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AHAA elected four members to its Board of Directors in December: founding board member and former AHAA president Daisy Expósito-Ulla (Chairman/CEO d’exposito & Partners) and newcomers Lee Vann (Partner & Chief Strategy Officer, Captura Group), Sandra Alfaro (Managing Director, Wing) and Gonzalo Del Fa (President, GroupM Multicultural).
Estrella TV debuted two new morning shows with the debut of a national newscast “Primera Edicion” and a morning talk show “Buenos Dias Familia”. The new morning newscast Primera Edición, is a first look at the news and current events impacting the Latino community in the US, featuring Estrella TV personality Anaís Salazar (7:30 AM/6:30 C). Primera Edición will be followed by the one-hour entertainment morning show Buenos Dias Familia (8 AM/7 C) hosted by Jose Luis Gonzalez and Claudia González “La Coqueta.”
Recent Census data shows that the surname Garcia rose from the 18th most-common last name in the U.S. in 1990 to the 6th most popular in 2010. The 20 most popular last names in the country now include six names of Hispanic origin (Garcia, Rodriguez, Martinez, Hernandez, Lopez and Gonzalez).
Registration has opened for the Billboard Latin Music Conference, taking place April 24-27th in Miami. http://www.billboardevents.com/event/billboard-latin-conference-2017/
Mexican soccer player Rafa Marquez partnered with Spotify to create his “4ctitud Attitude” playlist, sharing music that gets him hyped up before a game. His picks include tracks by Marc Anthony, U2, Coldplay, Carlos Vives, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Soda Stereo, Heroes del Silencio and more.
Zachary Fernandez turned himself into authorities and was revealed as the artist behind the Hollywood sign “Hollyweed” New Year’s Day prank that went viral on social media.
Univision’s telenovela, “Su verdadero nombre era Dolores”, about the life of Jenni Rivera, will premiere on January 15th. Rivera’s family had filed suit to fight the project, which is told from the perspective of her former business manager Pete Salgado, but a judge in California has allowed the series to move forward.
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