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Phyllis Verdugo Named Senior Vice President of Law Department of Univision Communications Inc.
New York, NY -- Univision Communications Inc, the largest Spanish-language media company in the United States, today announced the promotion of Phyllis Verdugo to Senior Vice-President, in addition to her current Deputy General Counsel position. She will continue to report to Doug Kranwinkle, General Counsel and Executive Vice-President, Univision Communications Inc. and oversee and manage the day-to-day activities and operations of the Legal Department.
Phyllis Verdugo joined Univision in 1997 as Senior Legal Counsel and became Deputy General Counsel in 2000. Prior to her appointment at Univision, Verdugo was in private practice for 18 years representing domestic and international companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and other business transactions.
Phyllis Verdugo graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley and received her J.D from the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California.
“It is a pleasure to work with Phyllis,” commented Doug Kranwinkle. “In managing the Law Department, she has demonstrated extremely strong leadership and managerial skills, while providing excellent and consistent counsel.”
“I am grateful for the opportunities Univision has given me and look forward to continuing my association with this extraordinary company,” said Ms. Verdugo.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 67 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
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