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Bloomberg, El Financiero launch Spanish-language service

El Financiero, a subsidiary of Grupo Multimedia Lauman, and Bloomberg L.P. launched Wednesday a multi-platform Spanish-language business news service.

The news service, which will operate in Mexico and Central America, whill provide local business and financial news plus global market coverage. The content will appear on what will be the only Spanish-language, business news television channel in Mexico and Central America as well as across digital platforms and in print.

“Mexico and Central America are important territories, and this partnership will help Mexican companies further connect with the global market,” said Andrew Lack, chairman for Bloomberg’s Media Group, in a statement. “Together, we will offer business and financial professionals market-moving insights on global and regional developments and stories that really matter. We are delighted to partner with El Financiero on this new venture.”

The partnership consists of the following elements:

El Financiero-Bloomberg (TV): This is the only Spanish-language, business news channel and the first high definition business news channel to be broadcast in Mexico and in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

Starting with four hours of local original programming in Spanish, the channel will feature leading journalists in Mexico such as Enrique Quintana, Carlos Mota, Alejandro Cacho and Leonardo Kourchenko. To be carried nationally through pay-TV systems, it will also offer Bloomberg TV’s global financial and economic news content in English.

El Financiero (print): With a completely renovated design, the printed version of El Financiero is expanding its news coverage to include more in-depth analysis of current topics in business In addition, it will feature Bloomberg News content in the section titled “Mercados” where readers will find the most  important financial indicators such as ETF’s, commodities, FX and REITs, among others.

El Financiero (digital): Developed on a responsive design platform with the latest programming technology in HTML, users can customize content and build a finance section to include specific currencies and financial calculators . The digital version provides a mulitimedia experience with  exclusive content, indexed videos, photo galleries and links to external sites.

El Financiero (mobile apps): El Financiero mobile apps will allow readers to stay well informed  via their mobile devices. Through the new IOS and Android Apps, users will get  breaking news and information in ways specifically designed for touchscreens. They will be able to browse information in a flexible way and access a variety of multimedia content including photos, videos and infographics.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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