Univision’s new executive team is making major company-wide leadership changes.
Daniel Coronell is out as president of Univision’s news division, 10 years after joining the company. He is officially stepping down from his current role, effective August 1, 2021.
Leopoldo Gómez, former head of news at Televisa, has been named president of news, effective immediately, but will be taking over the role following Coronell’s departure and after relocating to the U.S. from Mexico.
Gómez has been the anchor and director of Mexico’s weekly Public Affairs TV program, “Tercer Grado,” and wrote a weekly newspaper column, in addition to leading Televisa’s newsroom since 2000. He is a graduate of George Washington University and Georgetown University with masters and doctorate degrees in Political Science and Government.
In a press release, Univision emphasized that Televisa Noticias in Mexico will not be part of the combined Televisa-Univision, and therefore, Gomez will no longer be a part of Televisa’s news operations in Mexico, saying “Univision Noticias and Televisa Noticias are and will continue to be separate operations.”
As part of the news restructuring, the company announced another promotion for María Martinez-Guzmán, who will be upped from SVP to EVP of News, overseeing editorial and production units of Univision Network’s news properties including the flagship newscast “Noticiero Univision”.
Martínez-Guzmán joined Univision Network in 2002 from Univision’s McAllen, TX station KNVO-48 and has held numerous production and editorial positions at the company, including executive producer, VP of News Gathering.
Anchor Jorge Ramos will also assume additional responsibilities as special editorial advisor to Univision CEO Wade Davis.
Univision also announced a series of leadership changes in its entertainment, sports and corporate divisions, which are detailed in a story on Forbes.
He is not stepping down, he was ousted.
Their kind would have never abandoned such posts.
But the darkest era in Univision is gone.
Funny that after Azcarraga bought Lee, Coronell and the whole brigade of Colombians and Spaniards, now is El Tigrillo in person the one giving him the boot.
Rome pays, yes. You know the rest.
We will indeed receive Dr Gomez with our warmest desires, knowing that this post should have gone to sone local veterans.
But this is Televisa territory, we get it.
Colombia, get ready, the dump truck is back South.
Unless, as usual in the industry, Telemundo picks him up.
El Gallego is rumored to retire in December over at the T. So maybe.
There you have it!
Everyone here have seen them both having lunch together, often, not even far from their offices. Then off to “compete” from their respective Newsport-Beacon HQs. So is business as usual papy, it never dissapoints. But is important to highlight that most of the current brass now in Telemundo Network, used to work for Univision Network. People that were let go or did quit due the Colombia and Spain Invasions back in 2010 and followings. Interesting to see what might happen then.
The darkest era is yet to come. Televisa will run Univision as a dictatorship. Things will change, yes. But, it will change into the worst era. Been there, know the game.
But the releases insist that… “both News departments will be totally independent from each other”.
And also, wasn’t this guy, Dr Leopoldo, ousted from Televisa?
How will all that play out at the end ?
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back to square one with mexicans and venezuelans on the driver’s seat. Univision is the kind of enemy that if they go down, the competition also go down and we, in the industry, can’t afford
Bye, bye DANIEL CORONEL. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are waiting for you. Now you can live the life that you proclaim so much
Y abandonar Coral Gables?
Ese es mamerto, no bobo.
Asi que senorita Holden , you better hold those thoughts.
Ese mancito como que huele a Telemundo.
Gringoland is Gringoland.
Alla en Colombia solo lo espera sopa , seco y pico y placa.