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Earnings: Playboy Execs: Yes We Can…Hope - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 09:26 PM PST

A tough quarter for Playboy Enterprises ... during the Q1 conference call with investors and analysts, Bob Meyers, Playboy’s (NYSE: PLA) EVP and president of media, said the company sees…

Earnings: Playboy Swings To Loss; Online Revs Drop 3 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 05:13 AM PST

Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) reported a Q1 net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.09 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $5.1 million last year. Revenues were…

@ CTIA: Playboy Launches Mobile Initatives At Hugh Hefner’s Sky Villa - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 07 Apr 2008 06:39 PM PST

One of the most controversial mobile content plays is pornography, and last week at CTIA, arguably the biggest name—Playboy (NYSE: PLA)—launched a series of mobile initiatives. Perhaps because of the…

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Penthouse IPO … or AdultFriendFinder IPO?; Digital Acquisitions Planned - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 06 Mar 2008 10:53 AM PST

Penthouse Media Group says it plans to use the proceeds of its just-announced $250 million IPO to pay down its debt. It’ll be awhile before the S-1 comes out, but…

Penthouse To File For $250 Million IPO - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 05 Mar 2008 02:41 PM PST

Penthouse Media Group, the troubled adult media company, plans to file for a $250 million IPO, the company has announced. It says it plans to file the S-1 in Q2…

Penthouse Buys Adult-themed Social Net Various Inc. For $500 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 12 Dec 2007 12:46 AM PST

Update: it has been announced officially. Penthouse Media Group has acquired adult-oriented social network operator Various Inc. for $500 million, NYT (FRB: 066570) reports. Various runs more than 25 social…

@ UBS Media Week: Christie Hefner, CEO, Playboy: Online Ads up 50 Percent; Extending the Brand - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 05:55 AM PST

It’s early on day two of the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference, but a theme is starting to emerge, particularly among the global media companies: they all have great…

Earnings: Playboy Q3 Revenues Flat; Digital Business Stalled - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 06:04 AM PST

Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises reported Q3 revenue of $82.8 million, a shade above last year’s $82.3 million. Net income more than doubled to $2.5 million from $1.1 million, with an…

Zivity, Adult Social Net Where Members Get Paid, Raises $1 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 20 Aug 2007 11:42 AM PST

Zivity, a social network that aims to occupy the intersection of Playboy, MySpace and American Idol, has raised a $1 million first round financing from private investors. The San Francisco-based…

Earnings: Playboy Swings To Black With $1.9 Million Q2 Profit; Revs Grow 6 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 07 Aug 2007 06:20 AM PST

A stronger TV business, with a particular emphasis on its VOD offerings, led to a turnaround for Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) swung to a profit in Q2, coming in $1.9…

Earnings: Playboy In Q1 Profits; Digital Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 May 2007 10:40 PM PST

Playboy Enterprises announced its Q1 earnings today, and reported a profi that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by strength in the company’s licensing business. Revenue climbed 4 percent to $85.4…

@ 360 Degree Media: Traditional Media Need To Break Down Divisions And Embrace Constant Reinvention - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 21 Mar 2007 01:21 PM PST

Media executives whose brands have always been anchored by traditional print and TV models must reinvent themselves on a continual basis to remain competitive within the digital space. That was…

Earnings: Playboy’s Q4 Profts Slump; - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 Feb 2007 09:56 AM PST

Playboy Enterprises’ Q4 earnings dipped 20 percent as its magazine business continued to lose money and earnings fell at its TV business. Net income dropped to $3.7 million versus $4.6…

Earnings: Playboy Q3 Profit Slumps Despite Strong Performance By Digital Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Jonathan Berr - Tue 07 Nov 2006 07:04 AM PST

Playboy’s third quarter results were better than the company or Wall Street expected thanks, in part, to a strong performance from its digital business. Profit plunged 69 percent to $1…

Industry Moves: Playboy Enterprises, Westwood One, Echostar - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 18 Sep 2006 01:11 PM PST

-- Playboy: Faltering Playboy Enterprises reorganizes, bringing in Bob Meyers in the new position of president, media; he will manage PEI’s Publishing and Entertainment Groups. Alex Vaickus continues as president,…

Playboy Enterprises Buys Club Jenna, Including Websites - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 22 Jun 2006 01:07 PM PST

Though the amount wasn’t disclosed, this would have involved some serious money, considering the brands: Playboy Enterprises is buying Club Jenna, an adult entertainment business founded by Jenna Jameson. The…

Upfronts: Moonves on Digital; CBS Partners With Mark Burnett & AOL For Gold Rush - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 17 May 2006 12:06 PM PST

Updated below to include CBS-AOL-Burnett deal: When I asked someone at CBS about the role digital might play in the upfront, the response suggested CBS didn’t have to make a…

Playboy’s Q1 Details: International+Digital More Than Domestic TV - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 07 May 2006 04:06 PM PST

In Playboy’s Q1 earnings call last week, some more details on the digital media business, from the call transcript: “In online, revenues increased nearly 20% to $13.2 million, although increased…

Industry Moves: Gandel To ABC News Digital; Buryk Promoted At NYT - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 02 May 2006 02:06 PM PST

ABC News Digital: Brett Gandel has joined the ABC News Digital Media Group as director of strategy and business development. He’ll work with the Disney/ABC Digital Media Group and across…

CinemaNow To Sell Adult Download-to-Own/Burn Movies - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 19 Apr 2006 05:06 AM PST

This is an interesting non-story (trust LAT to hype it up and take ages to get to the point): CinemaNow, the online movie service, has tied up with adult movie…

Adult Domain Plans Shelved - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Apr 2006 10:05 AM PST

Plans for .xxx domain name has been shelved again, dealing another blow to the US-backed addressing system Icann. Amidst various pressures from different groups, Icann’s board decided to delay the…

@ DH: How Adult Pushes Technology To Mainstream - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 30 Mar 2006 09:05 PM PST

On the last day of Digital Hollywood, a fascinating discussion on the adult content industry and how it is evolving, driven by broadband on the online side and by higher…

Playboy’s Digital Edition Growth: 50-100 New Subscribers A Day - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 15 Feb 2006 07:04 PM PST

Playboy Enterprises, which announced its Q4 earnings earlier this week, talked about the growth of the digital/electronic edition of it magazine, which it launched last year. In the conference call…

Earnings: Playboy’s Online and Mobile Sectors Perform Well; Profits Fall - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 14 Feb 2006 10:03 AM PST

Well, the usual litany: the print side is not doing well, but the digital media side is. it posted a 68 percent drop in quarterly profit, hurt by sluggish advertising…

Industry Moves: Chris Petrovic Joins Playboy As VP-Biz Dev, Digital Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 16 Dec 2005 02:14 PM PST

Chris Petrovic joins Playboy Entertainment Group as VP-business development, digital media; most recently, he was VP-business development at American Greetings Interactive until mid-November. Petrovic’s responsibilities include expanding Playboy’s cross-platform presence;…