Luis Fernández Replaces Beau Ferrari as Telemundo Chairman
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Telemundo has a new leader after its current chairman, Beau Ferrari was made a strategic advisor to the executive who has oversight for both news and Spanish-language programming at parent company NBCUniversal.
Luis Fernandez, who retired from Telemundo in 2021, will return to the large NBCU unit. Meanwhile, Ferrari was named an advisor to Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group.
Telemundo, which maintains operations in news, stations and entertainment, is part of Conde’s portfolio.Ferrari is expected to work on strategic growth opportunities.
Fernández, who will report to Mr. Conde, previously served as President of Noticias Telemundo, the news division of Telemundo. “Throughout his extraordinary career, Luis has time and again shown visionary leadership, building and growing the most successful Spanish language media organizations in the United States and overseas,” Conde said, in a statement. “At this moment in Telemundo’s storied history, we are so fortunate to have someone of Luis’s experience and stature to rejoin our team and excited about what the future holds for Telemundo and its audiences under his leadership.” Ferrari, Conde added, “has led Telemundo during a transformative time.
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