DECEMBER 3, 2024 — PARENT CORPORATION RESTRUCTURING
Univision parent company, TelevisaUnivision, has announced a restructuring that will impact hundreds of employees.
According to CEO Daniel Alegre…
Hello Team,
I am writing to inform you that we are implementing significant and necessary changes to the company this week, all aimed at strengthening our position for 2025 and beyond. Today, I am announcing a new organizational structure, which will have important implications for many of our colleagues.
These changes are designed to reinforce the four key priorities I have outlined for us going forward:
Integration and Collaboration: Working as one company in everything we do.
Content First: Everything starts with great content, and we must align our teams and strategies to continue connecting, informing, and entertaining our communities.
Solution Selling: Our partners’ needs are evolving, and we must serve them in ways no one else can in the market.
Culture: We must rebuild a growth mindset, grounded in innovation, across the entire company.
The changes include leadership adjustments in some areas and a reorganization of functions to help us achieve greater alignment, focus, and impact.
First, I want to share that Jesús Lara, our head of Local in the U.S., has decided to leave the company. In response, I have decided to reorganize the U.S. local teams. I will centralize U.S. advertising sales under the leadership of Donna Speciale, covering local and national, linear, digital, streaming, audio, and multiplatform video. This structure will ensure a single, solutions-oriented point of entry for all our U.S. advertising partners to activate and grow with our audience.
Additionally, Ignacio Meyer will now oversee U.S. Audio and Local Programming, in addition to his current role managing U.S. Linear Programming. Donna and Ignacio will communicate separately with the U.S. local teams to outline how the new structure will operate.
I want to express my deepest gratitude to Jesús Lara for his dedication, vision, and contributions to TelevisaUnivision over the past eight years. He will work closely with Donna and Ignacio to ensure a smooth transition for the teams joining their organizations.
From a content strategy perspective, I have asked José Luis Fabila to lead all our content efforts and create a newly formed Global Content Organization. José Luis will ensure that our content investments align with our company’s reach, engagement, and monetization goals, and are distributed efficiently across all platforms worldwide with the right windowing strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to elevate how we deliver world-class content to our global audiences.
Our talented Business Unit Leaders will work closely with José Luis:
Ignacio Meyer will lead our U.S. Core Business, as well as our music and audio content teams, reporting to José Luis. In addition, current U.S. Networks Programming and Marketing Teams will also be rolled into roles in the Global Content Organization. Jose Luis and Ignacio will provide further detail to these teams.
Rafael Urbina will oversee digital and streaming operations, performance marketing and CRM, focusing on driving adoption, increasing consumption, and optimizing the global user experience. Jose Luis’ content and brand marketing organization will provide VIX with content acquisition, development and production services as well as planning and creative services to support VIX marketing. Rafa and José Luis will provide further details to their respective teams.
Olek Loewenstein will continue to lead the sports business unit, collaborating with José Luis’ Global Content Organization.
These leaders will remain key members of my broader leadership team.
Finally, I want to acknowledge that workforce changes will also take place across the company this week. While these decisions are never easy, we are committed to supporting everyone through their transition.
I understand that this will be a challenging week, but I ask for your focus and resilience as we take these important steps toward a stronger and more connected future. Together, we are building a company positioned for sustained growth, innovation, and leadership.
Thank you for your trust, contributions, and commitment to our mission and goals.
Daniel
JULY 18, 2022 — 250 LAYOFFS IN RESTRUCTURING CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION
After a period of financial difficulty, the company has announced its intentions to restructure how it creates and distributes content, including on its digital platforms. The restructuring will result in a reduction in headcount of 6 percent of its workforce, or 250 people, including 15 employees at Fusion.
According to a company spokesperson, “We operate in a fast-changing and dynamic industry and we regularly make adjustments to ensure we are nimble and best positioned to continue investing in Univision’s growth.
“As part of a broader effort to streamline operations, we eliminated a number of positions in various areas of the company. Over the next several months, we will be adding new positions to support strategic growth areas that will allow us to be better poised to serve our diverse audiences across platforms and meet the needs of our partners.”
AUGUST 4, 2018 — Original post…
New York, New York-based Univision has announced that they will be laying off 240 employees as part of a company-wide restructuring effort that will also see the divestiture of certain assets.
According to a company spokesperson, "We have concluded a company-wide strategic review aimed at reorienting our operations to ensure we are positioned to most effectively compete in an evolving media marketplace.”
“We are implementing a plan to rejuvenate and re-energize the company with a rededication to our core mission of serving the US Hispanic community. As part of this plan, we are both reducing our workforce in various divisions around the company, as well as adding resources and capabilities to strengthen our core business.
While it is extremely difficult to lose valued employees, we are confident that our actions – along with our previously-announced process to explore the sale of the Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion portfolio – will enable us to focus on and invest in our core assets, which is necessary to ensure we remain the leading and unwavering voice, advocate, and source of information for the Hispanic community."
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