Monthly Archives: October 2010

Univision Launches Music Site

The new venue will challenge Vevo and Hulu
Mike Shields, Mediaweek

Oct 8, 2010Univision has rolled out an all-music site, Música. It will serve as a challenger to upstart music hub Vevo, which has been a hit with Hispanics, as well as Hulu, which has limited content targeted to that audience.According to Univision’s research, 69 percent of its Web users claim that “music is an important part of my life.” Thus, the new site is loaded with 145,000 songs, along with artist pages, photos, behind the scenes clips and a unique lyrics tool. Plus, users can listen to 40-plus Univision Radio stations on the site.While music videos are at the site’s core, Univision is also using the Música rollout to introduce a new original series: Univision In Studio. The show will feature exclusive performances of new and up-and-coming artists, along with question-and-answer sessions with fans.The first episode of In Studio debuted on Oct. 7 with a performance by Latin music star Daddy Yankee.

Study shows Spanish is No. 3 language on Internet

La Prensa 11 de octubre de 2010
Study shows Spanish is No. 3 language on Internet 

New York, Oct 11 (EFE).- Spanish is the third most-used language on the Internet, after English and Chinese, according to a report published here on Monday by Fundacion Telefonica, an institution created by Spain’s Grupo Telefonica.

The document, entitled “Spanish on the Web,” is the result of an investigation headed by Jose Luis Garcia Delgado, a professor of Applied Economics at Madrid’s Universidad Complutense, along with Guillermo Rojo and Mercedes Sanchez.

Spoken by nearly 500 million people in 21 countries, “Spanish is in second place as a language of international communication by number of speakers,” Garcia Delgado told Efe on Monday. (more…)

How Twitter changed everything

thespec.com  Thu Oct 7 2010

Scott Stratten recently used Twitter to raise $30,000 in a day for a boy with muscular dystrophy. Scott Stratten must be a publisher’s dream.

The author, whose first book, UnMarketing: Stop Marketing, Start Engaging, was just released by Wiley & Sons ($19.76), has a 30-city book tour across North America at no cost to himself or the company. (more…)

Grupo Televisa to invest $1.2B in Univision

Associated Press, 10.05.10, 11:26 AM EDT

NEW YORK — Mexico’s Grupo Televisa SAB said Tuesday it will invest $1.2 billion in New York-based Univision Communications in exchange for a minority stake, expanding cooperation between the Spanish-language media heavyweights. (more…)