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Bloomberg  Nov 21  Comment 
(Update1) Playboy Enterprises Inc. needs to make strategic decisions to expand the men’s magazine publisher in the coming decade, according to former Chief Executive Officer Christie Hefner.
Bloomberg  Nov 20  Comment 
Playboy Enterprises Inc. needs to make strategic decisions to expand the men’s magazine publisher in the coming decade, according to former Chief Executive Officer Christie Hefner.
Reuters  Nov 20  Comment 
Playboy spent 56 years making sure that the world would know it by the sign of its bunny ears. Now that the company is up for sale, Playboy's iconic logo, not the magazine, might be what saves it.
Reuters  Nov 19  Comment 
Playboy spent 56 years making sure that the world would know it by the sign of its bunny ears. Now that the company is up for sale, Playboy's iconic logo, not the magazine, might be what saves it.
Reuters  Nov 13  Comment 
Playboy Enterprises Inc is in talks with Jim Griffiths, a former entertainment president at Playboy, and private equity firm Golden Gate Capital, to sell itself for about $300 million, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.
New York Times  Nov 13  Comment 
Iconix Brand Group is not the only potential buyer reportedly interested in Playboy, with a group led by Jim Griffiths, Playboy's former entertainment president, also in talks to buy the company, The Los Angeles Times reported.
TheStreet.com  Nov 13  Comment 
Iconix and a group led by Playboy's former entertainment president are both in talks to acquire the company and take it private for more than $300 million, a report says.
guardian.co.uk  Nov 13  Comment 
Reuters  Nov 12  Comment 
* Iconix plans to bring in publishing partner (Adds detail in 2nd paragraph)
Wall Street Journal  Nov 12  Comment 
What's a bunny worth? That is the prime question for Playboy Enterprises, which is in sale talks with a number of buyers, including Iconix Brand Group Inc.
AlphaNinja  Nov 12  Comment 
...To write about smut. KIDDING. There actually is a reason to talk about Playboy (PLA) today. Playboy (PLA) shares are up 26% on serious volume, trading about 1.6million shares not even halfway through the day. Rumors are flying...
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Iconix Brand Group is a brand management company that owns, licenses, and markets a portfolio of consumer brands, including Candie's, Bongo, Badgley Mischka, Joe Boxer, Rampage, Mudd, London Fog, Mossimo, and Ocean Pacific. The company licenses its brands directly to leading retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers for use across a wide range of product categories and markets. The company also continues to arrange, as agent, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bright Star Footwear, for the manufacture of footwear products for mass market and discount retailers under their private label brands. Bright Star has no inventory and earns commissions. Iconix Brand Group was founded in 1978 and operated under the name Candie's until July 2005. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

In 2003, the company transitioned into a brand management company focused solely on the licensing and marketing of its brands and away from the direct design, manufacture, marketing and sale of branded merchandise. By mid-2004, the company had licensed out all of its footwear and jeanswear operations and eliminated its entire retail and manufacturing operations and embarked on its strategy of owning, licensing and managing a broad and diversified portfolio of consumer brands.

On January 1, 2005, Iconix Brand Group changed its fiscal year to a calendar year that begins on January 1 and on December 31. Previously, its fiscal year ended on January 31. The change was designed to align the company's financial reporting with that of its licensees.




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