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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.
Playboy Sees Huge Gain in Online Revenue
The legendary adult company saw an explosion of new online subscriptions in the last quarter. Playboy reported nearly $9.1 million in revenue for online adult for the fourth quarter of 2005, compared to $6.1 from the same period in the previous year.
Playboy Goes Full Speed With Grand American Racing
Playboy Enterprises and TCR, the agency of record for Playboy Racing, have announced a multi-partner, multi-car deal for the 2006-08 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve and the Grand-Am Cup Series.
Indonesia’s Vice President Wary of Playboy
Indonesia's vice president Jusuf Kalla has added his voice to a growing row over Playboy’s upcoming launch in Indonesia, after 1,000 members of the Muslim Movement against Vice chanted slogans and ceremoniously burned bundles of erotic magazines outside the Hotel Indonesia in the centre of Jakarta on Thursday.
‘B Side’ Hosts Former Playboy Playmate Tonight
Expect provocative, irreverent and hot programming every Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Starz InBlack's new late-night original show B Side, starting with an exclusive interview with 2002 Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain tonight at 10:30 p.m.
Playboy TV’s “Night Calls Live” Celebrates 10 Years
LOS ANGELES — Playboy TV’s “Night Calls Live” will celebrate 10 years on the air, Friday. Jan. 27, at 9 p.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT. The 10th Anniversary Show will recall some of the most outrageous moments in a decade-long orgy of outrageousness.
Playboy Gets Creative With Makeup Line
With names like "Tie Me to the Bedpost" and "In the Mood," Playboy has made the jump into the highly competitive cosmetics industry with a licensed line of beauty products called Playboy Beauty.
Playboy Models Pick Stocks That Perform
Playboy is trading up this year, at least when it comes to the stock market. The veteran adult company has launched a new contest that features 10 of its Playboy models picking what they think will be the best performing stocks of the year.