Latcom-Worldcom OOH, the global out of home advertising specialist company, has appointed Hernán Estrada as global general manager. Estrada will lead the organization towards consolidation and expansion in key international markets. With more than 25 years of experience, Estrada has held strategic positions in advertising, media and entertainment companies. During his time at The Walt Disney Company, he led complex organizational transformations and managed large-scale integrations, such as the Disney-Fox merger in Europe and Latin America. In his roles based in markets such as the United States, England and Brazil, he was able to achieve significant impact on income, leadership and competitiveness, with great capacity to adapt to different cultural and market contexts. Estrada holds a Bachelor ‘s degree in Advertising from Universidad del Salvador and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the Escuela Argentina de Negocios. He also earned an MBA from the University of Miami (USA) and is known for his ability to lead multicultural teams….
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.
Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group's most enduring song, "Puff the Magic Dragon," died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said. Yarrow had bladder cancer for the past four years.
"Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last chapter of his magnificent life. The world knows Peter Yarrow the iconic folk activist, but the human being behind the legend is every bit as generous, creative, passionate, playful, and wise as his lyrics suggest," his daughter Bethany said in a statement.
During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 albums and won five Grammys.
They also brought early exposure to Bob Dylan by turning two of his songs, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "Blowin' in the Wind," into Billboard Top 10 hits as they helped lead an American renaissance in folk music. They performed "Blowin' in the Wind" at the 1963 March on Washington at which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
After an eight-year hiatus to pursue solo careers, the trio reunited in 1978 for a "Survival Sunday," an anti-nuclear-power concert that Yarrow had organized in Los Angeles. They would remain together until Travers' death in 2009. Upon her passing, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform both separately and together.
Born May 31, 1938, in New York, Yarrow was raised in an upper middle class family he said placed high value on art and... Read More