Katz Media Group, the nation’s largest media representation organization, announced today that Rick Ramos has been promoted to Executive Vice President
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) and his bride received $13,000 in cash and gifts at their wedding last year, including thousands from friends linked to the senator's various political scandals and an associate who may soon be tapped to serve as U.S. attorney for New Jersey.
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M&A in the media industry is about to pick up. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 rollback of media ownership limits. Media companies that once avoided specific acquisitions due to regulatory ownership limits may now take a second look. But passing through FCC review is only part of the equation, with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and many State Attorneys General frequently taking a hard look at deals in this sector. The Supreme Court’s decision affirming the FCC’s relaxation of its ownership limits means that antitrust scrutiny may now play a larger role in the clearance of media mergers as media companies look to make acquisitions past the FCC’s prior limits.
About Univision Communications
The multiplatform national brand that Univision is today came from decidedly humble beginnings. The roots of the company trace back to KWEX-TV in San Antonio – the first full-time Spanish-language station in America and the first UHF station in the country.
By the 1970s the company had grown into a national network in the United States to broadcast the World Cup soccer tournament. In 1979 Galavisión was launched as the first Spanish-language cable network in the United States. Univision Online launched in 2000.
Over the last decade Univision has continued to grow on multiple fronts. In 2002 Univision’s second broadcast network, TeleFutura, now UniMás, was launched. Univision completed the acquisition of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation in 2003 to form Univision Radio, the largest Spanish-language radio broadcasting company in the United States. In 2009 Univision Interactive Media was formed to house Univision.com, Univision Móvil, and an eve