Jon Lafayette
Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.
Latest articles by Jon Lafayette
Netflix Says It Closed Upfront With 150% Increase in Sales
By Jon Lafayette published
Season 3 of ‘Bridgerton’ draws sponsors including L’Oreal, Pure Leaf, Amazon Audible, Puig, Booking.com, Stella Artois, Hilton
tvScientific Gets Patent for CTV Outcome Optimization
By Jon Lafayette published
Artificial intelligence shifts spending to most productive media
Edgar Bronfman Makes $4.3 Billion Bid For Paramount
By Jon Lafayette published
Shari Redstone’s National Amusements gets $2.4 billion
Paris Olympics Boost TV Viewing In July, Nielsen Says
By Jon Lafayette published
Led by Peacock, streaming’s share grows to 41.4%
GSTV Brings Student Road Safety Films to Gas Pumps
By Jon Lafayette published
Winners of high-school competition to be featured
Joseph Holloway Joins WOI Des Moines as ‘Good Morning Iowa’ Anchor and EP
By Jon Lafayette published
Previous stop was Tulsa, Okla.
CBS News Sees Third Hour of ‘CBS Mornings’ Arriving in September
By Jon Lafayette published
Anne-Marie Green named full-time correspondent for ‘48 Hours’
Warner Bros. Discovery Cable Nets Chief Kathleen Finch Is Leaving
By Jon Lafayette published
Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. TV group CEO, to run U.S. networks
Nexstar Fraudulently Collected $10.5 Million in Fees from DirecTV, Appeals Court Rules
By Jon Lafayette published
Broadcaster concealed loss of NBC affiliation at WHAG
TelevisaUnivision To Air MLB Games Starting This Season
By Jon Lafayette published
Deal includes Game 1 of World Series
Pluto TV Adds Local News From Fox Stations
By Jon Lafayette published
Streamers will get reports from battleground states leading up to the presidential election
NBC Eyes 3-Pointer by Airing Pilot of Peacock’s ‘Mr. Throwback’ with Steph Curry
By Jon Lafayette published
Show got golden bounce during Olympics
Nielsen Set To Add Big Data to Local Ratings in All Markets Starting in January
By Jon Lafayette published
Panel-only data will be available solely for research and analysis
ESPN Makes Deal with Genius Sport To Add Data to Hoops Telecasts
By Jon Lafayette published
Data helps break down team and player performance
Cineverse Posts $3.2 Million Loss in Fiscal First Quarter
By Jon Lafayette published
Revenues fall 30%
Consumers Put Trust in Family-Friendly Streamers, Says Future Today Report
By Jon Lafayette published
Co-viewing boosts discussion of brands
Viewers Still Watch Linear TV and Addressable Ads Help Marketers Reach Them, Go Addressable Study Asserts
By Jon Lafayette published
AMC Networks joins trade group
CBS News’ ‘48 Hours’ Gets 24-Hour Free Streaming Channel
By Jon Lafayette published
Nearly 600 episodes are available
Infillion Launches IDVx Interactive Video-Ad Capabilities
By Jon Lafayette published
Beta test achieved 6% lift in product consideration
Two New Netflix Shows Top TVision Power Score Rankings
By Jon Lafayette published
Amazon Prime Video’s animated 'Batman' opens as No. 4
Scripps Names Jeff Mulligan Station Manager at KSHB Kansas City
By Jon Lafayette published
Returns to station after stint at WSIL
Paramount Begins First Wave of Employee Layoffs
By Jon Lafayette published
15% staff cutback expected to be 90% done by the end of September
NBCU Says Olympics Delivered 36.6 Million Viewers in Primetime
By Jon Lafayette published
Peacock streams 23.5 billion minutes, up 40%
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