Enrique J. Gonzales, the Latino Contrarian

HispanicBusiness: Sosa says he bleached his skin

2009-11-15T15:33:00.001-05:00

""It's a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and whitens my skin some," he said. "When I was playing for Chicago all those years, I was in the sun a lot for 1 o'clock games.""

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/11/13/sammy_sosa_breaks_the_silence_on.htm

Bloomberg: Televisa investing in cable internet speeds in DF

2009-11-07T20:44:00.001-05:00

Grupo Televisa SA plans to spend $450 million to upgrade its Mexico City cable network, improving Web speeds to win more Internet clients, said Jean Paul Broc, chief executive officer of the division.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=axyxTsasHkw4

ABC: Republican says GOP needs to change its tune on immigration

2009-11-07T08:56:00.000-05:00

"The demographic makeup of these border states is going to continue to shift. Texas, Arizona and New Mexico have historically elected Republicans, but they need to recognize that Latinos are going to be majorities in some cases." "

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-rift-latino-obama-supporters/story?id=9018326

Portada analysis of comScore data: Google, Microsoft tops in Mexico, Argentina

2009-11-04T22:47:00.003-05:00

Google and Microsoft continue to be in the top position in most Latin American countries. Both media properties’ number of unique users grew by approximately 20%.

http://www.portada-online.com/printarticle.aspx?page=/html/website/paid/2009/101509panreg/Internet-user-latam-comsore-eng.aspx

Reuters: Televisa expects taxes to hurt profits

2009-11-04T22:38:00.001-05:00

Mexican broadcaster Televisa expects planned tax increases in Mexico to hit profits, but still plans to bid in a long-awaited spectrum auction to develop a wireless phone network in the country.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIntegratedTelecommunicationsServices/idUSN2310492620091023

AdWeek: Hispanic market continues to grow

2009-11-01T19:01:00.000-05:00

"Hispanic Americans continue to grow in number at a rate four times that of the general population, with the 2010 Census expected to show their total rising to nearly 50 million, from 38 million in 2000. And second-generation Hispanics are fast becoming the driver of the group's growth, with 88 percent of Hispanic children born in America, versus 61 percent of adults."

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3i26911e62ce1ee0f7f41748d31d4e42a0?imw=Y

Christian Science Monitor: The heat rises on Dobbs

2009-11-01T17:38:00.000-05:00

"The National Council of La Raza and the Southern Poverty Law Center have started a project called “Drop Dobbs” to put the heat on CNN advertisers."

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/10/31/lou-dobbs-takes-flak-from-many-directions-he-fires-back-too/

Study: US born Latinos' health care much better than that of undocumenteds

2009-10-29T17:57:00.001-04:00

"Compared to US-born Latinos, undocumented Latinos were less likely to have health insurance, had the lowest levels of usual source of care, blood pressure and cholesterol checks and were less likely to report excellent or good health care in the past year. Undocumented Latinos were also the most likely group to report receiving no health information from their doctor in the past year. Forty-five percent of undocumented Latinos believed they received poor quality of care because they were unable to pay, 39 percent linked poor care to their ethnic background, and 48 percent thought they received poor care because of their accent."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028140046.htm

AdAge takes Univision on-line viewership claims to task

2009-10-28T20:33:00.001-04:00

"My outrage began when I read a Multichannel News story claiming that Univision's web series "Vidas Cruzadas" had become one of the "three most-watched online properties ever," with 2 million video streams served. The story was served up as fact, without any analysis whatsoever."

http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=139985

NYT: CNN special on Latinos becomes rally cry to get CNN to fire Lou Dobbs

2009-10-25T17:48:00.001-04:00

"“We won’t allow the network to court us as viewers while, at the same time, they allow Dobbs to spread lies and misinformation about us each night.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/business/media/24cnn.html?em

ChicagoTribune: Media companies finally realize its not just about Spanish.

2009-10-12T17:51:00.002-04:00

""I've worked in Latin television before, and they've said, 'You don't speak enough Spanish,' 'You sound funny when you speak Spanish,' " says 24-year-old Crash."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-tc-arts-bilingual-1007-1011oct12,0,4269092.story

Ruben Naverette: Boycotting census would hurt, not help Latinos

2009-10-11T10:28:00.001-04:00

"Being disappointed is no excuse for being self-destructive. Boycotting the census is a horrible idea that would only further disenfranchise the Latino community by, among other things, shortchanging it in the redistricting that will take place in state legislatures after the survey."

http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1676218.html

WashingtonPost: Latino leaders urge support of Census, others push boycott.

2009-10-04T17:46:00.004-04:00

"The estimated 47 million Hispanics living in the United States make up the nation's largest minority group. As part of an unprecedented outreach to Hispanics, the Census Bureau for the first time will send bilingual forms to largely Hispanic areas."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009100103206.html?hpid=moreheadlines

WSJ: Latinos, Blacks denied for home refinancing more than others

2009-09-30T20:59:00.000-04:00

A Federal Reserve report on home mortgage data showed that blacks and Hispanic whites were far more likely than non-Hispanic whites to be denied last year in applying to refinance.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125434471703353677.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Sotomayor danced and sang Karoke, according to Fox News and DCist

2009-09-10T12:33:00.002-04:00

Occurred at Irish Channel in Chinatown, according to DCist.
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Why real journalists cannot be replaced by the blogoshere: L.A. Times reporter fact checks an anti-immigrant email chain worthy of Lou Dobbs

2009-09-07T22:58:00.001-04:00

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tobar7-2009sep07,0,503680,full.column

NYT: Suffolk Co. anti-Latino hate central?

2009-09-02T17:03:00.000-04:00

Many Latino immigrants in Suffolk County say they have been beaten with baseball bats and other objects, attacked with BB guns and pepper spray, and have been the victims of arson, the report said. Latinos, it added, are frequently run off the road while riding bicycles or are pelted with objects hurled from cars.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/nyregion/03suffolk.html

Poder profiles new Univision exec

2009-08-31T09:16:00.000-04:00

"Conde also brings to Univision a rare blend of Hispanic cultural background with an all-American upbringing, which analysts say is key to the network’s success. “He is fully bi-cultural,” says Sergio Bendixen, president of Bendixen and Associates, the Miami-based public opinion research firm. “This guy is a mix of Hispanic and American culture. He understands Latin America and the different way many of the people who come here look at life, and he understands the American way.”"

http://www.poder360.com/article_detail.php?id_article=2421

AP: Ruling favors Latino suit against Texas 2-step Democratic primary

2009-08-30T17:25:00.001-04:00

In a lawsuit filed last year, the Latino groups argued that the way Texas Democrats awarded presidential delegates unfairly discriminated against Latinos by awarding fewer presidential delegates to heavily Hispanic areas. They did not contest to whom the delegates were awarded, but rather how the allotment was made.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iB5yNn9MW-yV4gTGNJXBcnR3XmrgD9AA4E1G1

Batanga launches US Latino ad network

2009-08-28T15:54:00.000-04:00

"Batanga launched the Batanga Network, a network of websites targeting the U.S. Hispanic Market. the Batanga Network is a brand new network comprised in part of the sites that used to belong to HispanoClick, which Batanga acquired early last year. "

http://www.portada-online.com/html/website/paid/2009/081709/Batanga-Launches-New-Online-Ad-Network.aspx

In Q2, Univision overall revenue down 4%; In online, visits up 7%

2009-08-20T14:45:00.001-04:00

http://www.rbr.com/media-news/16473.html

Univision President/COO to retire at 58

2009-08-17T10:39:00.000-04:00

Univision President/COO Ray Rodriguez to retire.

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n19594

Newsweek weighs in on Sotomayor confirmation

2009-08-14T13:57:00.000-04:00

""To have her ascend to the highest court in the land, it is such a strong feeling of belonging," says Lillian Rodríguez López, president of the Hispanic Federation. Sotomayor's nomination was "recognition of the contributions our communities…have made to the United States.""

http://www.newsweek.com/id/212024

SF Gate: GOP to pay for petty opposition to Sotomayor

2009-08-12T08:58:00.000-04:00

"Republicans know not what they did. They're only fooling themselves if they think they won't pay a price for their petty opposition to the nation's first Latina justice."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/11/EDMM19734V.DTL#ixzz0NyOW8ySK
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WP: GOP seems unconcerned with Latino vote in opposing Sotomayor

2009-08-05T09:07:00.001-04:00

"But some senators and Republican strategists worry that efforts to shore up support from conservative voters who dominate the GOP primaries could become a missed opportunity to extend an olive branch to Latino voters, who gave just 31 percent of their ballots to McCain last fall. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080401691.html?hpid=moreheadlines