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SugarDVD, Playboy TV Complete ‘Night Calls’ Amateur Casting
Online adult rental company SugarDVD has wrapped up its nationwide casting call to find girl-next-door types to appear live on Playboy TV’s flagship program, “Night Calls.”
Playboy Acquires Club Jenna
Playboy Enterprises has purchased Jenna Jameson’s Club Jenna. The agreement does cover all aspects of Jameson’s company, including websites, DVDs titles, film production assets and retail distribution.
Playboy Radio to Broadcast F.A.M.E. Awards
Organizers of the first annual F.A.M.E. (Fans of Adult Media & Entertainment) Awards have tapped Playboy Radio — a channel found on the Sirius satellite radio service — to be the exclusive broadcaster for the show, held in conjunction with Erotica LA.
Fake Playboy Could Lead to Arrests in Malaysia
Authorities in Malaysia are looking for the would-be magazine publishers who distributed fake copies of a local edition of Playboy magazine in the conservative northern part of the country.
Mobile Content Prompts Playboy to Rethink Broadcast Label
Playboy TV Marketing Director Richard Gale said that the broadcaster, which operates the Spice channel in addition to its flagship channel, should view itself as an “entertainment media company” in light of the burgeoning mobile market.
Playboy Plans to Educate Parents on Content Blocking
In an effort to help parents protect their children from viewing adult content, Playboy CEO Christie Hefner will launch an educational campaign aimed at teaching parents how to use content-control devices and ratings guidelines.
Stag Shop Site Sees 3X Traffic Jump After Playboy Show
For several days after Stag Shop representative Carmen Weiss joined hosts Christy Canyon and Ginger Lynn on the Playboy Radio show “Night Calls,” the company’s website experienced a three-fold increase in hits.
Playboy Honors 1st Amendment Awards Winners
Taking the time to recognize the importance of free speech to both the nation and the adult entertainment industry, Playboy announced the winners of the 2006 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards.
Playboy Releases Playmate of the Year DVD
The Playboy Entertainment Group will release "Video Centerfold: 2006 Playmate of the Year Kara Monaco" on DVD June 20.
Playboy to Test Viral Impact of MySpace
Playboy has published plenty of pictorials using the “Women of” theme, from the Women of Wal-Mart to the Girls of Reality TV, but the Women of MySpace pictorial, which debuts today as centerpiece of the June issue, might change the way the company markets itself online.
Playboy Issues Loss Warning, Cites Poor TV Results
Playboy Enterprises warned that its full-year earnings would fall far short of projections, citing a sagging TV business and losses for its flagship magazine.
SugarDVD And Playboy TV Reveal 1st Casting Call Winner
SugarDVD.com and Playboy TV revealed the first selection from their “Casting Call” competition during the “Night Calls” show co-hosted by Digital Playground’s Jesse Jane and Wicked Pictures’ Kirsten
Sex Machine Inventor on Playboy
Eric J. White, inventor of the Virtual Sex Machine and founder of Virtual Reality Innovations (VRI), will appear on the Playboy channel of Sirius Satellite radio on April 27.
Playboy Postpones Second Indonesian Edition
The bunny has gotten off to a rocky start in the predominantly Muslim nation, prompting the publishers of Playboy Indonesia to postpone the magazine’s second edition.
Playboy Pressured by Jakarta Police to Delay Publishing
After setting off a furor in this predominantly Muslim nation, Playboy is being asked by police to postpone publishing its next issue until protests over the magazine’s launch in Jakarta subside.
Playboy Offices Attacked in Indonesia
Playboy’s launch in the world’s most populous Muslim nation got off to a rocky start Wednesday when 300 people vandalized a building housing the magazine’s local offices.
SugarDVD Teams With Playboy TV for Night Calls
SugarDVD has announced another aggressive promotional campaign. This time the adult DVD mail-order rental company will join with Playboy TV to send an amateur girl to Los Angles, where she will be a guest on “Night Calls” with Jesse Jane.
Playboy Plans to Test Gay Brand in Britain
Playboy may soon use Britain as a laboratory for a new brand aimed at gay men.
Penthouse Adds Another Ex-Playboy Exec
Penthouse has made no bones about the fact that it is looking to step up competition with Playboy Enterprises in the pay-per-view broadcast TV arena. The company’s latest move is the hiring of Doug Lindquist, who most recently was a vice president of Playboy’s TV group, as managing director of Penthouse’s International Television and Mobile Video Group.
Playboy Channel Debuts Monday on Sirius Satellite Radio
Catering to a strong male demographic, Sirius’s Playboy Radio (channel 198) will feature a range of Playboy-branded shows, including a live morning broadcast with Hugh Hefner from the famed Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, Calif.