Latin America

Dating site Amor.com, to be launched in coming weeks. Joins the Amigos.com and Match.com as a resource for Hispanic and Latin American daters.

Plans to introduce a new Latin American online auction site.

Sony Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Citibank and others target not only in-country readers, but Latino’s living abroad looking for news from home.

Agency plans to implement engaging promotional strategies to attract Hispanic consumers.

Union Radio has 1095 radio stations (owned or affiliated) in Spain, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama and Chile.

The United States, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Chile topped the list of unique users of the websites the network sells advertising for.

Leo Burnett Miami branch recently hired Maria Fernanda Ordoñez as General Director for Account Services.

Attempts to help advertisers to reach Spanish speaking population throughout the hemisphere.

Miami based company will sell keywords for Latin American newspaper websites.

Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion (TPI) has a significant presence in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brasil.

El Pais launches 24 Horas, downloadable PDF version of print edition; El Mundo partners with Google Maps.

Partners with MXSHARES and Immobilaria Torraco to form Publicaciones Metropolitanas.

Grupo Formula, a Mexican multimedia company, introduced Formula Editorial, a national paid magazine for the Mexican market. In a few months it will be present in the U.S.

Editorial emphasis is placed on news pertinent to the tri-state area's Mexican community

Conde Nast Americas recently restructured its Spanish-language magazine publishing division. The new more Latin American focused, less U.S. Hispanic focused, Vogue Latin America recently gained new blue chip advertising accounts.

America Economia, a bi-weekly business magazine distributed throughout Latin America, and to a small number of readers in the United States, launched Luk magazine, a supplement which covers fashion, trends and travel.

Last night publishers and media execs from major outlets in Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. came together to discuss the major challenges facing the media today.

TWSJ’s Latin American supplement Wall Street Journal Americas is expanding.

Grupo de Diarios America (GDA) and Multimedia, Inc. have formed a partnership for the sale of advertising space in all GDA newspapers in Latin America.

Latinamerican magazine advertising is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5,5% until 2009.