downfalls.
In a panel titled Hispanic Media and Entertainment: Programming, distribution and advertising in a multi-platform world, speakers from Starmedia, Televisa and Batanga LIVE/Publishing highlighted their experiences.
For the last six months, one of the media's most convenient -- and offensive -- narratives has been that Latinos wouldn't vote for Barack Obama because they refused to support an African-American for president.
Despite his Democratic nomination victory, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) never did make much in the way of inroads among Latino voters during the primary season. Nor did he attract the support of more than a handful of members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Now he's trying to change that.
“If there was a girl named Maria, her name became Mary. Juanita became Jane.”http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91216351
"It was called "un mensaje personal a Puerto Rico," a television spot in which Barack Obama spoke to the camera in stilted but effective Spanish."
"A dramatic change in the U.S. Spanish-language television industry may be around the corner as a result of pending Televisa v. Univision litigation, with the trial now scheduled to begin on July 2 in Los Angeles federal court."
No Hispanics serve as school trustees in Irving ISD, whose officials estimate that 67 percent of students are Hispanic. About 42 percent of the city's residents are Hispanic, according to 2006 Census Bureau reports.
"The voting system puts the election of all school board members in the hands of the white majority," attorney Bill Brewer said. "It doesn't give ways for the significant Hispanic majority to have a fair opportunity for representation."
"While the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, may still do well, he faces two challenges. He will be running against John McCain, the one Republican candidate with pro- immigration policies and proven appeal to Hispanics; the Illinois senator also will have to overcome Latino voters' lack of familiarity with his record, and the reluctance of some to support a black politician."http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azojJrFkYqGY&refer=home
