Hispanic Marketing

The Sound of the Latino Future? It's English

The Sound of the Latino Future? It's English

The Hispanic market is rapidly changing, as an immigrant generation passes the baton to its U.S.-born children and English takes over.

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Fox Hispanic Media Promotes Exec Who Helped Sell Ads for Fledgling MundoFox

Fox Hispanic Media Promotes Exec Who Helped Sell Ads for Fledgling MundoFox

Tom Maney, who helped garner ad support for Spanish-language network MundoFox, has received a promotion weeks after the network's debut.

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Obama Campaign Looks to Keep Latinos Onboard with New Spot Replaying Romney Statements

Obama Campaign Looks to Keep Latinos Onboard with New Spot Replaying Romney Statements

The Obama campaign is on the offensive to guard against Mitt Romney getting a foothold among Latino voters who could be the difference in swing states like Florida, Nevada and Colorado.

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Jennifer Lopez to Take Minority Stake in Cable's Nuvo TV

Jennifer Lopez to Take Minority Stake in Cable's Nuvo TV

The singer and former "American Idol" judge will help develop programming and promote the channel, which is trying to attract English-speaking Hispanics.

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The London Olympics Was a Shining Moment for Cultural Diversity

The London Olympics Was a Shining Moment for Cultural Diversity

The London 2012 Olympic Games will be seen as a shining time for Team Multicultural USA, and specifically Team USA Latino.

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Of Course Networks Don't Reach Many Hispanics: Look at the Stereotypes on TV

Of Course Networks Don't Reach Many Hispanics: Look at the Stereotypes on TV

How can TV networks appeal to Hispanics when they portray Latinos in a stereotypical and often condescending way? 

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Small Agency of the Year, Southeast, Silver: La Comunidad

Small Agency of the Year, Southeast, Silver: La Comunidad

La Comunidad's mix of U.S. Hispanic, general-market and international business fueled the independent Miami-based agency's 60% growth to $12 million in revenue last year.

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Small Agency of the Year, 76-150 Employees, Gold: LatinWorks

Small Agency of the Year, 76-150 Employees, Gold: LatinWorks

LatinWorks, started by two Anheuser-Busch multicultural-marketing execs who had no agency experience, focuses relentlessly on understanding consumers.

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Want to Fix the Diversity Problem? Start With the Colleges

Want to Fix the Diversity Problem? Start With the Colleges

The ad industry doesn't fully embrace multicultural trends, party because academic courses don't reflect the shift.

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Pepsi Refocuses on Hispanics

Pepsi Refocuses on Hispanics

"Vive Hoy," a translation of Pepsi's much-hyped tagline "Live for Now," will be the tagline seen on a spot launching this week on general-market and Hispanic networks.

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Ad Age's 2012 Hispanic Fact Pack Is Out

Ad Age's 2012 Hispanic Fact Pack Is Out

Our ninth-annual Hispanic Fact Pack includes data about marketers, agencies, demographic trends and rankings of top media outlets. Here is a preview.

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Clorox Fraganzia Launch Targets U.S. Hispanic Consumers

Clorox Fraganzia Launch Targets U.S. Hispanic Consumers

Following much research into how Latinos clean their homes, Clorox is launching a line of cleaning products whose ads will only appear in Spanish.

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Record Spending Likely as Obama, Romney Ramp Up Courtship of Latinos

Record Spending Likely as Obama, Romney Ramp Up Courtship of Latinos

Spending on ads aimed to woo Hispanic vote will reach record levels.

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Digital Shop Profero Buys Majority Stake in Vox Collective

Digital Shop Profero Buys Majority Stake in Vox Collective

The deal gives Profero another office in New York, capabilities with the fast-growing Hispanic market and a strategy to move into Latin America.

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Havas Closes Struggling Multicultural Unit Totality

Havas Closes Struggling Multicultural Unit Totality

Havas is closing down Totality, the multicultural unit the company officially started in October 2011 that's based at the New York office of Arnold Worldwide.

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U.S. Hispanic Market Wins Six Lions at Cannes Festival

U.S. Hispanic Market Wins Six Lions at Cannes Festival

Four U.S. Hispanic agencies picked up six Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity last week, with a particularly strong showing in radio, a category U.S. Latin shops often excel in.

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MundoFox Snares Toyota, T-Mobile, L'Oreal Ahead of Launch

MundoFox Snares Toyota, T-Mobile, L'Oreal Ahead of Launch

News. Corp hopes to challenge Univision in Spanish-language broadcasting when it introduces MundoFox this august.

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Beyond Beaches: Mexico Takes New Tack for Tourism

Beyond Beaches: Mexico Takes New Tack for Tourism

Secretary of Tourism Gloria Guevara's goal is for Mexico, No. 10 among the top 10 international travel destinations, to climb to the fifth slot by 2018, passing the U.K. at No. 6 and knocking off current No. 5, Italy.

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Univision in English? Finally It Gets in Step With the Hispanic Market

Univision's entry into English-language TV is consistent with trends in the Hispanic market, where increasingly English rules.

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Hispanic Shop LatinWorks Wins AOR for Texas Lottery Account

Hispanic Shop LatinWorks Wins AOR for Texas Lottery Account

Texas Lottery is awarding its entire $30 million account to U.S. Hispanic shop LatinWorks -- and that may be a sign of things to come as the multicultural population increasingly becomes the majority in more American cities and states.

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