Red Hot Fox Sports en Espanol Forges Ahead with Multiplatform Sales Strategy.Ups Lisa Weinstein-Scholtes and Paul Laureano to Newly Created Integrated Sales Posts LOS ANGELES -- Determined to capture an even greater share of Hispanic advertising dollars in 2007 and energized by advertisers' increasing interest in engaging consumers across the network's multiple digital content delivery platforms, Fox Sports en EspaSol today announced the promotions of Lisa Weinstein-Scholtes and Paul Laureano to director and manager of integrated sales and marketing, respectively. Both Weinstein-Scholtes and Laureano will continue to report to Tom Maney, senior vice president of advertising sales. In addition to helping Fox Sports en EspaSol further expand its roster of male-centric advertisers in red hot sectors including technology, wireless, broadband, consumer electronics, and entertainment, Weinstein-Scholtes and Laureano will be responsible for fulfilling several integrated sales deals recently inked by the fast-growing and leading Spanish-language cable sports network. Among the new partnerships are El Reto Final Nissan 2, a branded entertainment initiative which includes television, online, and grassroots elements; Sprint/Nextel's "Jorge's Picks" across television, online and wireless platforms, which enables consumers to compete against Jorge Ramos to see who picks the right winners for InterLiga[TM] and Copa Toyota Libertadores matches; and a fantasy league tied to the Copa Toyota Libertadores for AT&T Broadband. "Lisa and Paul have played an integral role in our continued growth over the past five years and possess the perfect combination of creativity, market knowledge and expertise to help us forge ahead in this new era of digital content distribution and multiplatform consumer engagement," said Maney. "By harnessing the global power of the Fox Sports en EspaSol brand and the resources of the News Corp. family of companies, we've realigned our sales operations and the way we do business to deliver to our advertisers a unique integrated sales offering that enables them to reach the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. 18-49 Hispanic male demographic whenever, wherever, while creating opportunities to connect consumers and brands like never before." Weinstein-Scholtes, a four-year veteran of the market-leading Spanish-language sports cable network, was most recently manager of advertising sales for the Eastern region. In her new role, she will be responsible for developing national integrated sales opportunities across Fox Sports en EspaSol's multiple digital content platforms including television, online, wireless, the Fox Sports en EspaSol magazine, and video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ). Laureano, a sales and marketing professional for the past five years at Fox Sports en EspaSol, will now work closely with Weinstein-Scholtes and the advertising sales team on the conceptualization, creation and execution of integrated sales initiatives for clients across the country. The announcement comes on the heels of the network's recent partnership with MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , whereby the newly created www.foxsportsla.msn.com has become the primary Spanish-language sports content destination on the MSN network. About Fox Sports en EspaSol Fox Sports en EspaSol features more than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLiga(TM), the Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Copa de Campeones, and the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. playoffs, All-Star Game and World Series; the Caribbean World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship This article covers the organization itself. For the inaugural event which went by the same name, see UFC 1. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. and kickboxing. The channel reaches 9 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which 4.5 million are U.S. Hispanic households. Fox Sports en EspaSol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ) Fox Sports International Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation. . For more information, visit Fox Sports en EspaSol online at foxsportsla.msn.com. |
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