Digital entrepreneurs turn to mobile for users, revenue

Leo Prieto:betting on “mobile first” Versión en español aquí. Leo Prieto is a digital media entrepreneur in Chile whose 10 communities attract an audience of 10 million users a month from all over the Spanish-speaking world. Late last year, his company, Betazeta, decided to go “mobile first” and optimize the design of all its sites […]

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Mexican blogger builds a business out of political satire

Chumel Torres Versión en español aquí.  Chumel Torres is a video-blogger whose satiric take on politics and journalism has managed to attract 483,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel in just one year. He has made a business out of the sponsors he attracts to his weekly program,  El Pulso de la República (The Pulse of […]

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Chumel Torres: Cómo fundé el Pulso de la República

  Chumel: Los viejos medios están muriendo; lancen sus propios English version here. El video-bloguero que lanzó El Pulso de la República en YouTube hace un año aprendió una lección importante que quiere compartir con los jóvenes: hay espacio para nuevas voces. En una entrevista (video arriba) Chumel Torres aconsejó a los alumnos de comunicación […]

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With crisis in Spain, El Pais expands globally

Spain is suffering through a newspaper crisis as severe as that in the U.S., and the response of one of its leading newspapers has been to expand into new markets.El Pais, part of Grupo Prisa, is cutting editorial staff at its headquarters in Madrid, but it just announced an expansion of its coverage of Mexico […]

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2010: Attacks on Mexican journalists more brazen

Versión en español aquí. The work of journalists in Mexico is becoming increasingly dangerous, and governments at the state and national level are doing nothing to change the situation. This is the essence of the new report by the Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET). At least 139 journalists and 21 media outlets in 25 Mexican […]

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Violencia contra periodistas resulta en autocensura – CEPET

English version here. La labor de los periodistas mexicanos se vuelve cada vez más peligrosa, y los gobernantes no hacen nada para cambiar la situación. Esta es la esencia del nuevo informe del Centro de Periodismo y Ética Pública. Al menos 139 periodistas y 21 medios de comunicación en 25 estados de la República fueron […]

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