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Everybody in TV knows that fortune in a fickle beast, but today is a good day to be Lachlan Murdoch. After eight long years without topping the rankings, the Masked Singer- and Super Bowl-injected Fox is poised to take first place among adults 18-49 for the 2019-20 television season. While the leaner Fox will score…

Univision — which has struggled to sell mainstream marketers on Hispanic media in volumes its execs have long felt it deserved — took another swing Tuesday at explaining why in a virtual presentation to the ad community ahead of its upfront on June 16. "Investing in a growing LatinX population is money well spent,"…

Univision will host a two-part livestream presentation for advertisers on May 12 where ad sales chief Steve Mandala and other executives will discuss the state of the business and how Univision is supporting clients and brands and unveil new primary research with Nielsen on Hispanic consumers. As of right now it won't…

Univision Communications, the privately held Spanish-language broadcaster that was recently sold, said it has close to $1.3 billion in available cash, $7.8 billion in debt and posted estimated revenue up 8% last quarter to $612 million. The Miami-based company said it was unveiling financial metrics and preliminary…

CNN and Univision’s Democratic presidential debate, unusual in that it was held in-studio without and audience because of the coronavirus crisis, drew a combined 10.87 million viewers Sunday, according to the fast national figures from Nielsen. That is a dropoff from the 15.3 million viewers for the last debate, held…

After several logistical changes owing to the growing coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the world and now the U.S., the first one-on-one debate pitting remaining Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders is Sunday night. The debate between the former Vice President and the Vermont sentator is…

When CNN and Univision host the next Democratic presidential debate, it is likely to be a matchup of the two last remaining major candidates, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. That’s because the Democratic National Committee on Friday released new qualification criteria for the next debate, set for March 15 in Phoenix. It…

Wade Davis' new investment fund just became part owner of Univision in a deal expected to close late summer with the former Viacom executive as CEO. It's a new chapter for both, and Davis on Tuesday described an abundance of commercial, strategic and audience opportunities. "This is a platform that is unique and, from…

Giant Miami-based Spanish language broadcaster Univision is being acquired by two private investment firms, ForgeLight and  Searchlight Capital Partners, and will enter a new era led by Wade Davis – longtime media executive, former Viacom CFO and ForgeLight founder-CEO – and marked by enhanced collaboration with…

It was a big night for multiple winner Daddy Yankee at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards, and it was a very big night for Univision. Taking over the Spanish-language network's entire primetime, the 32nd annual Latin music show was a star-studded night with Ricky Martin, Natti Natasha, J Balvin, Sebastián Yatra, Christian…

As investors circle Hispanic media giant Univision Communications, former Viacom chief financial officer and investment banker Wade Davis continues in the mix as some new names emerge. The latest entrant into the process is Searchlight Capital, a private equity firm said to be teaming up with Davis, as first reported…

CNN and Univision will host a Democratic presidential debate in Phoenix on March 15, two days before the Arizona primary as well as votes in Florida, Illinois and Ohio. This will be the 11th presidential debate this cycle, the fourth to be hosted by CNN and the second by Univision. On February 19, NBC News, MSNBC and…