L.A. Times, Valassis Expand Spanish-Language Shared Mail Program

The Los Angeles Times Media Group and Valassis will expand their insert program, which currently reaches 350,000 households, to 500,000 households effective Feb. 1. The new subscribers will receive a Spanish-language version, “Hoy Fin de Semana.”

The English-language version currently reaches 5 million homes throughout the Los Angeles DMA. The new audience will be made up of southern California Latino households.

Much of the existing recipient base is made up of shopLocal/RedPlum wrap and preprint package-targeted families. Plans call for the revamped program’s delivery date to shift from Friday to Saturday.

Through an agreement with the Los Angelese Newspaper Group’s Daily Breeze, a number of beach city communities, such as Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrace and the Palso Verdes Peninsula, among others, will join the program.