Originally Posted by Gottis

but weak advertising led to a loss in its publishing operation, and its stock fell more than 13 percent.

This on Nov 3rd, around the time Hef went in.

Playboy runs everything but a tight ship, only posting a $3M quarterly profit due to major cost-cutting and sharp declines in taxes and interest payments.

Bookkeeping tricks aside, I make more money than Playboy.