Jorge Ramos.
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With new managers and new executive positions in Univision, The much feared dismissals arrived, and the chain itself confirmed them exclusively.
Most of them were talents, producers, technicians and executives from local channels and radios in different cities of the country. For example, in Univision news in Miami, came out the presenter Alina May Azze, the reporter José Alfonso Almora.
To Houston, Renzo Heredia, Esteban Cresta and Fontanilha d’Univision New York, Just to name a few, of them.
Why this new wave of layoffs at Univision, when a major injection of money is supposed to come with the new owners?
In this case, it would not be a crisis, but a new administration with the changes it usually brings.
We contacted Univision who, via email, exclusively confirmed the dismissals and gave us the reasons for them:
“Yesterday we announced some major changes in the structure of the company. The changes reflect a reorganization of the way we work and in some cases we have to say goodbye to some colleagues.
These are difficult but necessary decisions for our company as we transform to position Univision in its next phase of growth. We are still dedicated to informing, entertaining and empowering the Hispanic community. “.
As we anticipate in October 2021 Luis Silberwasser, Was appointed, this Monday, January 11, as chairman of the Univision television network group to direct the national television properties of Univision.
The position of Silberwasser was not the only one announced yesterday. The new owners, who, as we tell you, finished the transfer and took control in the last week of December, created new executive positions, and assigned to them people of great weight within the industry, who , mostly comes from outside the chain.
Pierluigi Gazzolo, Is now the president of Univision Communications Inc. and director of transformation to drive the next era of growth and comes above Silberwaser and below, Wade Davis, CEO, of the company.
Special woman, Was named president of marketing and advertising sales, Friday Abernethy, Executive Vice President of Content Distribution and Associations; Adam Shippee, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy and Transformation; i Amy Tenbrink, Executive Vice President and Associate General Advisor, Revenue / Business Development with responsibilities throughout the digital business.
Will the dismissals that happened the same day of the appointment of the chief executive of the new era of Univision end? It is not clear, as the chain’s statement does not speak in the past, but in the present, so new releases can still be expected.