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Playboy Attributes Rise in 4Q Profits to Internet, TV
Playboy Enterprises reported $14.5 million in net profit for the fourth quarter 2004, compared to a $6.7 million loss in the previous year, returning the company to profitability and outpacing analysts' forecasts.
Playboy TV UK Inks VOD Deal
Playboy TV UK has penned a deal with the United Kingdom’s largest cable provider that makes it the exclusive adult video-on-demand content provider for the cable company’s new VOD service.
Playboy Partners With Columbia House for Adult Movie Club
Direct mail distribution company Columbia House is teaming up with Playboy Entertainment in order to open a new adult video club service called Hush by the beginning of February.
Playboy Radio To Broadcast From AEE
WantedList.com co-founders get a “yes please” from Juli Ashton and Tiffany Granath on-air Tuesday, December 28th.
Playboy Unit to Buy Snowboard Business
Playboy Enterprises plans to expand into the snowboard equipment business. Earlier this month, its Lifestyle Brands division agreed to spend $2.5 million to buy Huffy Corp.'s snowboard business.
Playboy Reveals iPod Photo Galleries
Playboy magazine has “dialed up the heat” with the release of a 25-image gallery designed for display on Apple’s iPod Photo, according to a new website feature that appeared yesterday.
Playboy Seeks First-Ever Iowa Playmate
Hot on the heels of Iowa being proclaimed the state with the highest per capita readership of Playboy magazine, representatives of the rabbit head have decided that its high time to have an Iowan centerfold.
Playboy Online Picks Acquity to Build Trend Program
Playboy Online recently inked a deal with the Acquity Group to build a centralized data program to interpret and aggregate trend information.
Women Claim Playboy Used Them in Sex Videos When They Were Minors
Two women have filed a class-action lawsuit against Playboy, claiming the adult giant knowingly videotaped and distributed sexually explicit tapes of them when they were 16 and 17 years old.
Playboy Announces Mobile Content Offers for 2005
Making its first foray into the volatile U.S. mobile market, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. announced Thursday that it has entered into a content distribution agreement with content developer Dwango Wireless to provide Playboy-branded offerings for mobile phone users.
Women Of McDonald's Now On Playboy.com
Hundreds of employees from fast food giant McDonald's answered Playboy.com's highly publicized invitation to pose nude for an online feature, with six of McDonald's sexiest burger babes being chosen to shed their aprons and appear in Playboy.com's "Women of McDonald's" pictorial. The feature goes live November 16, exclusively in the Playboy Cyber Club.
Playboy Announces Third-Quarter Turnaround, $80.2 Million in Revenue
Playboy Enterprises announced a third quarter profit on Tuesday, making a huge turnaround from its $900,000 loss last year at this time. Company stock prices also rose more than 8 percent during afternoon trading on Tuesday after the $1.9 million profit was made public in SEC documents.
New Brazil VOD Service Includes Playboy Content
Brasil Telecom and Claxson have launched a broadband video-on-demand service that will include programming from Playboy TV Latin America. The companies are showcasing the new service, called Turbo Video VOD, at the Futurecom trade show in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Playboy Consolidates Online, TV; ‘Mansion’ Is Delayed
Playboy Enterprises Inc. on Friday said it will consolidate its existing online, TV and DVD business into a new division headquartered in Los Angeles. Separately, Playboy announced it has delayed its launch of its first video-game release, “Playboy: The Mansion,” until next year.
Playboy to Open Las Vegas Club in 2006
The Palms Casino Resort has partnered with Playboy Enterprises Inc. to develop a nightclub and lounge for its new tower, which will feature a huge rabbit head on its side, Playboy Director of Communications Bill Farley told XBiz Wednesday.
Playboy Expands European Wireless; U.S. Is Next
Playboy Enterprises Inc. entered into a distribution deal with 1633SA on Monday to roll out wireless Playboy content in Spain and Portugal. In a related announcement, Playboy also said it will announce a wireless distribution deal in the United States in the next three months.
Playboy Features the Girls of Gaming
Playboy has a half-century tradition of centerfolds and pinup girls. In its very first issue in 1953, actress Marilyn Monroe was the centerfold. The illustrator Vargas created classic pinup pictures for the men’s magazine for decades.
TransMedia Launching 'Digital Friction' Solution at Playboy Mansion
TransMedia’s Colaborata 2.5 platform to combat "Digital Friction" is being launched at the Playboy Mansion on Sept. 22. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and a bevy of Playmates will attend the unveiling of the company's new application.
Heads Turn for Playboy Shares, Adult Entertainment
Wall Street analysts are high on porn. And in particular, they see Playboy Enterprises as centerfold-attractive. Barron’s says more value investors are turning their heads to Playboy. "Sex sells; in the long run you'll make money at it," says one analyst.
Playboy Hosting Dane Productions’ ‘Latina Sabrosas’ Talent
Playboy Radio will host the girls of “Latina Sabrosas” at 4 p.m. (PST) today on its XM Satellite Radio network. Dane Productions rolled out the first volume of “Latina Sabrosas,” which translates to “Tasty Latinas,” in late June.