A reader sent along word that back in March a number of heads rolled in senior management positions, most notably PROGRAMMING. The timing of the move was more than “peculiar.”
Back in December of ’09, The Mo’Kelly Report published an editorial exposé on the possible racial hypocrisy at Latin programming giant Univision.
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Mo’Kelly in the subsequent weeks dialogued with members of the communications department as to the many and varied issues surrounding the stated mandate of the company versus some questionable videos and programs featured on occasion in America.
Unbeknown to Mo’Kelly, it seems that in early March, Univision endured a tremendous shake-up of senior-level personnel…most eyebrow-raising in programming.
From Variety:
Spanish native Luis Fernandez, who was tapped to head the new production shingle Univision Studios in December, has had his role expand in the newly created position of entertainment prexy for Univision Network. Entertainment programming for sister channels TeleFutura and Galavision will continue to be overseen by Bert Medina and Sebastian Trujillo, respectively.
Each executive will report directly to Cesar Conde, upped to Univision Networks prexy in August 2009.
Meanwhile, Ronald Day, VP of programming and promotions for TeleFutura has been named VP of programming and promotions for the Univision Network, replacing Otto Padron who has ankled in order to “pursue other opportunities.” Day will report to Fernandez. The company expects to name a VP of programming and promotions for the TeleFutura Network in the near future.
Executive shuffle comes at a time when Univision has unveiled plans to ramp up its in-house production and seen overall net revs for 2009 dip 2.9% compared to the year prior.
Now, Mo’Kelly isn’t saying he IS the reason for the management restructuring, not at all. Mo’Kelly doesn’t have delusions of grandeur THAT large. But…but, Mo’Kelly IS saying…he surely didn’t help anyone keep their jobs. If you do a search on Univision, it’s no coincidence the report is usually high in the search rankings. You may also notice, Otto Padron (formerly Sr. VP of programming and promotions) was one of the executives who chose to “ignore” Mo’Kelly while conducting research for the special report.
It may all be just a slew of coincidences…but unlikely.
Mo’Kelly may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back or the anvil…either way, The Mo’Kelly Report didn’t help anyone in programming keep their jobs or place a positive spin on the perception of the network.
In truth, I was wondering why in the previous weeks that report saw an almost 300% increase in viewership for no discernible reason, or so it seemed.
Well there you have it.
Mr. Mo’Kelly
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3 responses to “Did The Mo’Kelly Report Force Univision Shake-up?”
Way to go, Mo 🙂
You go, Mo! "And the world will be a better place, and the world will be a better place for you and me, just wait and see"
(Walt, ya gotta get your karaoke vibe going. Mo knows EXACTLY where I'm going from)
COMING from…(apparently I don't know where I'm going TO!)