News Shorts
Marc Anthony’s Magnus Media has launched Magnus Sports with the signing of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman. The sports firm is a joint venture with baseball agency Praver Shapiro Sports Management and will be run by Magnus’ Michel Vega and Praver Shapiro’s Barry Praver and Scott Shapiro.
ESPN relaunched its Spanish-language websites with a mobile-first focus in the U.S. and Latin America last week featuring local ESPN sites for Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela and ESPNdeportes.com, with Spanish-language content for the U.S.
Christy Kranik was promoted to EVP/GM of LatinWorks following the news of President/CCO Sergio Alcocer’s departure from the agency. Gabriel Garcia will take on the role of Executive Creative Director.
