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Playboy Enterprises Inc.

(PLA) is in the Media Industry

Market Cap:$113.9M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$339.8M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Playboy Enterprises is a brand-driven, international multimedia entertainment company that publishes editions of Playboy magazine around the world; operates television networks and distributes programming globally; owns Playboy.com, a leading men's lifestyle and entertainment website; and licenses the Playboy trademark internationally for a range of consumer products and services.

Number of Employees 678

Contact Information

680 North Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60611

www.playboyente...

(312) 751-8000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Cable and Other Subscription Programming: 515210

Company News

Recent Events

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES appoints JIMMY JELLINEK to the new position of CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

12/02/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Distribution Services, Inc. DSI Announces Newsstand Distribution Agreement with Playboy...

11/24/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Playboy to outsource publishing to American Media

11/24/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
BRIEF-Oak Hill Capital denies interest in acquiring Playboy

11/18/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Playboy CFO to Step Down

11/17/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CFO - View Story
Playboy, Helicos: Early Volume Plays

11/17/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Vice President - View Story
Playboy CFO Linda Havard Resigns - Update

11/16/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CFO - View Story
Golden Gate Capital Says Not In Merger Talks With Playboy PLA

11/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Investor Group Also Said to Eye Playboy

11/13/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Playboy empire may be for sale

11/13/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - CEO - View Story
Memo Pad: Playboy's Stock Hop... Free Falling... PR Changes... Posted Nov 13, 2009

11/13/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
UPDATE 2-Playboy to outsource magazine ops to American Media

11/24/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Playboy's Stock Spikes on Takeover Talk

11/12/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

network and playboy enterprises inc. - All News and Analysis

Playboy and Daewoo form partnership for South Korean Playboy TV network

- 1997-03-18

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 18, 1997--Playboy Enterprises Inc. PEI, has formed a partnership with Daewoo Corp. to launch a Playboy TV network in South Korea on June 15, it was announced today by Christie Hefner, chairman and chief executive officer of PEI, and Ju-Ho Jung, president, Daewoo Media and Film...

Tags: FINANCE, network, partnership, Playboy Enterprises Inc., TVs
Playboy Enterprises and Cisneros Television Group to launch TV networks in Spain and Portugal

- 1997-01-15

CHICAGO and MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 15, 1997-- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. PEI and The Cisneros Television Group, a part of the Cisneros Group of Companies, today announced plans to launch the Playboy TV and AdulTVision networks in Spain and Portugal. This represents the expansion of the two companies' joint venture,...

Tags: Companies, network, Playboy Enterprises Inc., TVs
Playboy's mini-Euro network fantasy comes true. (Playboy Enterprises Inc.)

- 1993-12-06

LONDON -- Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s disappointing earnings report Nov. 4 bemoaned the "weak advertising market," "industrywide softness in news-stand sales" and "the effects of cable re-regulation." Indeed, most of the LONDON -- Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s disappointing earnings report Nov. 4 bemoaned the "weak advertising...

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Playboy network still waits for big cable gains. (Playboy Enterprises Inc.)

- 1993-03-08

Although Playboy Television's pay-per-view business is growing sharply, the company's three-year-long push away from subscription pay cable has not yet generated big gains for the network. Although Playboy Television's pay-per-view business is growing sharply, the company's three-year-long push away from subscription pay cable...

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