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• Industry Moves: Gamestop Appoints Petrovic as Digital Head; Big M&A Budget and Mandate

  PaidContent - 2009-08-05

  Gamestop, the offline games retail giant, is finally moving into digital in a much bigger way: just last week it announced the launch of an online casual games store, and now, it has appointed Chris Petrovic, former head of mobile at Playboy (NYSE: PLA), as its new GM of...

  Tags: M&A, Industry, Playboy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Games, Investment, Finance, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Rafat Ali, Playboy Enterprises Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

• Earnings: Playboy Q2 Loss Worse Than Expected; Digital Profits, Revs Drop

  PaidContent - 2009-08-04

  Although Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) had warned that its Q2 earnings would look worse than previously thought due to higher restructuring charges, the company still managed to miss analysts expectations. Playboy's net loss widened to $8.7 million ($0.26 per share) from $3.2 million ($0.10 per share) last year. Analysts...

  Tags: Revenue, Income, Playboy, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Entertainment, Adult, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, David Kaplan, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

• Interview: Christie Hefner: 'Change Will Be Good For The Company'

  Content Next - 2008-12-10

  I'd hoped to see Christie Hefner in New York Tuesday, where she was supposed to lead Playboy's presentation at the UBS Global Media and Communications conference. Instead, she was in Chicago when we spoke by phone a day after her surprising announcement that, after two decades heading the family...

  Tags: Playboy, Barack Obama, Corporate Governance, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Entertainment, Adult, Media, Magazines, Staci D. Kramer, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

• @ UBS Media Week: Playboy's Hunt For New CEO; 'We Don't Know How Long It Will Take'

  Content Next - 2008-12-09

  Not surprisingly, Christie Hefner, the outgoing CEO of Playboy (NYSE: PLA), was a no-show for her scheduled appearance at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference. Instead a quartet of the company's execs sought to make the case that Playboy's long-awaited web relaunch will turn things around. The...

  Tags: Advertisement, Playboy, UBS AG, Advertising, Marketing, Entertainment, Adult, Media, Magazines, Social Media, Conferences, Media Week, David Kaplan, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

• Breaking News: Christie Hefner Out As Playboy Chairman, Will Leave CEO And Board Posts As Well

  Content Next - 2008-12-08

  Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) for the last two decades, is leaving the family business, stepping down as chairman today and as CEO Jan. 31, 2009. It looks like a complete break: she will leave the board when a new CEO is found. Effective immediately, board...

  Tags: Board, Playboy, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Entertainment, Adult, Industry Moves, Media, Magazines, Staci D. Kramer, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

• Playboy Enterprises Inc is Added to the Bellwether Watch list.

  - 2007-05-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 May 2007-Small Cap News: Playboy Enterprises Inc is Added to the Bellwether Watch listC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08052007 Playboy Enterprises Inc (NYSE:PLA) is Added to the Bellwether Watch list Playboy Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates...

  Tags: bellwether, entertainment, MARKETING, Playboy Enterprises Inc., TVs

• iStockAnalyst.com: PLA reports inline with average whisper number.

  - 2006-08-09

  M2 PRESSWIRE-9 August 2006-Web Karma LLC: iStockAnalyst.com: PLA reports inline with average whisper numberC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09082006 Playboy Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:PLA) posted an earning of ($0.1), inline with average whisper number of ($0.1) posted at iStockAnalyst.com About...

  Tags: entertainment, MARKETING, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

• Non-publishing units put sizzle in Playboy. (Playboy Enterprises Inc.)

  - 1997-01-13

  Entertainment ventures help fuel best year since '91 Playboy Enterprises Inc. is named for its flagship men's magazine - which continues to generate 38% of total revenues - but catalogs, cable television entertainment and international initiatives areEntertainment ventures help fuel best year since '91 Playboy...

  Tags: company, entertainment, income, Playboy, Playboy Enterprises Inc.