Hispanics Changing the Landscape of News

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 3, 2008 -- The Univision Television Group announced today that two of its stations' newscasts have taken the top two spots across all people meter markets in the entire country, regardless of language, demonstrating increasing influence and civic engagement of Hispanics. According to the latest June sweep measuring all people meter markets, KMEX, Univision 34 in LA and WXTV, Univision 41 in NY have the #1 and #2 highest-rated early evening newscasts among total Adults 18-49, marking a pivotal moment in the world of broadcast news viewership. Recent reports highlight the impact Hispanics are having across the U.S., from population growth, political engagement and economic power. In May 2008 the U.S. Census released new data that shows the nation's Hispanic population increased by 1.4 million to reach... [read full story]