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Trump Effect could be positive for Hispanics; Honey Maid profiles Dominican immigrant family; Gannett downsizes; and Clinton ponders Latino campaign strategy.

The Trump effect

Yeah, he talked trash about Hispanics and made people very mad. But you know what? He also got more people to, um, notice Hispanics. And that includes general-market media. Publications including the Business Insider, International Business Times, and the Baltimore Sun (which covered Honey Maid’s “4 de Julio” campaign as part of the larger story), as well as usual suspects like the Yucatan Times, ran articles countering Trump’s egregious remarks by making the same points that Hispanic media outlets and agencies have been making for a long, long time: $1.5 trillion market + 17.1 percent of total U.S. population = important demographic. We told you so!

Honey Maid is sweet on Hispanics

“4 de Julio” is one of a new set of TV spots for Honey Maid, the brand that Mondelez International relaunched two years ago. It focuses on the Gomez family, immigrants from the Dominican Republic, talking about what it means to be American. According to Co.Create, along with the 30-second TV spot, the brand made short documentaries profiling three of the families featured in the ad. The campaign from Droga5 extends the #ThisIsWholesome theme, which aims to showcase American diversity by featuring same-sex parents, biracial couples and blended families.
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Sell Clinton like Coke

HillarySpeaking of general market pubs covering Hispanic issues, BuzzFeed ran an article on a potential Hispanic marketing strategy for the Hillary Clinton campaign. BuzzFeed reported, “The campaign is said to be keeping its options open for talent, looking beyond Hispanic political firms that have been brought on for this work in years past to, as an example, ‘go get the firm that does Latino advertising for Coca-Cola,’ said Andres Ramirez, a 20-year veteran Democratic strategist who was part of the local meeting in Nevada.”

BuzzFeed reporter Adrian Carrasquillo spoke to several Hispanic marketing consultants, as well as Hispanic political consultants to get their views on how Hillary should get with Latinos.

Gannet is downsizing

Or maybe we should call it right-sizing. The media conglom spun off its newspaper properties under the Gannett rubric. Now, Tegna Inc., the digital and broadcast company that split from Gannett, is unloading its giant McLean, Va. headquarters complex. London-based Tamares Group will buy the complex and lease part of it back to Gannett. In June, Gannett completed its acquisition of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership, and CEO Robert Dickey said that he aims to have newspapers in the expanded chain work more closely together and share assets as USA Today Media Network.

Bromley retires and shuts agency

BromleyExecutives always say they’re leaving somewhere to pursue “other opportunities.” In the case of Ernest Bromley, who founded Bromley Communications in 1981, it’s really true. He’s going after a PhD in consumer behavior, according to the San Antonio Business Journal. Read our full interview with Bromley to hear his thoughts about the current Hispanic marketing landscape and why we need the kind of research that clients won’t pay for.

Local radio up while overall ad spending dips

Kantar Media’s quarterly ad-spending report found that overall dollars were down – and not only because of the extreme advertising for the Olympics last year. Sixteen of the 21 media types Kantar monitors saw lower spends. One of the exceptions was local radio: Hispanic local radio expenditures increased 6.5 percent, while English-language local radio was up 5 percent, thanks to auto dealers, legal services, and healthcare providers. Network radio went down 2.0 percent, and national spot radio dimmed 11.3 percent.

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