Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority staketo an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, on Friday reported lower first-quarter earnings despite an 8 percent revenue gain as carriage and licensing fee gains outweighed the early negative hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic on advertising.
The company said it is targeting $125 million in cost reductions as it predicted a bigger ad impact in the current second quarter.