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

Scripps National Spelling Bee Gathers 9.2 Million Viewers
By Jon Lafayette published
Audience grows 22% from 2022

Independent Streamers Band Together For Fair Treatment From Platforms, Advertisers
By Jon Lafayette published
Allen Media, Chicken Soup, Cineverse, Future Today, kweliTV, Revry, Scripps, Tastemade, TMB and Vevo sign up

Sinclair Names Stefan Schellhas GM of TV Stations in Cincinnati
By Jon Lafayette published
Broadcaster succeeds Jon Lawhead, who is retiring

Tremor International Units Combined To Form Nexxen
By Jon Lafayette published
Nexxen designed to provide an end-to-end platform

GroupM Sees U.S. TV Ad Revenues Falling 2.4% in 2023
By Jon Lafayette published
A continuing writers strike would favor media outlets with sports rights

Animated Series ‘Hop’ From ‘Arthur’ Creator Marc Brown Greenlit At Max
By Jon Lafayette published
Series is produced by Epic Story Media and animated by Loomi Animation

KXAS/KXTX Name Bernadette Valles VP Of Brand & Strategic Marketing
By Jon Lafayette published
Edwin Mendez promoted to marketing director

The Africa Channel To Air Wild Africa Fund Concert Series
By Jon Lafayette published
Series features Alyn Sano, Ckay, Musa Keys, Focalistic, Macky2, Zikhona, Anita Jaxson, Bombshell, Towela, Top Cheri

Nexstar Promotes Carter Murphy To GM at WJBF-TV, Augusta, Ga.
By Jon Lafayette published
Exec succeeds Bill Steward, who is retiring

NBC Sports Head Pete Bevacqua Named Notre Dame Athletics Director
By Jon Lafayette published
Exec was punter for Fighting Irish football team

Cineverse Sets 1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split
By Jon Lafayette published
Share price dips below 30 cents

Amazon Prime Video Planning To Join Ad-Supported Wave
By Jon Lafayette published
Move would follow Disney Plus and Netflix adding commercials

Spectrum Reach Taps Beachfront for Programmatic Ad Serving
By Jon Lafayette published
Set-top box TV, connected TV and online video inventory available

Hearst Media Production Group Signs Development Deal With Tiffany Haddish
By Jon Lafayette published
Two unscripted series to be produced

Infillion Expands CTV Reach For Its Choice-Based Ad Creative With Innovid Deal
By Jon Lafayette published
Integration makes ads available on more than 25 types of CTV devices

Gunpowder & Sky Aims To Grow Roster of FAST Channels
By Jon Lafayette published
Founded by Van Toffler and Floris Bauer, company acquires rights to 30 series and films for Dust and Alter

‘Ted Lasso’ Stays At The Top Of TVision’s CTV Power Score Rankings
By Jon Lafayette published
Hulu’s ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ is top movie for May

In Ad Tech Wars, Disney Counts on YODA for an Edge
By Jon Lafayette published
Unified ad platform will eventually service all of Disney’s ad supported businesses

Executive VP Flavia Vigio Leaving TelevisaUnivision
By Jon Lafayette published
Alyssa Bernstein, Michelle Miguelez, Gabriel Andriollo split communications duties

Writers’ Strike Impacts Ad-Spending Growth on Talk Shows, Soap Operas
By Jon Lafayette published
Streaming platforms also expected to be hurt by WGA work stoppage, MediaRadar says

Relo Metrics Names Nielsen Executive Paul Shortley as Chief Revenue Officer
By Jon Lafayette published
Tasked with leading international growth

MotorTrend’s FAST Channel Added to The Roku Channel
By Jon Lafayette published
Has garnered 10 million hours of viewing since launch

Vizio Says CTV Campaigns Can Target Local Audiences
By Jon Lafayette published
Awareness and recall rose in utility’s service area
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