Rafael Urbina Quintero, CEO and Chairman of Vix, discusses the company's global audience, which focuses on Hispanic and Latin American communities across the world.
Urbina-Quintero discusses how the platform has changed since its 1999 founding, now focused on reaching audiences through video and mobile. We discuss how that platform seeks to bring audiences information of the moment, but does not claim to be a news site like Buzzfeed or NBC.
Instead, the focus is on engaging millennials through various lifestyle brands that generate cross-platform engagement.
Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall's board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians. He apologized within hours.
Three British news organizations reported Saturday that comedian and social influencer Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse based on allegations from four women who knew him over a seven-year period at the height of his fame.
