The surprise and swift leadership shakeup comes just days after another big TelevisaUnivision announcement: the departure of longtime news anchor Jorge Ramos.

Televisaunivision is going to have a new boss in the morning. In a move that surprised some and seemed only a matter of time to others, Wade Davis is out as CEO and Daniel Alegre is taking over the Spanish-language media empire on September 19.

The chief executive of TelevisaUnivision, a Mexican-American media company that combines content from two of the largest Spanish-language broadcasters, will be replaced, according to two sources with knowledge of the plan,