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TelevisaUnivision CEO Wade Davis Out As Ex-Activision Blizzard Boss Daniel Alegre Takes Over ASAP
Televisaunivision is going to have a new boss in the morning. In a move that surprised some and seemed only a matter of time to others, Wade Davis is out as CEO and Daniel Alegre is taking over the Spanish-language media empire on September 19. The unveiling of the ex-Activision Blizzard president and COO as […]
The unveiling of the ex- Activision Blizzard president and COO as the new top dog at the company Davis created out of the 2022 merger of Univision and Mexico’s Grupo Televisa came late Wednesday mere hours after a New York Times article that the former Viacom CFO was in his last days running Televisaunivision. “Thanks to the efforts of our exceptional team, TelevisaUnivision has consistently delivered above-market revenue growth, outperformed the U.S. and Mexican advertising markets and launched and have grown our direct-to-consumer business, ViX, to become the largest dedicated Spanish-language streaming service in the world,” Davis added. Having expressed his displeasure with some of the editorial choices the company made in interviewing Donald Trump and other moves, the ambitious and now CAA-repped Ramos upcoming departure of the Univision newsman had more to do with money and a new contract, not office politics.
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