Ed Note: We’ll be featuring profiles of executives named to the 2013 CableFAX 100 and their answers to a series of fun questions. Here is FX Networks’ John Landgraf, who we ranked #37 this year. Read the rest of the 2013 CableFAX 100 profiles here.

John Landgraf
Title: CEO, FX Networks
Education: BA, Pitzer College

Apple or Samsung? Apple

Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Beatles

My peers would be surprised to learn… that for the most part I think their work is excellent.

I watch the majority of programming on this device: A 65-inch, hi-definition, flat screen television.

I learned from my kids… that the news business, as currently configured, makes children think the world is as bad as it has ever been and getting worse (even though that is objectively untrue).

I wish Congress would just… put the American people first.

Favorite business and/or motivational book: The Road Less Traveled ?

The Daily

Subscribe
Friday–June 6

Nintendo Power: What ISPs Are Saying About the Switch 2’s Features

The Switch 2 launched in the U.S. at midnight Thursday with several new online features that should keep Nintendo’s servers and ISPs busy as more customers get their hands on the console in the next weeks and months.

Read the Full Issue
The Skinny is delivered on Tuesday and focuses on the cable profession. You'll stay in the know on the headlines, topics and special issues you value most. Sign Up

Calendar

Sep 11
2025 Faxies Awards Faxies Nominations Open! Final deadline: 4/4/25
Full Calendar

Jobs

Seeking an INDUSTRY JOB or hiring for one?
VIEW JOBS

In conjunction with our sister brand, Cynopsis, we are offering hiring managers a deep pool of media-savvy, skilled candidates at a range of experience levels and sectors. The result will be an even more robust industry job board, to help both employers and job seekers.

Contact Carley Ashley, [email protected], for more information about posting a job on the website and our Jobs newsletter, sent twice weekly to 85,000 media professionals.