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...Private equity firm Great Hill Partners has agreed to buy Jezebel and The Onion-owner Gizmodo Media Group from Univision Communications, as the Spanish-language broadcaster makes a hasty retreat from its...
...Univision Communications on Wednesday picked Vincent Sadusky to succeed chief executive Randy Falco when he retires at the end of the year....
...In an amicus brief earlier this year, companies ranging from Levi Strauss to Univision Communications argued that retailers needed accurate census data to inform decisions on where to open and stock stores...
...Televisa and Univision earlier this year combined their production units under the leadership of Isaac Lee, Univision’s chief content officer....
...The ratings boost helped power Univision to record revenues last year....
...These include CBS, Walt Disney, Univision and Comcast. “Local stations won’t be able to survive unless the cap is lifted further,” one senior television executive told the FT....
...Gawker’s portfolio of web sites, including Jezebel and Deadspin, was then sold to Univision for $135m – without the main Gawker site, which was closed....
...Univision, the US Spanish-language broadcaster, is in play....
...Univision — privately held since its $14bn leveraged buyout in 2007 — also likes new media. But the textbooks are right: Univision’s debt is forcing it to behave....
...Univision has aimed to capture younger audiences through a string of acquisitions....
...Univision Communications is the leading Spanish language television company in the US, the home of the journalist Jorge Ramos and the broadcaster of telenovelas such as El Color de la Pasión....
...Univision is set to acquire Gawker Media after the Spanish-language TV broadcaster trumped a rival offer with a knock out bid of $135m....
...Univision, the dominant Spanish-language television network, is suing Charter Communications, alleging that the second-largest US cable operator has “refused to negotiate” new contract terms after its merger...
...Univision’s purchase marks the dominant Spanish-language television broadcaster’s latest push to capture younger audiences....
...His US pay-TV distributor, Charter Communications, is battling television networks over the terms of its recent tie-up with rival Time Warner Cable....
...Gawker’s portfolio of websites, including Jezebel and Deadspin, was then sold out of bankruptcy to Univision Communications for $135m — minus the main Gawker site, which was closed....
...Univision, which is owned by a consortium of private equity firms, booked $43.4m in losses on its investment in Fusion between 2013 and 2014, and Fusion as a whole lost $35m in 2014, according to Univision...
...Univision’s polling shows Mr Trump with the support of 19 per cent of Hispanics, compared to the 27 per cent that Mr Romney won in 2012 and the 31 per cent that John McCain received in 2008....
...Univision, the dominant Spanish-language television network, was among those interested....
...In December the FT reported that Univision is in talks to buy Disney’s stake in the venture....
...Univision’s stake also includes Onion spin-off sites The A.V....
...Univision has booked $43.4m in losses on its investment in the project between 2013 and 2014, and Fusion as a whole lost $35m in 2014, according to Univision’s IPO filings....
...Univision Communications, the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the US, has launched a voter-registration drive aimed at Latinos, a move that could have a profound effect on the presidential election...
...Disney and Univision declined to comment....
...This shows Mr Trump’s commitment to strengthening our economy as well as our relationship with our neighbour, Mexico,” said Bryan Lanza, deputy communications director....
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