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- Interview: Christie Hefner: 'Change Will Be Good For The Company'
- 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...
- External links 2008-12-10
- Earnings: Playboy Q2 Loss Worse Than Expected; Digital Profits, Revs Drop
- 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...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Is There a Case for Playboy + Maxim?
- We've been doing our channel checks for some time on the fates of two iconic brands in the men's magazine industry. One is more troubled than the other, and both, in the end, will have a different owner, sooner rather than later. Both Playboy and Maxim have gone through...
- External links 2009-08-11
- @ UBS Media Week: Playboy's Hunt For New CEO; 'We Don't Know How Long It Will Take'
- 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...
- External links 2008-12-09
- Breaking News: Christie Hefner Out As Playboy Chairman, Will Leave CEO And Board Posts As Well
- 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...
- External links 2008-12-08
- Breaking News: Christie Hefner Out As Playboy Chairman, Will Leave CEO AND Board Posts As Well
- 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...
- External links 2008-12-08
- Industry Moves: Playboy Reorg Promotes Vaickus To President; Digital Head Stephen Adds Print Duties
- As Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ sale plans remain in a state of suspended animation, the company is making some internal moves as it looks to improve its dismal print and digital businesses. As part of a small restructuring, Alex Vaickus is being promoted from his current perch as ...
- External links 2009-10-06
- Playboy CEO: TV Biz Is Changed 'For Good'; Focused On Licensing, Gaming And Mobile
- [In progress] Layoffs, an executive team reorg and other cost-cutting helped Playboy (NYSE: PLA) narrow its Q3 losses—but the company’s media businesses still aren’t fully turned around. So that means more layoffs. CEO Scott Flanders said the company had to reduce overhead expenses in “support and corporate”—though he hinted...
- External links 2009-11-05
- Playboy's Losses Narrow; Everything Still Shrinking
- Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA), still clinging on to the hope that it can be turned around, has reported its Q309 results, and while the losses have narrowed, all major lines of business—print, TV and licensing—saw revenues drop for the quarter. It had losses of $1.1 million compared to a...
- External links 2009-11-05
- Track Entertainment CEO Tells Maxim To Accept $40 Million Bid Or Close Up Shop
- Andrew Fox, CEO of lifestyle media and events company Track Entertainment, has offered Maxim magazine’s owners an ultimatum: accept his $40 million offer to buy the title or face a possible shutdown by March, the NY Post Page Six reports. Fox claims that in his hands, he can make...
- External links 2009-11-30
- Playboy Sale Moving Along; Iconix Still Front Runner; Buyers for TV/Online Lining Up
- Before I drop off as my jetlag digs deeper in India, some new details I have gathered on Playboy’s sale process, some of which will be borne out, some won’t: the sale to Iconix Brand Group, the London-based owner of London Fog, Joe Boxer, Ecko Unltd and others, is...
- External links 2009-11-30
- Playboy CFO Linda Havard Submits Resignation
- With some activity on the sale front appearing to be in full swing, Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) says CFO Linda Havard will step down on December 31. Havard, who had been in the role for 12 years, did not say where she would be headed next. In a statement,...
- External links 2009-11-16
- More on Playboy's Mag Outsourcing: Profits Aimed By 2011; 25 Layoffs
- After we first reported last night about Playboy’s mag outsourcing deal with American Media Inc (but we got it mixed up with the sale talks, which are still ongoing), the company has released some official details of the deal: AMI will take over production, circulation, ad sales, marketing and...
- External links 2009-11-24
Additional Resources
- Robert 'Buck' Brown, noted cartoonist for Ebony and Playboy magazines, succumbs at 71
- Robert "Buck" Brown, the celebrated cartoonist best known for his work in EBONY and JET Magazines, and for Playboy magazine's Granny character, died after having suffered a stroke at St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Olympia Fields, IL. He was 71. Brown had his first cartoon accepted by...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Playboy.nl and .be to launch as part of 20th anniversary celebrations.(Playboy.com and Sanoma Uitgevers contract details )(Brief Article)
- TV MEETS THE WEB-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Sanoma Uitgevers, a publisher of consumer magazines and internet sites in the Netherlands, and Playboy.com, a subsidiary of Playboy Enterprises, have announced that they have signed an agreement to ...
- Research articles 2002-10-24
- Magazine Machinations: The Surprise and Angst of Going Digital
- The bankruptcy of Reader's Digest is yet another reminder of the magazine industry's weighty dilemma: Much of its branded print content is devaluing faster than it can be exploited online. As some general interest publications fall away and some savvy niche titles thrive on the Web's long tail, the search...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- In an Anti-Internet Climate, Two Publishers Pursue Broadband Initiatives
- As many media companies reconsider their roles on the Internet and wrestle with a workable business model, at least two publishers are launching counter-intuitive moves and pursuing interactive and broadband Web ventures. In April, Hachette Filipacchi Magazines and Playboy Enterprises Inc. both announced major Internet initiatives designed to expand their...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- DEVIL-MAY-CARE 'MAXIM' WOWS MALE READERS.(Company Business and Marketing)
- Tempers are running high in the increasingly cramped quarters shared by men's magazines. For many years, three players -- Esquire, GQ and Playboy -- owned the category. In the last decade, Details, Men's Health and Men's Journal proved formidable competitors. More recently, P.O.V ...
- Research articles 1999-03-08
- April showers new men's mags with gains; watchers predict growth for GQ, Playboy.
- Advertising pages have increased for newer men's magazines called Out, Vibe and Men's Health. Established magazines that expect to have increases in their advertising pages are Playboy and GQ. Out has a paid circulation of 119,000 and is the only gay publication that many advertisers feel comfortable recommending to their...
- Research articles 1996-04-01
- PAUL TURCOTTE.(Brief Article)(Interview)
- Paul Turcotte, 39, saw the power of music when he became publisher of Yahoo! Internet Life last year, following publishing stints at Vanity Fair and Playboy, among other magazines. He spearheads the second annual ``Yahoo! Internet Life Online Music A Paul Turcotte, 39, saw the power...
- Research articles 1999-07-12
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