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Disney, Univision in News Channel Talks

Rob Quinn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:26 CST

Disney and Univision are in talks to create a new English-language channel to enter the 24-hour TV news war, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal . The venture would be aimed at English-speaking Latinos, and the companies hope to get it up and running before the presidential election in order to...

Meet Tom Hanks, Spanish Weatherman

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:21:25 CDT

Tom Hanks went on Univision's Despierta America ostensibly to promote his upcoming film Larry Crowne. But things took a turn for the wacky when he got involved with the weather report, PopEater reports. Hanks and co-host Chiquinquira Delgado spent most of the time dancing around as Delgado tried to give...

California Rep: 'The Vietnamese' Want Me Out

Kevin Spak — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:23:20 CDT

A Democratic congresswoman from California is taking heat today after telling Univision “the Vietnamese” are after her seat. “The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for the community,” Loretta Sanchez said in the Spanish-language interview, according...

Gloria Estefan Grills Obama—About Xmas

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:49:09 CST

Gloria Estefan’s interview with President Obama—conducted for a Univision Christmas special—didn't exactly delve into immigration reform or health care. Politico offers up the complete transcript. Some of the, uh, highlights: Urgent matters: “I have a very important question to start off this interview,” Estefan says. “Which chimney will...

Obama Blanked Top Papers But Took Tough Questions

Jason Farago — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:40:21 CDT

President Obama bypassed reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and other major papers last night, instead taking questions from Spanish-language TV station Univision and military newspaper Stars and Stripes . Yet the president faced tougher questions than at his first press conference, often in the form...

Why GOP No-Shows Are Dissing Minorities

Jonas Oransky — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:01:16 CDT

The African-American audience watching tonight's GOP presidential debate will see four empty lecterns representing the front-runners who declined to participate. Since the top three also declined a Spanish-language forum, the Los Angeles Times wonders why they're snubbing minority voters. Scheduling-conflict excuses don't cut it; more plausible is fear of alienating...

Dems' Miami Debate Makes Foray Into Spanish

Lucas Laursen — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:51:15 CDT

Democratic hopefuls took part in a Spanish-language debate in Miami yesterday, having questions translated UN-style from Spanish to English, and answers back again into Spanish. Though he'd agreed to the ground rules, bilingual contender Bill Richardson couldn't resist asking in Spanish if he could continue in Spanish, and Sen. Chris...

Citizenship Push Aims to Create Latino Voters

J. Kelman — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:29:09 CDT

The nation's largest Spanish-language broadcaster is preparing to launch an unprecedented citizenship drive that could sway the 2008 presidential election. Univison's "Ya Es Hora" ("It's About Time") campaign, already under way in Southern California, will encourage the country's eight million green card holders to apply for citizenship—and the voting...