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
New Season of ‘Cobra Kai’ Takes Top Spot in TVision Power Score Rankings
By Jon Lafayette published
Netflix posts seven shows in Top 20
WNBA All-Star Game on ABC Draws 3.4 Million Viewers, Up 305%
By Jon Lafayette published
League’s ratings continue climbing this season with Caitlin Clark
Hill’s Returns As Sponsor of NBCU Local’s Clear the Shelters
By Jon Lafayette published
Campaign has helped more than 1 million pets find new homes
KMBC Kansas City To Launch Local Weekly Sports Show
By Jon Lafayette published
Taylor Kauffman returns to station as reporter/anchor
Comcast’s Mike Cavanagh Expects NBA Deal To Score With Advertising, Subscription Revenue
By Jon Lafayette published
Executive sees NBA’s young, diverse audience boosting NBCUniversal entertainment programming
Future Today Picks iSpot to Measure Streaming Ad Campaigns
By Jon Lafayette published
Early data shows delivery of incremental reach and impressions
Netflix Hops Over Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery in Nielsen’s June Rankings
By Jon Lafayette published
Disney holds onto top spot
Comcast Earnings Dip Despite Trimming Losses at Peacock
By Jon Lafayette published
Company loses 419,000 video customers, 120,000 broadband subscribers
TelevisaUnivision Turns a $14 Million Profit in Q2
By Jon Lafayette published
U.S. advertising revenue up 2%
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Matched NBA Rights Offer
By Jon Lafayette published
‘We look forward to the NBA executing our new contract,’ company says
Nexstar Names New GMs in Huntsville, Lubbock
By Jon Lafayette published
Oliva Pennington, Britt Milstead promoted
NBCUniversal Looks To Ride Olympic Wave to Gold
By Jon Lafayette published
Final promotional push for Paris Summer Games starts this week on ‘Today,’ ‘Tonight Show’
Networks Break in To Report President Biden’s Decision To Drop Out of Race
By Jon Lafayette published
Cable news plans continuing coverage
Altice USA’s Optimum Signs New Distribution Deal With Gray Media
By Jon Lafayette published
Agreement covers NBA and WNBA games in Phoenix market
FETV To Add Classic ‘Dragnet’ to Lineup Starting Aug. 19
By Jon Lafayette published
Watch-and-win contest promotes police series
NBCU Claims Growth in Upfront Advertising Sales
By Jon Lafayette published
Sports, Peacock are strong spots
Samsung TV Plus Adds Bravo Reality TV Show Channels
By Jon Lafayette published
‘Real Housewives,’ Keeping Up with the Kardashians,’ Bravo TV Vault join lineup
Another Senior Executive Leaves as Netflix Says Ad Business Won’t Be a ‘Primary Revenue Driver’ in 2025
By Jon Lafayette published
VP of global advertising sales Peter Naylor departs
Comcast NBCU Will Provide Free Olympics Stream for Military Community
By Jon Lafayette published
Active service members and honorably discharged veterans are eligible
Google Signs Up With NBCU as Search Sponsor for U.S. Olympic Team
By Jon Lafayette published
Leslie Jones to use Gemini AI during Olympics coverage
Insurer Progressive Had Most National and Local Ad Impressions, AdImpact Reports
By Jon Lafayette published
New platform measures broadcast, cable and CTV delivery across all markets
Total TV Ad Impressions Down 3.73% in First Half: iSpot Report
By Jon Lafayette published
Broadcast networks saw gains in primetime
Brian Lesser Returns To GroupM as Global CEO
By Jon Lafayette published
Executive had headed AT&T’s Xandr, InfoSum
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