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
ESPN, Amazon Prime Video Reportedly Close To New Deals With the NBA
By Jon Lafayette published
Current rightsholder Warner Bros. Discovery faces challenge from ComcastNBCUniversal
FETV Wants Upfront Buyers Seeking Cable Viewers To Join Its Family
By Jon Lafayette published
Network adding ‘My Three Sons,’ 'Dragnet,' and a streaming version of Family Movie Classics is in the works
Brian Roberts’s Pay Rose To $35 Million at Comcast
By Jon Lafayette published
President Mike Cavanagh got $29.6 million
CBS Sports Kicks Off FAST Channel for UEFA Champions League on Pluto TV
By Jon Lafayette published
Channel will feature match highlights, soccer legends
Charter Reports Higher Q1 Profits Despite Broadband, Video Losses
By Jon Lafayette published
Cord-cutting results in 392,000 fewer pay TV customers
Fuse Urging Young Viewers To Vote With Blunt Campaign
By Jon Lafayette published
PSAs take viewers to NextGen America website
Warner Bros. Discovery Launches Olli First-Party Data Platform
By Jon Lafayette published
Initial users are IPG Mediabrands, OMG, RPA, Wayfair
Kraken Skate Away From RSN Root Sports for Deals With Tegna, Amazon
By Jon Lafayette published
Long-term agreements put Seattle team’s games on broadcast, streaming
Hi Barbie! Mattel Launching First FAST Channels on Samsung TV Plus
By Jon Lafayette published
Barbie and Friends, Hot Wheels Action and Mattel Jr. set to go live later this year
Future Today Redesigns Streaming App Interfaces
By Jon Lafayette published
Change designed to increase consumer engagement, brand interaction
Ad Spending on Digital Video Expected To Grow 16% in 2024
By Jon Lafayette published
IAB forecast calls for CTV to jump 12% to $22.7 billion
Marty Moe Named President Of Trusted Media Brands
By Jon Lafayette published
Exec will oversee web, social and streaming businesses
Vevo Brings Music Videos to Telly’s Dual-Screen TVs
By Jon Lafayette published
Set, free to consumers, also features 6-speaker sound system
Comcast Earnings Flat as Video, Broadband Subscriber Losses Continue
By Jon Lafayette published
Peacock adds 3 million subscribers, cuts losses
TelevisaUnivision Q1 Loss Widens but DTC Business Expected To Turn Profit in Second Half
By Jon Lafayette published
U.S. advertising sales edge up
‘Problematic’ FCC Conditions on Station Sale Could Create Detroit Drama
By Jon Lafayette published
WADL station owner expects transaction to proceed and give the CW an affiliate in the market, while commissioner Brendan Carr says application was ‘denied’ by Media Bureau
Sinclair Names Kevin Coskren Chief Meteorologist at KTUL Tulsa
By Jon Lafayette published
Joins ABC affiliate from AccuWeather Network
Bidders Interested in Buying Bounce, Says Scripps CEO Adam Symson
By Jon Lafayette published
Network for African Americans could fetch price in the hundreds of millions
MTV Moving VMAs To New UBS Arena in New York
By Jon Lafayette published
Event will air live worldwide on September 10
DoubleVerify Gets MRC Stamp for CTV Viewability Metrics
By Jon Lafayette published
1 in 3 CTV ads served when TV is off
Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Fallout’ Tops TVision Power Score Rankings
By Jon Lafayette published
Apple TV Plus places five shows in Top 20
Scripps Names James Galindo as Station Manager in Bakersfield
By Jon Lafayette published
Exec had been with Nexstar station in California market
Jo Ann Ross Steps Down as Ad Sales Chairman at Paramount
By Jon Lafayette published
Move comes weeks before upfront