Isaac Lee Moves Up at Univision Communications

NEW YORK: Univision Communications, Inc. (UCI) has promoted Isaac Lee to chief news and digital officer, a newly created position.

Lee will be adding duties for multicultural and music, while maintaining oversight of the news and digital divisions. He is charged with supervising all digital functions across the company, building on the strength of its online, mobile, digital, content and music assets to develop an integrated digital strategy. He will oversee key areas of UCI's growth strategy, including its comprehensive multicultural strategy, which includes FUSION, El Rey, Flama and The Root. Lee will also develop an integrated music strategy that will include the company's tentpole music events and alignment with its radio programming team. He will additionally maintain his responsibility for Univision News.

Lee will continue to work under Randy Falco, the president and CEO of UCI, and remains CEO of FUSION. He first joined UCI in 2010 and most recently served as president of news and digital and CEO of FUSION.

"Isaac's promotion to this newly created position to lead key areas of our growth strategy is a testament to his visionary leadership and tremendous success and underscores how UCI is constantly evolving to meet and exceed the demands of our community, especially digitally-connected Millennials," remarked Falco. "Just as Isaac leveraged his creativity and drive to expand Univision News' position as the go-to source for the stories that matter most to our young, rapidly growing audience, and attracting and retaining strong talent, we are confident that he is the right person to build the reach and influence of our multicultural assets and lead our efforts to develop an integrated music strategy."

"I am honored to have the opportunity to expand my role at UCI as we work to build upon our news, digital, multicultural and music offerings—key growth areas for the company—in new and innovative ways," added Lee. "From politics to pop culture, we will ensure that we have the best content—in English and Spanish, across traditional and digital platforms—that will keep UCI at the forefront of Hispanic America and meet the needs of an even more diverse, multicultural community."