Fox News to launch Latino website

Fox News is to launch a website aimed at the growing Latino audience in the United States. In 2008, the Latino community accounted for 15.4% of the total US population - up from 12.5% in 2000 - and has risen since.

"About a third of the country is going to be of Latino heritage by 2050 and we thought it was time to launch a site with more of a focus," said Michael Clemente, a Fox News executive.

The new website, due to be launched in the autumn, will feature videos and other content in both Spanish and English with reports from south and central America and the West Indies as well as the US itself.

Clemente believes there is little risk that a Latino audience would shun the website because of the cable TV network's conservative pundits, whose views on immigration often run counter to those of Latinos.

He said: "We will do what we always do on the news side which is to be very fair and balanced on all sides of the issue in our reporting."

Fox News is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Source: Reuters

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