Sports Illustrated Latino to Close (Portada) – After three years of publication, Sports Illustrated Latino, Time Inc.’s Spanish-language edition of the general market sports title is closing its doors.
Telemundo Revamps Web Site (Multichannel News) – Telemundo will launch its redesigned Web site on Jan. 1, a makeover it hopes will create an online destination that offers better advertising opportunities for clients, network officials said Monday.
McDonald's Snags Multicultural Award at ANA Conference (Ad Age) – One of the most multicultural — and most applauded — winners at the Association of National Advertisers' Multicultural Excellence Awards was a general-market spot for McDonald's Corp.
Fight Club: ESPN Deportes Carries MMA (Media Daily News) – On Wednesday, ESPN entered the ring, albeit hardly with full force. Its Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, in only 4 million homes, will begin offering MMA programming next spring.
Fanboys and Families: Miami Book Fair Debuts Comix Galaxy (Publishers Weekly) – New York City-based Marvel Comics, used its presence in Miami to continue testing its titles in Spanish in the largely untapped Hispanic market in South Florida. Spanish-language editions of Ultimate Spiderman and Ultimate X-Men are leading the way with more titles to come, according to David Gabriel, Marvel’s senior v-p of sales.
TuTV Strikes Deal with EchoStar for New DishMexico Tier (Multichannel News) – TuTV, the joint venture between Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications, has entered into an agreement with Dish Network to launch its programming on the carrier’s newly created DishMexico package, a programming tier featuring more than 50 channels targeted to Mexican audiences in the U.S.
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