Teuteló promoted at Univision

Enrique Teuteló has been promoted to Univision Network anchor for "Última Hora" and "Fin de Semana." He replaces Sergio Urquidi, who was laid off earlier this year.

Until recently, Enrique was the 11 pm anchor at WLTV-23, the Univision O&O in Miami. He was previously a network correspondent based in Houston and a reporter for Noticias 45 Univision.

Guerrero now on E!

Kristina Guerrero joins E! News as a correspondent.  She leaves her correspondent gig at the newsmagazine "Inside Edition," after a little more than a year.

She previously worked as a co-host of "Great Day S.A." in San Antonio, as a correspondent for "Access Hollywood," and a co-host on "The Rub," on the SiTV network.

CNN documentary on Latinos in America

Last year, CNN produced the documentary series "Black in America." The news network now plans to produce a two-part documentary of Latinos in the U.S.

Soledad O'Brien will host "Latino in America," set to air in October... for Hispanic Heritage month. According to a story in Multichannel News, the documentary "will focus on the growing U.S. Hispanic population and the pertinent isues that face the community." The first part will look into the lives of people nation-wide whose last name is "Garcia" and the second part will focus on how 4 different communities are dealing with the challenges of immigration, discrimination, disparities and cultural identity. The documentary will also feature Latino celebrities.

Let's hope this documentary does a better job at painting an accurate and substantive picture of Latinos in America than NBC's superficial attempts in early March of this year, with its "We the People" series.

Sotomayor's nomination headlines major papers

President Obama's nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court is the headline for most of the country's top papers today - from the NYT to the Washington Post, to the LAT to the Chicago Tribune.

Oddly enough, she was noticeably absent from some Spanish-language news sites, such as Telemundo's Web site in New York, where the judge hails from, which at 4:10 pm EST still had no news of her nomination.  The president's Supreme Court pick was on the univision.com site, as well as on L.A.'s La Opinion and NY's Diario La Prensa sites.

Judge Sotomayor is the first Hispanic woman nominated to the country's highest court.

Noticias 23 launches in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is getting a new newscast - in Spanish.  Noticias 23 will begin airing a half-hour newscast at 5 and 9 pm starting June 2nd.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune,  the station produced 12 to 15 minute news capsules until about 4 months ago.  That stopped in order to concentrate on getting a half-hour show up and running.

Irene Caso and Rene Torcatty will anchor the news.  Michelle Ortega will do weather and the station's local sales manager, Nelson Morán, will also go on-camera to do sports.  You can check out the news team in an online promo, here.

Channel 23 is owned by Bustos Media.  The station signal will be seen only via regular over-the-air antenna and Comcast cable.

Hernandez leaves Seattle Times

Robert Hernandez is leaving his job as Director of Development for the seattletimes.com to become a USC professor.

"Yes, we're moving back to California and back to L.A. where I am originally from," Robert tells me.  "The opportunity at USC is, quite frankly, incredible."

Robert will be an Assistant Professor at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, where he will be "researching and developing the use of new media in the newsroom as well as in the classroom."

Robert has been at The Seattle Times/seattletimes.com for more than 6 years.  He says leaving was a hard decision to make.  "This place is so wonderful and I am very sad to be going.  One of my prized possessions is a Seattle Times newspaper rack in my living room.  Yes, I am a news geek with a loving, supporting, tolerant wife."

Why leave then? "One of the factors that made me jump at this opportunity were the words I heard from USC Annenberg's Dean Wilson:  'If not Annenberg, then who? If not now, then when.'"

Robert's last day at The Times is Friday, June 19.  His first official day at USC is August 3rd.

Estrella TV signs deal with Belo

Estrella TV's expansion plans are moving forward.  The Spanish-language net, due to launch in the third quarter of this year, announced yesterday it signed an affiliation agreement with Belo.

According to Mediaweek, the deal gives Estrella network clearance in 4 more markets, on Belo digital multicast channels in San Antonio, Austin, Tucson and Portland, giving the network access to 60% of Hispanic TV households.

Judge rules on Tucson Citizen

A federal judge today rejected a suit filed by Arizona's attorney general to stop the closure of the Tucson Citizen.

The AG argued shutting down the paper violated the Newspaper Preservation Act and would eliminate competition and foster a monopoly between Gannett Co., owner of the Tucson Citizen and Lee Enterprises, which publishes the Arizona Daily Star.  Both companies had a joint operating agreement to run both papers.

E&P reports the judge ruled the companies did not violate any antitrust laws.

NAHJ names 2009 Hall of Fame inductees

Ysabel Durón, Geraldo Rivera and Juan Gonzales will be inducted into NAHJ's Hall of Fame.

Ysabel is currently the weekend morning news anchor at KRON-4 in San Francisco.  She has worked at the station since 1990, first starting as a reporter and moving to the anchor position in 1992.  She is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years in television broadcasting. She is also a cancer survivor and the founder of Latinas Contra Cancer, a non-profit that provides cancer education and support services for cancer patients.  She organized the first national Latino Cancer Summit, that took place at the end of July of 2008.

Geraldo is the host of Fox's newsmagazine "Gerald-at-large."  He was the first Latino correspondent to work for a national news network.  He worked for ABC's "Good Morning America."  His rise to fame started with his talk show "Geraldo."  H was also a senior correspondent for "20/20."  He joined Fox News Network towards the end of 2001 as a war correspondent, before getting his own show.

Juan Gonzales is the founder of El Tecolote, a bilingual, non-commercial newspaper in San Francisco's Mission District.  He started the newspaper in August of 1970, as a class project to channel Latino students into journalism careers. Juan continues to edit the paper, in addition to chairing the Department of Journalism at the City College of San Francisco.  He also chairs the Voices for Justice project, which commemorates the bicentennial of Latino newspapers in the U.S.

The ceremony will take place on Friday, June 26 in Puerto Rico, where NAHJ is holding its 27th annual convention.

Rodriguez switches roles at CNN

Award-winning producer Janelle Rodriguez has been named executive producer of Campbell Brown's 8 pm show.  She leaves  American Morning after a little more than a year on the job.

Janelle has been a senior producer on The Situation Room and on Anderson Cooper 360.  She began her CNN career as a producer for Headline News in Atlanta.

Could Tucson Citizen be forced to keep printing?

Arizona's attorney general has filed a federal complaint seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent Gannett from stopping the presses for the Tucson Citizen.  The publishing company announced Friday the final print edition of the paper was Saturday.

It looks like an interested buyer set the wheels in motion for the restraining order.  According to the Arizona Daily Star, Stephen Hadland, CEO of the Santa Monica Media Co., which owns 5 papers in the L.A. area, offered to buy the Citizen for $400,000.  The offer was rejected.

A court hearing is set for 9:30 am local time today in U.S. District Court in Tucson. 

Tucson Citizen prints final edition

Saturday will be the last day the Tucson Citizen will hit the streets.  After a 138 year run, owner Ganett Co., is shutting down the oldest newspaper in Arizona.  After tomorrow's last printed issue, the Citizen will continue on as a Web site and a weekly editorial content insert in the Arizona Daily Star.  

According to an article in today's paper, the tucsoncitizen.com will have no news or sports reporting.  It will only have daily commentary and opinion.  

Fierro lands main anchor job in Vegas

Olivia Fierro has recently been named KVVU's principal weeknight co-anchor.  She will be on the air at  5, 5:30, 10 and 11pm weekdays alongside John Huck.

Before this gig at the Fox affiliate in Las Vegas, she worked as an anchor and reporter at KTVK-3 in Phoenix. 

Her first on-air position was as a reporter at the ABC affiliate in Amarillo, Texas, eventually getting promoted to morning and midday anchor.  Before that, she was a news asssitant  at KTTV, Fox-11, in Los Angeles.

Layoffs at Radio and TV Martí

Some would argue it was about time to eliminate a news operation that produces radio and television broadcasts aimed at Cuba, but are blocked by that country and hardly seen.  That's not happening yet... but Radio and TV Martí will be experiencing cuts.

Frances Robles, from the Miami Herald, reports 20% of employees at the anti-Castro stations will be laid off, in light of a $2.4 million dollar cut to the program's budget.

Additionally, the format of the U.S.-funded broadcasts will change. Radio Martí will be all news, while TV Martí will air 5 minute news updates every half hour.  Both stations employ a combined 160 people and will now have a budget of $32.4 million.

Rivero hired at WCAU

Claudia Rivero moves from Phoenix to Philadelphia.  She joins WCAU-10, the NBC O&O, as a general assignment reporter.  

Claudia worked at KTVK-3 in Phoenix since 2001, starting as a reporter/anchor for Mas! Arizona cable channel 55.  In March of 2004, she became a full-time general assignment reporter for "Good Evening Arizona."  Before that, she worked at KTVW-33, the Univision O&O, for 6 years.

Hauser joins CNN en Español

Adriana Hauser joins CNN en Español as a New York based correspondent. She was a reporter, producer and anchor at NY1 Noticias from 2003 to 2007, continuing to work for the 24-hr Spanish cable network on a freelance basis.  She was most recently senior editor for the DailyMe.com news portal.

Venezuelan-born Adriana previously worked as a freelance reporter and producer for the BBC, Radio France International, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle and Venevisión.

Marquez named editorial page editor

Columnist Myriam Marquez will be taking over the reins of the Miami Herald's editorial pages. She is the first woman and first Hispanic journalist to be named to the post.  She succeeds Joe Oglesby, who is retiring.  She will be in charge of 3 writers and a political cartoonist.  She will also continue writing a weekly column.

Myriam joined the Herald in 2005 as metro desk editor.  She previously worked 18 years at the Orlando Sentinel.

Entravision revenue takes big hit

Revenue news continue to be grim for most broadcasters, including Spanish-language Entravision Communications Corp, which just reported a 22% drop for its TV properties in the first quarter of 2009, compared to the same period last year.  Q1 earnings were $28.2 million.  They were $36.1 same time last year.

The radio business was hit worse, slipping 31% to $13.4 million in the first quarter. Overall, the company's first quarter net revenue for the quarter was down 25%, to $41.8 million.

Earlier this year, Entravision did a 10% cut of its expenses, which included some layoffs and salary reductions.

NYT reaches tentative deal with Globe unions

The Boston Globe might not shut down after all. The paper's unions reached a tentative agreement early this morning, which calls for an 8.3% wage cut, a 5 day unpaid furlough, a freeze in pension contributions, an end to 401(k) matches and the elimination of lifetime job guarantees, which almost 200 guild members currently have.  The measures translate to a roughly 10% wage cut.  The Globe was seeking a $20 million cost reduction.

According to an article in the Globe, the proposal is being described as "the company's last offer."  It will be presented to guild members for a vote tomorrow.

Serrano no longer at Telemundo

After 6 years on the anchor desk in Chicago, Telemundo abruptly removed Vicente Serrano from his job.  He was called in to work earlier than usual on Monday.  When he arrived at the station, he was immediately directed to the human resources office, where he was told that due to financial constraints, he would no longer be part of the news team.  His contract technically ends in June of 2010.

Vicente tells me he was surprised and disappointed at how things were handled.  He was told the decision was made last Friday, however, the station waited until the day after he participated in a company sponsored Cinco de Mayo community event before sending him off.  

"I can't believe it," he says.  "I expected more from the company I dedicated my life to for the past 6 years."  

Vicente anchored the 5 pm newscast and the 10 pm "En Contexto with Vicente Serrano." He tells me Tsi-tsi-ki Félix will be replacing him.

Vicente recently completed and debuted a documentary about the deportation of legal immigrants during the Great Depression.

Four Chicago stations to share camera crews

Yikes!  I know the business is hurting from lack of ad revenues... and news departments are eliminating newscasts, laying people off, grounding choppers and desperately cutting wherever they can.  But sharing camera crews?  That's what FOUR stations in Chicago are doing starting next Monday.

NBC's WMAQ-5, Fox's WFLD-32, CBS's WBBM-2 and Tribune's WGN-9 have agreed to try out a camera pool sharing venture. According to the Sun-Times, a staffer from WMAQ will be the managing editor of the joint venture, which will be housed in WBBM office space separate from the newsroom.  That managing editor will decide what the pool crews will cover on a daily basis and the raw footage will be fed to all participating stations.

ABC's WLS-7 rejected the invite into the joint venture, claiming the need to remain an independent television news voice in the market.

Marín to get more air time

Motivational speaker María Marín's radio show will now also air Monday through Friday.  "Tu Vida Es Mi Vida," which was airing on Sundays on 27 stations in major Hispanic markets across the country, recently celebrated its 2 year anniversary on the radio.  The weekday show, which focuses on Latina empowerment,  launched yesterday on 17 Spanish-language stations.

María is the author of the Spanish-language self-help book "Mujer Sin Limite." That is also the name of her weekly newspaper column published in 40 Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. 

Globe closure: real... or ploy?

The New York Times Co. threatens to shut down the Boston Globe if it can't get additional concessions from the paper's unions. According to an article in today's Globe, the paper's management gave the unions a copy of the WARN notice they would file with authorities if they didn't reach an agreement.  Law requires a 60 day notice of a planned shutdown. 

The move is seen as a negotiating ploy to get more concessions from the Globe's unions.  Filing the WARN notice does not mean the NYT Co. must close the paper after 60 days, but they can legally do so.

If the Globe shuts down, it would leave Boston with just one daily paper, the Boston Herald - a tabloid that only has 10 news reporters and is going through some financial troubles of its own.

The Times Co., which recently mortgaged its Manhattan headquarters, borrowed $250 million bucks from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim at a 14% interest, and underwent layoffs and salary cuts, expects the Globe to lose more than $85 million this year.

The Times Co. bought the Boston Globe in 1993.  The company is looking to get about $20 million in savings from union concessions.

New role for Perez at Telemundo

Borja Perez has been named VP of integrated solutions and digital media for Telemundo Communications Group.  He will report to Jacqueline Hernández, COO of Telemundo and Peter Blacker, EVP of digital media and emerging businesses. 

In his new role, Borja will develop integrated content solutions for advertisers and oversee Telemundo’s digital programming, content and audience strategy. 

He was previously the Yahoo! Telemundo Alliance Leader, and VP of market development for digital media at Telemundo. Before that, he was director of U.S. Hispanic and international business development for AOL at AOL Media Networks.