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The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) is expected to offer the CEO job to Freedom Communications CEO Scott Flanders, replacing interim CEO Jerome Kern.

The Journal adds that "After reports early last week that the publisher had approached private-equity firms about a possible sale, Playboy said it isn't marketing itself to investors but is willing to hear proposals. It isn't clear whether the emergence of Mr. Flanders as a favorite means the company is more likely or less likely to seek a buyer."

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Playboy (NYSE: PLA) published its Q1 results today. Any longtime follower of the company will note that things haven't changed. We're still talking about revenue declines and losses. When will the Bunny finally hop back into reliable profitability? No one really knows when (if) that will happen.

On a reported basis, Playboy said it lost $0.41 per share. If you strip out charges, you get a loss of $0.15 per share. This number was a few cents better than the expectations of analysts according to this source. Be that as it may, they certainly don't meet my expectations. The adjusted loss is essentially the same as last year's number. I suppose we have to give the interim CEO Jerome Kern a chance. As you'll recall, Christie Hefner finally gave up her throne earlier in the year (thankfully).

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Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) reported a loss of $145.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 -- $4.37 per share on a stock that trades right around $1.50. Revenues declined precipitously, but the real reasons for the loss were impairment, restructuring and other charges totaling $157.2 million.

The stock is trading up slightly today, perhaps in part because chairman Jerome Kern (not that Jerome Kern) told investors on a conference call that the company is "willing to listen" to listen to sale or merger possibilities, something that the company hadn't done under former CEO Christie Hefner's reign of terror.

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Playboy says it would consider a sale originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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