Fax about Cuba trip prompts MTV Latino to fire staffer.

Multichannel News, June, 1994 by Stilson, Janet

Apparently reacting to a complaint from a right-wing Cuban exile organization, MTV Latino fired an employee last week. While MTV's official version and that of the ex-employee are sharply different, both agree on one thing: Maria Romeu used an MTV Latino fax machine to transmit promotional information about a tour package to Cuba that had nothing to do with the network.

Romeu, who said she received verbal congratulations on a promotion to marketing coordinator from two senior MTV Latino officials less than a week before she was fired, contends that she had faxed the promotion for a friend. "It wasn't a business venture," she said. "This woman was fired because she was using MTV Latino offices and property for her personal gain. To suggest that this has...

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