Media

Sometimes when it comes to social media and the constant perceived pressure by brands to go “viral,” the end result can be perplexing, and you can have your fans just shaking their heads. Take, for example, the Facebook page of Bud Light Phoenix. Now we won’t get into the local history of the Hensley Company, […]

THIS JUST IN FROM OUR FRIENDS AT MAMIVERSE Mamiverse is thrilled to announce an upcoming Twitter-Talk with Emmy award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos. Currently the anchor of Noticiero Univision, Ramos joins Mamiverse, along with partners Latino Rebels and iHispano, to talk about the new edition of his book, A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto. In it, Ramos addresses the urgent […]

Seis del Sur is a photography exhibit running through March 8th, 2013 at the Bronx Documentary Center. The Bronx of the 1970s through the early 1990s comes back to life in this rare and emotional exhibit that showcases the work of six talented Puerto Rican photographers who were working side-by-side (often not even knowing so) […]

UPDATE, 8:15 PM EST, January 14, 2013: The petition continues to go viral, just hours after Change.org sent an email to people. La Noticia ha dado la vuelta al mundo! Llevamos 49,000 firmas en Change.org @change_mex @lomashill twitter.com/Ceci_HR/status… — Cecilia Hernández (@Ceci_HR) January 15, 2013 @hmilkfoundation We now have over 25K signatures from Mex and […]

Originally published at JulioRVarela.com Of all the emails and messages I have received regarding the cancellation of WAPA-TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show in Puerto Rico, the following note at the end of this post by my cousin Omar Pereira basically sums up for me why I always thought that the Boicot a La Comay movement was a […]

Latinos are still waiting to have their stories told and be able to see themselves authentically portrayed. The verifiable truth is this: there is NO diversity from ownership to lack of appearances and positive images in mass media. The idea that MTV’s “Washington Heights” does anything to level the playing field is an illusion. The […]

Well, this whole “Argo” thing just got interesting. Ever since we wrote about Ben Affleck going “Latino” in October, and after getting a surprising endorsement by CNN’s Ruben Navarrette this week, the real Tony Mendez, whom Affleck plays in the Oscar-nominated film “Argo,” gave an exclusive interview with NBC Latino, and basically said that he […]

Reacting to the fallout surrounding his puppet co-host’s resignation from WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo,” Héctor Travieso decided to break his silence and provide his account of the events in Puerto Rico that led to sudden end of the island’s top-rated show. According to a report in El Nuevo Día, Travieso claims that Kobbo Santarrosa, the actor […]

Ok, MTV, we give you a B for concept, but an F for execution. The idea of a reality show based in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan sounded great on paper. It really did. And quite frankly, last night’s premiere had some moments, but here is why we thought the show was just another […]

In light of recent developments surrounding the departure of Kobbo Santarrosa from WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show, WAPA released the following statement in Spanish around 6:10 pm EST, with a revision at 6:31 pm EST: SAN JUAN, PR – Kobbo Santarrosa renunció a SuperXclusivo. A pesar de haber llegado a un acuerdo satisfactorio entre las partes […]

This just in from El Nuevo Día in Puerto Rico. Apparently WAPA TV will not comment yet about the resignation of Kobbo Santarrosa, the creator of “La Comay” and co-host of the “SuperXclusivo” show. Migdaliz Ortiz, who is head of WAPA’s public relations team, sent END a text in Spanish saying that they will let […]

Just hours after Kobbo Santarrosa, creator of the controversial “La Comay” puppet character of WAPA-TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show, resigned from WAPA, Metro PR is now reporting that Santarrosa is in negotiations to return to the air with Mega TV, a Miami-based network owned by the Spanish Broadcasting System. According to Metro, this return would occur in […]

This morning Puerto Rico’s Noticel reported that TV personality Kobbo Santarrosa, the creator of the controversial “La Comay” puppet host of WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show, has confirmed that he indeed did resign from WAPA because he felt that he was being censored. The reason? According to Noticel, Santarrosa said that WAPA management was censoring him […]

UPDATE, January 9, 2013, 8:35 AM EST: Santarrosa has confirmed that he resigned from WAPA. The network has yet to comment. After El Nuevo Día reported that actor/producer Kobbo Santarrosa, the man behind the controversial “SuperXclusivo” show and the face behind the “La Comay” puppet persona, walked out of WAPA TV in response to revisions […]

We got this one from the very cool Chica and the City blog. The blog published the following post, “Casting Call For ‘Hot Blooded’ Latina Moms Makes My Blood Boil.” So we did a little digging. Here is the scoop. RealityWanted.com published the following casting call for DaM Legacy Entertainment (by the way, if you […]

This afternoon, we received a statement from WAPA in response to our requests for comments about how a staffer for the “SuperXclusivo” show was caught sharing disparaging homophobic conspiracy theories against the Boicot La Comay movement. We submitted questions for WAPA about the public social media posts of “SuperXclusivo” staffer Dagmarie Berrios, who publicly mocked […]

ENGLISH VERSION HERE 4:45 EST, 7 de enero: WAPA nos respondió. Antes de las navidades, WAPA se apresuró a condenar correos electrónicos homofóbicos enviados por un empleado, respondiendo a los comentarios de un individuo. Los mensajes oficiales afirmaban que un group de partidarios de Boicot a La Comay, estaba “MUY INFLUENCIADO POR PERSONAS DEL MUNDO […]

VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ 4:45 EST, January 7: WAPA responded to us. On December 19, Puerto Rico’s WAPA-TV, which broadcasts the controversial “SuperXclusivo” show in Puerto Rico and the United States, was quick to condemn homophobic emails sent out by a show employee in response to a reader question. Those official “SuperXclusivo” emails claimed that […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications via radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. Their job is to promote competition, innovation and investment by identifying and eliminating market entry barriers for entrepreneurs including minority- and women-owned businesses, but the FCC is about to be even more lax with its media ownership rules. […]

2012 was certainly a turning point for the Latino Rebels. The year began with a little bit of luck, which led to spectacular growth, a highly engaged social media community, and 50+ Rebelde stories being picked up by global and national media outlets. Yesterday our founder @julito77 had a chance to talk about the history […]

It was bound to happen, as social media in Latin America continues to explode, chances are that we will begin to see more Spanish-language content going viral. Such is the case of El Pichy Films’ “Peter La Anguila (Peter the Eel)” video, which has struck the jackpot the last few months. Our friends at VOXXI […]