MIAMI, March 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hispanicize Media Group and Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) (OTCQX:SBSAA), (“SBS”), a leading Hispanic media company, and its digital streaming and entertainment service, LaMusica, are partnering with Colombian superstar Juanes for a special advance screening and preview concert for his upcoming visual album ‘Mis Planes Son Amarte’. The film screening, followed by a waterfront live concert presentation, will take place at downtown Miami’s Pérez Art Museum on Monday, April 3, the first day of the eighth annual Hispanicize 2017 Week, taking place April 3-6.

This first look and listen of the story of an astronaut’s journey through space and time in search of eternal love will be accessible to Latino digital creators, journalists, credentialed media and other Hispanicize event attendees who have purchased their Hispanicize 2017 badges at http://bit.ly/Hispz17Register. One lucky attendee will also win an opportunity to travel for a very special “On Mars” photo shoot with Juanes.

“Juanes is going to give an insanely exciting, uplifting performance for our Hispanicize family of digital creators, influencers and brands and, for this, we’re extremely grateful to our partners from SBS’ LaMusica because they worked very hard to make this possible,” said Manny Ruiz, CEO and founder of the Hispanicize Media Group that owns the event.

“Prior to, during the special screening and concert, and all throughout Hispanicize week, we’ll be celebrating Juanes and his groundbreaking visual album. We are honored for the opportunity to introduce Juanes’ latest artistic vision to the hundreds of U.S. Hispanic & multicultural creators that are eager to meet and collaborate with him,” said Katherine Johnson, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder of Hispanicize Event.

“It’s tremendously exciting for LaMusica to be collaborating with Juanes in this uniquely unprecedented way. There are so few true pioneers in music, and this long-awaited audio/visual album launch will mark yet another first for the Latino superstar. LaMusica is proud to join Hispanicize in the global debut of Juanes’ Mis Planes Son Amarte,” said Edgar Pérez, Content Director of LaMusica.

With seven solo albums to his credit and multi-platinum sales of over 17 million copies, Juanes is the world’s leading all-Spanish language rock artist. Frequently recognized as one of the Latin music’s leading social media voices (with an online following of over 20 million fans), Juanes has also made several groundbreaking TV appearances in the United States - such as giving the first Latin Music performance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the first all-Spanish TODAY show plaza concert, and the first Spanish-language GRAMMY performance in ten years. In recent months, Juanes has once again been generating red-hot visibility with high-profile performances at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert and The Kennedy Center Honors, and Mis Planes Son Amarte’s first single “Fuego” – topping charts in 17 countries, to become Juanes’ eleventh #1 career single.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship information is still available by contacting sponsorship@hispanicizeevent.com or calling 203.364.4779.

Presented by Prudential Financial, Hispanicize 2017 Week (www.HispanicizeEvent.com) is sponsored by a growing list of sponsors. As of today, announced sponsors also include: P&G Orgullosa, Crest, Toyota, SBS’ LaMusica, Wells Fargo, Walmart, State Farm, NASCAR, Best Western, Go Rving, KOA, Israel Board of Tourism, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, AARP, CNN, CNN Español, Cooper Tires, The City of Miami, Kelley Blue Book, Princess House, Home Depot, Regions Bank, Pan American Life Insurance, ESPN Deportes, Florida Dairy Farmers, Ole Henriksen, Lansinoh, República, C-Com Group, Synergy Workspaces, FundLatinos.com, APC Collective, BodenPR, Savings.com, Visit Philly, Sensis, ThinkNow Research, SaludMóvil, The Calvert Foundation and Dvdendo.

Additional media partners include: PRWeek, Hispanicize Wire, Mamiverse, LatinaMoms.com, Popful, Hispanic Kitchen, 2BTube, PRODU, El Sentinel, Puerto Rico BloggerCon, Hispanic PR Blog, the Hispanic Public Relations Association, Miami Herald Media, Media Moves, iBlog Magazine, and the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR).

About The Hispanicize Event 
Now in its 8th year, Hispanicize 2017 Week (www.HispanicizeEvent.com) (#Hispz17) is the iconic, largest annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in digital content creation, journalism, marketing, entertainment and tech entrepreneurship.

Hispanicize 2017 is expected to gather more than 3,000 of the nation’s most influential Latino professionals from the industries of digital content creation, journalism, music, marketing, film and business over four days. The event will take place in downtown Miami’s JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, April 3-6, 2017.

The Hispanicize event is a launch pad for creative endeavors, new products, technologies, marketing campaigns, films, books, music and more targeting Latinos in the U.S. and/or Puerto Rico.

The Hispanicize event is owned and operated by Hispanicize Media Group, LLC, the parent company of DiMe Media, Hispanic Kitchen and the Hispanic PR Blog.

The Hispanicize Event can be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Hispanicize, Instagram (@HispanicizeEvent) and Twitter (@Hispanicize).

About Spanish Broadcasting System 
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is a leading Hispanic media company that owns and operates 17 radio stations located in the top U.S. Hispanic markets of New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Puerto Rico, airing the Spanish Tropical, Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Contemporary, Top 40 and Latin Rhythmic format genres. SBS also operates AIRE Radio Networks, a national radio platform which creates, distributes and markets leading Spanish-language radio programming to over 250 affiliated stations reaching 93% of the U.S. Hispanic audience. SBS also owns MegaTV, a television operation with over-the-air, cable and satellite distribution and affiliates throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. SBS also produces live concerts and events and owns multiple bilingual websites, as well as LaMusica, a mobile app providing content related to Latin music, entertainment, news and culture. For more information, visit us online at www.spanishbroadcasting.com.