NY Times: Been to any Puerto Rican restaurants lately? Exactly. Taste the hidden treasures of la isla de encanta

NYT writes about the most overlooked Latin cuisine - comida de Puerto Rico.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30pastel.html?em

L.A. Times: Univision predicts lean times as a result of substantial debt and touch economy.

"Hobson (Univision CFO) also warned that, despite strong television ratings, Univision's fourth-quarter results would be "substantially worse" than those produced during the first half of the year."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-univision18-2008nov18,0,7094033.story

LI Newsday: Latinos say LI police not doing enough to investigate Anglo on Latino crimes

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.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--hatecrime-stabbin1125nov25,0,5083220.story

LI Newsday: Latinos blast Suffolk Co officials for fomenting anti-immigrant rage

"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.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushate255941058nov25,0,3217160.story

LI Newsday: Rise in anti-Latino hate crimes

"Since 2004, Blazak said, Ku Klux Klan rhetoric has take an "incredible shift from anti-black diatribes" toward hatred directed at Latinos."

http://www.newsday.com/about/ny-lihate2412199891nov23,0,3336318.story

LI Newsday: Latino state legislature hopeful despite deadly and near deadly attacks on Latinos

"Phil Ramos, Long Island's sole Latino state legislator, was a Suffolk County cop eight years ago when the call came through. Two Mexican men, terrified and bleeding, had lurched onto the Long Island Expressway."

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-lijoy5939118nov23,0,1479991.story

WP: Latinos concerned about Obama's lack of Latino appointees

"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.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/20/latino_leaders_looking_beyond.html

CBS news: Latino shift to Dems could keep GOP out of the White House for a while

"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."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/18/opinion/main4614459.shtml

NY Daily News: Latinos want Obama to remember their votes

"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."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/11/15/2008-11-15_latinos_helped_elect_barack_obama_and_ho.html

Newsday: update on anti-immigrant hate crime that lead to murder

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.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/crime/ny-limass175930801nov17,0,1689050.story

Reuters: Televisa's q3 profit down

Televisa posted a 9.7 percent decline in third-quarter net majority profit on Thursday, hurt by a jump in financing costs,

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN2348535620081024

CNN: Latinos more upset with Bush than most; Does that mean anti-GOP?

" 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?"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/12/latino.vote/

Politico: Repubs anti-immigrant rants swayed even U.S. born Latinos to vote blue

"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. "

http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/11/gop_must_tone_down_rhetoric_to.html

NY Daily News: Latino voters key to prez race

"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."

http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/11/11/2008-11-11_latinos_for_obama_s_se_pudo.html

L.A.Times: Latinos play role in Dems hopes for Texas

"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."

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-assess9-2008nov09,0,2879069.story?page=1

HispanicBusiness: Latinos been "very, very good to beisbol." World Series top draw for Latinos in English.

The top two English-language shows Hispanics watched during the week of October 27 were both the final game of the World Series.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2008/11/6/world_series_game_5_split_earns.htm

MiamiHerald: Repubs anti-immigrant rhethoric swayed Latinos to Obama

"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."

USATODAY: Latino vote critical in four states.

"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."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-11-06-hispanics_N.htm

WSJ: Record Latino voter turnout helped Obama

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.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122593469349803755.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

NALEO: Latino voter turnout critical to Obama victories in Virginia and Florida

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.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Unprecedented-Latino-Voter-Turnout-Plays/story.aspx?guid={A000C964-3032-4789-AC80-6154FD759CEB}

L.A.Times: Telemundo to cut 85 jobs, or 5% of workforce

NBC Universal's Spanish-language television division, Telemundo, is whittling its workforce by 5%, cutting at least 85 jobs amid a slowdown in advertising.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-telemundo17-2008oct17,0,7833295.story

AlterNet: Miami's Latinos less Republican, Reflecting Demo changes in Dade County

SUMMARY: MIAMI'S DATE COUNTY

53 percent of Latinos surveyed voted for McCain

47 percent for Obama

Cubans (66 percent of Dade Latino voters are Cuban)

69 percent backed McCain

Venezuelans

80 for McCain

Nicaraguans

70 for McCain

U.S. born Latinos

72 percent for Obama.

Voters born elsewhere in Latin America, including Mexico, Honduras, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Columbia

70 percent for Obama.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/105956/miami-dade_leaning_democratic_as_cubans_age/

Reuters: Televisa near 10% decline in q3 profit

Televisa posted a 9.7 percent decline in third-quarter net majority profit on Thursday, hurt by a jump in financing costs

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN2348535620081024

NPR: Univision cashes in on near monopoly power

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?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96249302

My comments: reporter Felix Contreras - a friend of mine - notes the new Nielsen ratings show Univision tops in broadcast ratings in urban markets such as Los Angeles. He reports this is a trend of the growth of Spanish language viewers. But it's also a trend that English-language viewers are no longer watching broadcast but rather scattering accross the web for tv or time shifting with DVRs such as Tivo. I myself watch from abc.com or hulu.com and use tivo.

La Opinion: Latino vote a sleeping giant no more.

"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."

http://www.impre.com/laopinion/opinion/editorial/2008/11/1/the-latino-vote-90455-1.html