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Playboy Enterprises to Cut More Jobs in Bid to Restructure
12:08PM 6/30/2010
Playboy Enterprises is downsizing again as it continues its transition from a lifestyle and media business into a brand-management company. The company expects to save more than $3 million annually.
A New York tax appeals court has decided that, as far as art goes, pole dancing does not qualify and therefore is subject to sales tax. First Amendment lawyers and strip club owners disagree.
Initial Penthouse Offering, Take Two: Go Public or Go Bust
3:20PM 1/25/2010
FriendFinder Network, formerly known as Penthouse, needs money fast. The weight of hundreds of millions of dollars of debt has prompted it to turn to public capital markets. It%u2019s a desperate move -- in fact, the same move the company made a year ago under the same circumstances.
Even Porn Stars Get the Recession Blues
8:00PM 1/08/2010
Porn DVD sales are off nearly 50% from their peak in 2006, when they hit nearly $4.3 billion. Reports from the annual Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas confirm the industry is feeling the effects of the economic downturn.
The porn business is going to keep its elbow room. A petition by an AIDS advocacy group to require that adult film companies use condoms when shooting movies has been denied by a Los Angeles judge.
Warning to parents: Kids are learning about sex on YouTube
5:00PM 8/12/2009
Children used to learn about sex on the street – either from friends, those weird older kids who'd smoke behind the dumpster, or a friend's older and ostensibly wiser sibling. Web 2.0, of course, has changed all this. Instead of getting the goods from an unreliable source in person, a recent...
The power of free: It's hard out there for a porn star
12:30PM 8/12/2009
Times are tough. but when Savannah Stern, the star of Naughty Office 12, Nylons 4 and at least 350 more adult movies, has to trade in her Mercedes for her parents' old Trailblazer you know the porn industry has experienced a little shrinkage.The Los Angeles Times followed Savannah around to her...
Bigger isn't better: Porn industry makes a short bet
2:30PM 7/10/2009
For more than three years now, the adult entertainment business has been looking for something to help it survive. The industry is in crisis, with major brands collapsing, and legendary companies making desperate attempts to compensate for crashing revenues. While some are looking to mobile...
New CEO says Playboy not for sale, but doubts remain
3:10PM 6/03/2009
Hugh Hefner has got one of the world's best jobs. Scott Flanders, who will become the newest CEO of Playboy Enterprises (PLA), has among the worst.
The 52-year-old, who was the head of closely held publisher Freedom Communications, takes the mantle of Hefner's empire at a critical time. Playboy is...
According to Advertising Age, cable and satellite television providers have taken to fighting economic setbacks by pimping pay-per-view adult content via ads that run during less provocative programs. Viewers of shows and networks that heavily skew male such as Spike TV and ESPN will be most like...
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