LATINO 'SUBNATION':

Hispanic and immigration activists are criticizing media mogul Mortimer Zuckerman for a column he authored that they viewed as anti-Hispanic and anti-immigrant.

The piece ran in two publications he owns, the New York Daily News on Sept 22 and U.S. News and World Report on Sept. 23.

"Today Latino immigrants live in a sub- nation with their own radio and TV stations, newspapers, films and magazines, stunting assimilation and diminishing economic opportunity," he wrote. This, he said, is having a negative effect on U.S. society.

New York's El diario/La Prensa ran his column in Spanish, accompanied by critical comments from Latino leaders, last week.

Zuckerman wrote that immigration law passed in the '60s discriminated against "traditional immigrants from northern and western Europe in favor of Third World immigrants."

With European newcomers, assimilation was swift, he said. "The immigrants...took to English more rapidly. There was no linguistic minority to dominate any large city the way Spanish speakers now dominate Miami and Los Angeles."

National Council of La Raza Vice President Cecilia Mu€oz told Weekly Report that Zuckerman should get his facts right and the discussion should not turn into an ethnic argument.

ENRIQUE'S JOURNEY:

In six episodes running from Sept. 29-Oct. 7, The Los Angeles Times is publishing a 30,000-word series, "Enrique's Journey," tracing a Honduran boy's 120-day odyssey to join his mother in the United States.

Staff writer Sonia Nazario estimates that 48,000 such Central American children enter the United States annually.

A multimedia package will be available with the series at www.latimes.com/enrique.

LATINO TV:

Broadcasting and Cable's September cover story examines the growth of U.S. Spanish-language television. It includes stories on NBC's purchase of Telemundo, the dominance of Univisi¢n in the ratings and the desirable 18-34 demographic that makes up a large portion of the Hispanic viewing audience.

Visit the magazine's web site at www.broadcastingandcable.com or 1-800-554-5729 to obtain a copy.