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Global media and advertising technology company Entravision Communications Corporation has announced the appointment of Karl Alonso Meyer as Chief Revenue and Product Officer, effective immediately. Based in Los Angeles, Meyer will be responsible for leading all of Entravision’s sales and revenue strategy and initiatives.
Coty Inc. has appointed Fiona Hughes as Chief Marketing Officer, Coty Consumer Beauty, and as a member of the Executive Committee, effective June 12, 2019, reporting to Pierre Laubies, Coty CEO & Consumer Beauty President.
National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation President & CEO Dawn Sweeney announced today that she will step down when her current contract ends at the end of 2019. Until then, she will continue to lead the Association and Foundation, gain Board approval for the 2020-2024 strategic plan, and assist Board leadership in the search for a new CEO.
Focus Brands Inc. announces that global industry leader Dan Gertsacov will join its executive team in the newly-created role of Global Chief Marketing Officer. Gertsacov joins Focus Brands from Arcos Dorados, the world’s largest independent franchisee of McDonald’s, where he held the title of Chief Marketing and Digital Officer.
KFC U.S. has named Monica Rothgery its new Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. In her new role, she will oversee operational strategy and execution, improve processes, new labor models and technology integration. She joined KFC U.S. in August and has worked at Yum Brands for nearly 30 years, originally joining in 1992 as a General Manager at Taco Bell.
Equinox hired Seth Solomons as the company’s new Chief Marketing Officer, reported AdAge. Vimla Gupta, Equinox’s previous Chief Marketing Officer, was appointed a year-and-a-half ago. According to his LinkedIn, Solomons started in the ’90s with Wunderman before becoming Global CMO at Digitas, where he spent 11 years. Since 2015, Solomons has been the global CEO at Wunderman.
Felix Palau is now Group Brand Director, Tequila at Proximo Spirits. He previously filled the role of SVP, Marketing, Heineken Brand at The Heineken Company.
Colombian airline Avianca has named Thais Skitnevsky Grinberg marketing director. She joins from Safra where she started working in 2017 and prior to that, she worked at Stelo as head of marketing.
Argentinian website Infobae has appointed Priscila Pipman and Silvio Tourón as commercial managers. Pipman joined the company in 2014 after working in La Nación and has more than 13 years of experience. Tourón also joined the company from La Nación.
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Related Companies has appointed Anna Domingo as their new marketing and sales director. Prior to this, she held the role of general manager at Merlin Entertainments until november of 2017.
Gana Energía has appointed Sara Moreno as responsible for the marketing and communications of the company. She has previously worked at Ford and Omnicom PR Group.
Rodrigo Margain has been named vice president of sales & business development Mexico by Entravision Communications Corporation. Margain will be responsible for Mexico-based clients investing in Entravision owned or affiliated media platforms in the U.S.
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Reprise appointed Renee Marquardt as general manager for the US. Marquardt joined Reprise from digital marketing and advertising agency Didit, where she was chief operating officer.
Marketing veteran Elizabeth Brady has been hired by Allstate as executive VP-chief marketing, innovation and corporate relations officer. Prior to joining Allstate, Brady worked at Kohler, Publicis and BBDO.
Jon Forsyth has returned to the industry as strategic partner at a new communications network, Troika/Mission Group. Forsyth’s role will include growing the business in the US and the UK, as well as working with clients on strategy.
The Body Shop has appointed Lionel Thoreau as global brand director and Elen Macaskill as global customer director. Thoreau joins from L’Occitane Group and Macaskill held the role of chief marketing officer at The Body Shop.
Zenith has appointed Jos Smyth as global head of performance. In this role, Smyth’s mission will be to drive performance services for global clients. He joins Zenith from Digitas.
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Delta Air Lines has consolidated all of its media work with the PHD, Adage has reported. The airline had appointed PHD as its primary media agency in the U.S. two years ago. Digitas, which used to be the incumbent, still works with Delta on customer relationship management.Delta Airlines spent around US$34.8 million in measured media in the U.S. in 2017, according to 
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Cosmetics brand Revlon has placed its´ global media account back into review after having consolidated with Mediacom less than a year ago. MediaCom will not defend. Revlon spent US$420 million on advertising in 2016. Spending on measured media in the U.S. in 2017 was US$81.7 million, according to Kantar Media.
Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the nation’s largest Hispanic supermarket chains has announced it is contributing 
Entravision Communications Corporation, a diversified media company serving Latino audiences and communities, announced a partnership with Novamex to air and promote its “Destapa Tu Fortuna” campaign on all of Entravision’s radio stations nationally. The campaign, which started on May 1st and will end on September 15th is designed as a way to recognize and give back to Jarritos customers. It will be supported by Entravision’s syndicated radio personalities who will leverage their on-air and social media influences to drive awareness.The “Destapa Tu Fortuna” campaign includes the drinks Jarritos, Mineragua, Sidral Mundet and Sangria Señorial with consumers looking under the cap for a winning code. Prizes include US$300,000 in cash, six cars, and millions of purchase discounts on Vudu and Fanatics. The campaign is in part sponsored by entertainment service Vudu which lets consumers rent, buy, and watch movies and TV shows, and Fanatics, the ultimate sports apparel store and fan gear shop.Customers can find a registration code on the caps of these four drinks – Jarritos, Mineragua, Sidral Mundet y Sangría Señorial and register the code on website, 
Entravision has entered into an agreement with OTA Broadcasting (PSP), LLC to acquire Stations KMIR-TV, the NBC affiliate, and KPSE-LD, the MyNetworkTV affiliate, serving Palm Springs, California, for US$21 million. Including anticipated synergies, the transaction represents an attractive purchase price multiple of less than 6.5 times expected blended 2016-2017 pro forma broadcast cash flow, is expected to be immediately free cash flow accretive and is expected to be funded on a tax efficient basis with proceeds from the FCC broadcast incentive auction and treated as a like-kind exchange pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including the prior consent of the Federal Communications Commission, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The early evening newscast will be anchored by Martin Borchardt. With more than 14 years of experience, Mr. Borchardt is one of the best-known anchors in the San Diego market.
The 11 p.m. newscast will be anchored by Estephanía Baez and Aranzazú Alvarez.
Ivan Pollard has been appointed global chief marketing officer at General Mills. He was most recently senior VP-strategic marketing at Coca-Cola North America and spent six years with Coke. Pollard was also a global partner at Naked Communications and held posts at Wieden+Kennedy and DDB Needham.
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Havas’ Arnold Worldwide is restructuring its North American leadership team by elevating three executives to new positions, according to Mediapost.
Sasha Hartman, formerly EVP, executive marketing director, has been promoted to president, chief client officer at the shop’s Boston office.She will oversee the Boston client portfolio and lead the Marketing department.
Elliott Seaborn, formerly managing director, Boston, has been named chief growth officer for Arnold’s North American operations. Prior to Arnold Seaborn spent nearly a decade at Digitas.
Lisa Unsworth, managing partner, CMO, has been appointed managing director, director of growth platforms for North America. She will provide executive marketing leadership across several Arnold clients and serve as a growth advisor across the agency’s entire portfolio.
Entravision Communications Corporation announced that beginning July 3, 2017, the local news programming lineup for XHAS-TV will make an affiliation change to Azteca America in the San Diego market. The new affiliation partnership will allow Entravision the opportunity to strengthen its connection across multiple platforms to the diverse Latino audience who make San Diego and Tijuana their home.
Agency Grey has hired Alex Morrison as president of Grey West, tasked with overseeing the agency’s San Francisco and Los Angeles offices while working closely with Grey’s flagship New York office and Grey New York CEO Debby Reiner.Morrison returns to Grey after spending over two years as vice president, global managing director for R/GA’s content studio.
The past April, Coca-Cola announced it would cut around 1,200 jobs as part of an organizational restructuring to cut costs. The company has already started implementing those changes with hundreds of layoffs in different offices, according to AgencySpy.
Entravision Communications Corporation (EVC), a diversified media company serving U.S. Latinos, announced the launch of a new digital content initiative to produce and distribute unique content to its growing media platforms and provide expanded digital marketing capabilities for advertisers at their Upfront event in New York City. This effort will be driven through an investment in and partnership with Chanclazo Studios, Inc. (“Chanclazo”), an innovative digital production studio that creates and distributes short and long form 3D animation, virtual reality and augmented reality content for Hispanic audiences.
Lopez-Knowles will oversee Entravision’s multimedia marketing efforts across its diverse broadcast, radio and digital properties, as well as develop and manage Entravision’s corporate marketing strategy in order to achieve the company’s strategic objectives. Lopez-Knowles will report directly to Walter F. Ulloa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Entravision.