Ad Sales Chief Lawenda Leaving Univision

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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David Lawenda is leaving Univision after five years as the
Spanish-language media giant's head of ad sales.

In an internal memo, Univision president and CEO Randy Falco
said that Lawenda "informed me that he will be leaving the company during
the week of Labor Day. After five years at Univision, David decided a few
months ago that it was time to look at the next phase of his career."

Falco said in the memo that Lawenda agreed to leave after
the upfront, and to give Univision time to plan a transition and give a new
leader time to complete the year and kick off the next upfront sales period.

"David will be sorely missed. As you know, he has been
a great asset to the company and helped position Hispanic media to a leave
playing field with our English-language competitors and helped elevate the
Univision brand," Falco said in the memo.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.