Playboy Enterprises News

Playboy Enterprises said Jerome Kern, a former TCI executive who had been interim CEO and chairman of the company before the board of directors hired other men for those roles, has left the board of directors.

Jerry Kern, who took on the role of Playboy Enterprises' interim CEO when Christie Hefner said she was leaving the company in December, is relinquishing his seat on the company's board, Playboy announced.

Tom Purcell, a freelance writer, lives in Mt. Lebanon. He can be reached via e-mail . You can also visit him at www.TomPurcell.com . It was one of the chief reasons kids built shacks in the early 1970s: to hide their stash of Playboy magazines.

The restricted stock units and stock options will both vest over a period of four years in equal installments, subject to accelerated vesting in the event of a change in control.

Playboy Enterprises Inc. isn't playing games with its e-commerce services provider.

Description: Marketwatch Media Columnist Jon Friedman, Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, and Former Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner on whether the Obama Administration is as transparent as people had hoped.

Description: Marketwatch Media Columnist Jon Friedman, Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, and Former Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner on President Obama's busy media schedule of speeches, news conferences and interviews since becoming president.

Playboy.com Inc. has sued the company that handles its e-commerce, claiming the firm is attempting to wiggle out of its contract instead of admitting it's in over its head.

Freedom Communications, Inc. named independent director and media veteran Burl Osborne interim CEO on Tuesday.

Get this: A Ben Davis High School graduate is the first non-Hefner to be chief executive of Playboy Enterprises.

Playboy Enterprises Inc., the struggling adult-entertainment empire that may be sold, picked its new chief executive this week -- a University of Colorado graduate who until recently was the head of the company that publishes the Orange County Register.

Media properties haven't been getting much love lately as one of the primary sources of revenue for the sector -- advertising -- has been waning.

A bankruptcy court in Delaware ruled to allow creditors to vote on a proposal that would take the massive Southern California residential development Newhall Ranch out of bankruptcy.

Let's admit it- you haven't picked up a Playboy since you snuck a peek at your old mans porn stash sometime during puberty.

Fueling her brand with social media tools, the Los Angeles Times ' lead travel blogger explains how she built her online media career.

For Tonight Show Debut, It's All About the Conan Tom Shales: By now The Tonight Show is like the White House; it belongs not to its occupant of the moment but to the American people.

Playboy Enterprises Inc., the struggling adult-entertainment empire that may be sold, picked its new chief executive from the newspaper industry Monday, hiring away the head of company that publishes the Orange County Register.

After nearly six months of looking for a permanent replacement for Christie Hefner, Playboy Enterprises is set to formally offer the CEO post to Freedom Communications' head Scott Flanders, WSJ reported , citing unidentified sources.

Bookseller Borders Group Inc. reported Tuesday that its loss widened significantly in its fiscal first quarter due to continued weak sales and more than $70 million in after-tax charges.

Richard Branson is throwing cold water on the word that Virgin Group was considering a bid for Playboy Enterprises .