Telemundo wants Loret de Mola to revamp its news division

Spanish-language network Telemundo, owned by NBC-Universal, will make an offer to journalist Carlos Loret de Mola, recently ousted from Mexican TV giant Televisa, to be the central figure of its news division for next year's elections, where the Latino vote will be crucial.

If the deal comes through, Loret would join the main competitor of Univision, the other Spanish-language network that is currently looking for a new owner after a series of bad management decisions. Televisa owns an important share of Univision.

Telemundo is ahead of Univision in sports and entertainment programming but the network has never managed to get a news anchor with the prestige of Mexican-American Jorge Ramos, who is one of the most important personalities in Latino media and who has emerged as a firm opponent of the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Donald Trump.

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Telemundo entered the Trump era with a strong hostility towards the President, who called the network "Fake News". However, an article in the Philadelphia Enquirer revealed months ago the shared interests between the White House and Comcast from an influential case in the Supreme Court.

Beyond the financial offer, Loret would have related to some close friends his interest in settling in the U.S. for personal reasons.

Loret has just been fired from Televisa, a decision of executive VP Bernardo Gómez, who wanted to prevent a fallout with the AMLO administration caused by the journalist's against the government. The media conglomerate has numerous business interests with the current administration that are crucial for its survival.