Jon Petrovich

Jon Petrovich (February 28, 1947 – February 10, 2011) was an American journalist and television executive. He is credited with founding numerous enterprises for CNN, including CNN.com, CNN Airport Network, and CNN en Español.

Biography Petrovich was born in Gary, Indiana.

Career Petrovich began as a reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky, before moving on to become assistant News Director for WDIV-TV in Detroit, Michigan. He was news director at WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, and later vice president and general manager of KTVI-TV in St. Louis, Missouri.

Petrovich was executive vice president for CNN's Headline News (now HLN) in Atlanta, Georgia. Ted Turner hired him to lead Headline News in the mid-1980s. Petrovich was the head of international networks for Sony Television after leaving CNN.