{"id":55005,"date":"2017-06-30T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-hola-media-group-announces-the-appointment-of-james-costos-former-u-s-ambassador-to-spain-and-andorra-as-senior-u-s-advisor\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T23:34:02","slug":"hola-media-group-anuncia-el-nombramiento-de-james-costos-ex-embajador-de-estados-unidos-en-espana-y-andorra-como-consejero-senior-de-la-compania-en-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/hola-media-group-anuncia-el-nombramiento-de-james-costos-ex-embajador-de-estados-unidos-en-espana-y-andorra-como-consejero-senior-de-la-compania-en-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"Hola Media Group Announces the Appointment of James Costos, Former U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, as Senior U.S. Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prntblns{\nBORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 30, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<i>Hola Media Group<\/i>, the Spanish international media company which largely targets the Hispanic market, and specializes in celebrity, lifestyle and entertainment news, announces today the appointment of Ambassador <span class=\"xn-person\">James Costos<\/span> as Senior U.S. Advisor, while the company continues its expansion into the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Costos will oversee growth in the U.S. for the company&#8217;s TV channel, print editions, and digital products, helping to build its networks within the entertainment industry while facilitating strategic partnerships with U.S. enterprises. Costos, who completed his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Andorra<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 2017<\/span>, previously worked at HBO TWX, and TOD&#8217;S S.p.A., where he focused on global positioning, external relations, marketing, and communications.<\/p>\n<p>The group,\u00a0with a global yearly circulation exceeding 50 million copies per year, unveiled a U.S. print edition, <i>HOLA! <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span>,<\/i> in <span class=\"xn-chron\">August 2016<\/span>, with a growing subscriber base that has already reached 400,000 in less than one year through its American arm <i>Hello &amp; Hola Media, Inc<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>HOLA! <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span> <\/i>also produces a U.S. version of its website &#8220;hola.com&#8221;, with 1.6 million unique visitors according to ComScore. <i>\u00a1HOLA! <\/i>launched a <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>-based TV channel in 2013, which reaches 18 million Latin Americans, and 1.5 million U.S. households.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine is also published in print either under Hola or Hello title in <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Argentina<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Venezuela<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">United Kingdom<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Russia<\/span> and up to 30 different countries, with digital editions in many of them.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Social Media<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Twitter @hola @holausa @holatv @jamescostos<br \/>Instagram @holacom @usahola @hola_tv<br \/>Facebook @revistaHolaUSA\u00a0 @revistahola<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About <i>\u00a1HOLA!<\/i><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>An iconic brand associated with glamour and sophistication since 1944, \u00a1HOLA! magazine has served as a global reference point, publishing the best and most exclusive content, and photography, about celebrities, cultural leaders, and royalty. Its parent company has won numerous international awards honoring the company&#8217;s aesthetic, editorial accuracy and quality reportage. Based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, Hola Media Group, is a content giant publishing over 30 international editions, from the U.K. to\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-location\">Thailand<\/span>, in 9 different languages, with a reach exceeding 25 million readers per month, and 50 million copies per year.\u00a0Its 8 websites attract 20 million+ unique visitors monthly, and its broadcast channel reaches over 19\u00a0million households in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About\u00a0James Costos<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador <span class=\"xn-person\">James Costos<\/span>, an American diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span> and the Principality of <span class=\"xn-location\">Andorra<\/span>, was confirmed by <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> Senate in 2013 and served under President Obama until <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 2017<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Costos was a corporate leader and executive in the international retail and entertainment industries, most notably at HBO TWX and TOD&#8217;S S.p.A.<\/p>\n<p>He earned a degree in political science from the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Massachusetts<\/span> in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Costos currently serves on the board of directors of PJT PARTNERS, an advisory-focused investment bank based in NYC, and is a senior advisor at INCUS CAPITAL, a <span class=\"xn-location\">Madrid<\/span>-based, Pan-European credit fund. Costos was recently named chairman of the newly-established Global Senior Fellows Initiative at IE University Madrid, ranked among the top 3 business schools in <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Costos resides in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New York City<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Madrid<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable5a8b\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">CONTACT:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Fabiola Tavara\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Fabiola.Tavara@hola.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fabiola.Tavara@hola.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">212-807-4795<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Hola Media Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 30, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<i>Hola Media Group<\/i>, the Spanish international media company which largely targets the Hispanic market, and specializes in celebrity, lifestyle and entertainment news, announces today the appointment of Ambassador <span class=\"xn-person\">James Costos<\/span> as Senior U.S. Advisor, while the company continues its expansion into the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Costos will oversee growth in the U.S. for the company&#8217;s TV channel, print&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arte-y-cultura"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}