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With the new directors and new executive positions at Univision , came the dreaded layoffs, and the Its own chain confirmed them exclusively.
Most of them were talents, producers, technicians and executives of local channels and radio stations from different cities in the country. For example, in Univision news in Miami, the presenter Alina Mayo Azze, the reporter José Alfonso Almora appeared.
In Houston, Renzo Heredia, Esteban Creste from Univision New York , for only name a few, of them.
Why this new wave of layoffs at Univision, when is it supposed to come a major injection of money with the new owners?
In this case, it would not be a crisis, but a new administration with the changes that usually bring.
We communicated with Univision who, through an e-mail, exclusively confirmed the dismissals and they gave us the reasons for them:
“Yesterday we announced some important 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 remain dedicated to informing, entertaining, and empowering the Hispanic community ”.
As we anticipated in October of 2021 Luis Silberwasser , was appointed, this Monday 11 January, as president of the group of television networks Univision to run the national television properties of Univision .
Silberwasser’s position was not the only one announced yesterday. The new owners, who, as we told you, completed the transfer and took control the last week of December, created new executive positions, and assigned them to people of great weight within the industry, who, for the most part, come from off 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.
Donna Speciale , was named president of marketing and advertising sales, Friday Abernethy , Executive Vice President, Content Distribution and Partnerships; Adam Shippee , Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy and Transformation; and Amy Tenbrink , Executive Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Revenue / Business Development with responsibilities across the digital business.
Will the layoffs that happened on the same day as the appointment of the head of the new era of Univision end? It is not clear, since the string declaration does not speak in the past, but in the present, so new outputs can still be expected.
