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Hispanic Media

Insider: MyCode’s Minority Ownership Valuation Premium; Is Canela Media Next?

The news of the purchase of a majority stake in MyCode by Ariel Alternatives valuing the company at US $400 million, triggers interesting thoughts on the value of minority ownership and the overall state and valuation of media and ad-tech companies involved in multicultural marketing. Why is Univision’s valuation so low? Is there a minority-owned valuation premium? Let’s analyze …

MyCode Buys Stake in Remezcla, Signaling Further Consolidation in the Hispanic Digital Media Sector

Remezcla announced that MyCode acquired a “sizable” stake in Remezcla. The transaction reflects the trend towards further consolidation in the Hispanic digital media space as relatively small companies partner up to scale their operations. In August last year, Mitu acquired NGL Collective, and in May, also of 2022, MyCode acquired ImpreMedia, a major publisher of Spanish-language content via digital and print media.

Americano Media

Americano Media’s Jorge Arrizurieta on the New Floridian Radio Station and More Expansion Plans

National conservative Spanish-language media network Americano Media and Audacy just announced an agreement through which Americano Media programming will be broadcast on Audacy’s 790 AM (WAXY-AM) in the Miami, Florida, market, which as of October 3 became Radio Libre 790. We spoke with Jorge L. Arrizurieta, President of Americano Media,  about the transaction and his company’s expansion plans.

Conservative Media

Americano Media Launches First-Ever Hispanic Conservative Media Platform in the U.S.

“We are the first ever conservative radio and TV platform in Spanish. It has not happened in the world before,” Jorge L. Arrizurieta, President of Americano Media, tells Portada. With a potential target market of more than 500 million Spanish speakers worldwide Americano Media is a new multimedia platform for conservative Latinos, producing 18 hours of original programming for an under-represented audience.

mitú Acquires NGL Collective

mitú Acquires NGL Collective (Updated)

GoDigital Media Group (“GoDigital”), the owner of mitú, announced the acquisition of NGL Collective with the backing of MEP Capital, a media and entertainment-focused investment firm. The new entity will retain the name of NGL Collective.

Song Exploder Spanish-language spin-off

Song Exploder Launches Spanish-language Spin-Off Cancion Exploder

Song Exploder has a new Spanish-language spin-off called Cancion Exploder, a podcast targeting Spanish-language speakers worldwide.   The new podcast series takes listeners “deep into  the process and art of writing a song, and thereby reveals something essential and true about the artist telling their story in their own words.”