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Univision Names Mike Reid, SVP, Director of National Sales
New York, NY -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN), the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, announced today that Mike Reid has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, Director of National Sales effective immediately. He will continue to report to Charlie Stuart, Executive Vice-President and Director of Sales, Univision & TeleFutura Television Groups. Mike will oversee 10 nationwide Spot Sales offices, which represent 100 Television stations in 55 markets, as well as the National Research and Marketing Group. He will be based in New York.
“Mike has a proven track record in sales, sales leadership and sales management,” said Charlie Stuart. “His valuable experience will continue to serve as an asset to our clients and agencies and his media relationships and leadership skills will serve our Spot division, as well as our Stations.”
“I am grateful for this opportunity and am excited to assume the new responsibilities offered to me,” said Reid. “I look forward to moving to New York and working alongside the talented teams both at Univision and TeleFutura.”
Mike Reid joined Univision in 1992 as a Local Account Executive at KUVN-Univision Dallas. Two years later, he moved on to National Spot Sales as an Account Executive based in Dallas and went on to manage the Univision Detroit office for another two years. Mike returned to Dallas as Vice-President and Team Manager, a position he held for 6 years. He was then promoted to Senior Vice-President, National Sales, Central Region in Dallas until this most recent appointment.
Mike is a graduate of the University of North Texas and is married with three children.
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 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 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, La Calle 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 19.8% 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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