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.
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Members of DirecTV Perks program have more chances to win

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On-screen messages warn viewers of imminent blackout

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Home screen, mobile app create awareness and drive ticket sales

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Guideline says national TV spending was up 10% from a year ago, including the Summer Games

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Pat Boyle, Chuck Garfien to host

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Subscribers get access to extra content and events for $14.99 per month

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Chicago native moves to New York for ‘Breakfast Bowl’ with Mark Schlereth and Craig Carton

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Netflix, Apple each have 5 shows in Top 20

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Withdrawal appears to clear way for Skydance to close acquisition of struggling media company

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Some layoffs are part of management change

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My UP News brand to air on WBUP, MJMN

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Recall score jumps 36%

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‘Baby Shaq’ series rolling out in Q4

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Block features ‘Cagney & Lacey’ movies, ‘Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’

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Coverage from Paris begins Aug. 28

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Streaming sales up 35%; linear sales down 4%

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Adds Augusta, Ga.; Monroe, La.; Wichita Falls, Texas; Terre Haute, Ind.; and Utica, N.Y. to roster

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Bomesi, Canela Media, LatiNation, Ntertain’s Neon16, and The Shade Room participating

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Data integrated into Merkury identity platform

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Agency veteran was most recently at Samba TV

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Executive oversaw selection of new CEO at Morgan Stanley

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MSOs get more efficient programmatic capabilities

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Winners to premiere short films at TCL Chinese Theater and stream them on TCLtv Plus
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