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The National Association of Latino Independent Producers Examines The Global Shift of Latino Purchasing and Content Creating Power LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) today announced that its fourteenth Conference will be held June 7-9 in Universal City, California with a new special edition of the NALIP Actor Summit on June 6. Register online now at http://conference2013.nalip.org/ NALIP 2013: Spotlight on the...

LOPEZ APPOINTED CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER OF NETWORK NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NUVOtv, the first and only English-language cable network for U.S. Latinos, held its upfront event today at the Edison Ballroom in New York City where the network announced an exciting and expansive new programming lineup that kicks off on July 18(th). Artist, entrepreneur, and NUVOtv creative and business partner Jennifer Lopez took the stage as the network's newly appointed Chief Creative...

Networks Deliver More Choice and Breakthrough Spanish-Language Entertainment with a FOX Edge NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Hispanic Media (FHM) today unveiled several exciting announcements during an Upfront event held at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall from its portfolio of four high-quality Spanish-language networks and their digital complements, including: FOX Deportes, Nat Geo Mundo, MundoFox and the newly re-branded FOX Life. Formerly Utilisima, FOX Life is a...

Adriana Gonzalez and Centro Cultural Aztlan each receive $15,000 Grant from Leading Tequila Brand NEW YORK, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicana artist and San Antonio resident, Adriana Garcia, today was named the winner of the Jose Cuervo Tradicional Mural Project and its $15,000 grant. Jose Cuervo Tradicional - Mexico's No. 1 super-premium tequila with the same recipe used in Cuervo's original tequila in 1795 - will also award $15,000 to Centro Cultural Aztlan, a local...

Town Hall will be a national live-streamed event joined by national experts, media and elected officials WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On the 20(th) anniversary of Cesar Chavez's passing and just months after the presidential election in which U.S. Hispanics cast the decisive votes, Hispanicize (@Hispanicize) and Friends of the American Latino Museum (@LatinoMuseum) gather a who's who of Hispanic cultural, media, entertainment and political thought leaders to tackle one...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Puerto Rican-born star Carlos Ponce, whose acting, music and television career has made him a staple among Hispanic, U.S. and Latin American audiences over the past two decades will be honored with the Latinovator Award at Hispanicize 2013. Hispanicize 2013 (http://www.HispanicizeEvent.com), the fourth annual Latino trends event, will take place at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach, April 9-13. (Photo:...

MIAMI, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Underscoring its commitment to becoming an indispensible annual destination for Hispanic journalists, Hispanicize 2013 (#Hispz13) today unveiled the speakers line up and topics for the 20 sessions of its inaugural Hispanic Journalist Showcase. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/CL60359) The Who's Who of Hispanic journalists, commentators and leaders speaking at the event include CNN "Starting Point" anchor Soledad O'Brien;...

MIAMI, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of the new and growing role Hispanic journalists will play at the annual Hispanicize event, Hispanicize 2013 organizers today named CNN "Starting Point" anchor Soledad O'Brien co-chair and unveiled the agenda for its inaugural Hispanic Journalist Showcase. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121207/CL26021) Hispanicize 2013 (www.hispanicizeevent.com / #Hispz13) will take place April 9-13, 2013 at the Eden Roc Hotel in...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of 30 national Latino organizations, has written to Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein to express its outrage at Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser's use of profanity to one of its member leaders, Felix Sanchez, Chairman of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts. "The fact that Latino artists have been locked out of the Kennedy Center Honors for more...

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HBO Latino, Home Box Office's dedicated Spanish-language premium channel, will present a sensational slate of first-run entertainment through Fall 2012, certain to appeal to the today's multigenerational and bilingual Hispanic households. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/57751-hbo-latino-presents-full-slate-first-run-entertainment-through-fall-2012 (Photo:...