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Video Secrets Launches ‘Playboy Live’ Contest
Live-content provider Video Secrets has announced a new webmaster affiliate contest featuring PlayboyLive.com. The company recently made a deal with Playboy.com to allow Video Secret’s affiliates to market PlayboyLive.com alongside its flagship site, Flirt4Free.com.
Playboy Enterprises Fires 3 Top Execs Amid Slump With TV Unit
Playboy Enterprises reportedly has fired three top executives amid slumping earnings, particularly with its Playboy TV division. The firings weren’t unexpected, since the company three weeks ago reported a 20 percent dip in fourth-quarter profits.
Entire Playboy Magazine Library Now Available on DVD
The entire 53-year print run of Playboy, the most iconic men’s magazine, is going to be made available on DVD in a one-of-a kind series of box sets. Each DVD set will include the entire decade’s worth of content from the original print editions.
Playboy Posts 4th Quarter Results, Touts Online Growth
Against a reported drop in fourth-quarter profits, Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner told investors the company had achieved a measure of success with its online and video-on-demand offerings.
Playboy Multimedia Properties in the U.K. to Get Makeover
Playboy brands in the U.K. are set to take on a new look starting Thursday. The new look includes a set of redesigned identifiers for its Internet, mobile, IPTV and video-on-demand and TV channel properties.
Playboy TV Restructures Programming Team
Playboy Entertainment Group has hired Todd Schwartz as the new vice president of programming for Playboy TV as part of a restructuring effort that includes the promotion of Michael Spierer to vice president of programming and acquisitions for adult networks.
Playboy Taps Former New Frontier Media Exec
Playboy Entertainment has tapped a former New Frontier Media executive as its lead programming chief for broadcast and DVD production. For Playboy, the Postlethwait hiring is another shot at New Frontier, which has battling Playboy for cable and satellite viewers.
Playboy TV Latin America Strikes Deal With Brazil’s Globosat
Playboy TV Latin America has partnered with Globosat Programadora to create Playboy do Brasil Entretenimento, which will begin operations during the first quarter of the year.
Playboy Claims ‘Fair Use’ in Copyright Infringement Case
Playboy Enterprises denies that it violated copyright protection laws by publishing a picture of Placerville, Calif., resident-turned-Playmate Colleen Shannon.
Indonesia Playboy Trial Is Closed to Public; Protesters Make Threats
Havoc broke out in Indonesia Thursday after a judge closed to the public the trial of Playboy Indonesia's editor-in-chief, who faces indecency charges.
Video Secrets’ Playboy Mansion Party a Success
Video Secrets’ 10th Anniversary Party was a hit among the invited guests for its Dec. 16 party at the Playboy Mansion.
VideoSecrets Celebrates 10 Years at Playboy Mansion
VideoSecrets celebrated its 10th Anniversary on Saturday in style at the mecca of sex and sophistication, the Playboy Mansion. Hugh Hefner’s decadent home provided a magical aura in which attendees seemed awestruck from the moment they set foot on the hallowed grounds.
Playboy TV to Premier Show About Erotic Photographer
Betting that fans of adult entertainment want to know more about the trials and tribulations of an erotic photographer and the models who pose for him, Playboy TV has commissioned a 13-episode documentary that follows photojournalist Andrew Einhorn through the streets of New York.
Indecency Trial Begins for Editor of Playboy Indonesia
Local prosecutors have begun the indecency trial against Erwin Arnada, the embattled Editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia, who faces up to 32 months in prison if convicted on charges that he distributed indecent pictures and profited from the sale of those pictures.
Playboy Officers Address UBS Conference, Tout New Media
Speaking at the UBS 34th Annual Global Media Conference, top officials from Playboy Enterprises expounded on the virtues of new digital media, which they see as a way for the company to leverage its lifestyle brand into the new millennium.
Video Secrets Holds 10th Anniversary at Playboy Mansion
Video Secrets will hold its 10th anniversary party at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. Dec. 16.
Playboy Withdraws From Pacific Exchange
Playboy Enterprises announced today that it plans to withdraw its listing of common stock from the NYSE Arca, formerly known as the Pacific Exchange. The company’s stock will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
Playboy Finds Double-Digit Gain With Online Properties
Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday that last year’s purchase of ICS was responsible for 41 percent spike in online revenue from year-ago figures as it released its third-quarter results.
High School Photographer Sues Playboy
A Placerville, Calif., woman who photographed Playboy’s 50th anniversary playmate Colleen Shannon for her senior year high school yearbook has sued the magazine for including the picture in its December 2003 issue.