Following TelevisaUnivision CEO Daniel Alegre’s email warning of layoffs, Maity Interiano, co-anchor of Univision network’s late evening newscast, bid her viewers farewell.
Interiano, who spent 17 years with Univision, shared on-camera how she started as an intern and landed her first job and built her entire broadcast career with the company.
In a brief video that she shared on social media, she expressed her gratitude to Univision and said she would announce what she would do next at a future time.
She wasn’t the only one. Other network talent were impacted by the cuts. Among them: “Despierta América” chef Jesús Díaz, known as Chef Yisus, and “Primer Impacto” correspondent Roger Borges.
As the day wore on, news of layoffs from around the country trickled in – from local talent to news managers.
From the Univision D.C. station, news director Juan Carlos Pinzón and weather anchor Daniel Rivera were let go. Rivera also did weather for Univision Philadelphia. At Univision 23 in Miami, local reporter Carolina Peguero was one of the cuts.
On Monday, TelevisaUnivision shut down Univision’s longtime Mexico City bureau, eliminating all the positions. Univision’s KDTV-14 station news director Juan Carlos Gutiérrez got his pink slip. Sacramento station ND Vladimir Araya will be overseeing the San Francisco Bay Area newsroom for the time being.
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*12/5/24 Update: Rivera issued a statement on social media regarding his departure from Univision, also thanking the company and stating he would soon share news about future projects on his digital platforms.