Market Currents

• Wednesday, December 16, 2009

• 08:21 AM Iconix Brand Group (ICON) breaks off talks with Playboy Enterprises (PLA) due to the difficult of separating the Playboy brand from the magazine. Iconix's plan was to partner with a publisher to buy the magazine, while it would buy the brand licensing. Comment!

• Friday, November 13, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: TSTC +31%. RINO +18%. LXRX +17%. ANF +7%. MDSO +7%. JCP +5%. PLA +4%.
  Losers: LBTYA -9%. LKFN -7%. CADX -6%. TCLP -5%. JWN -4%. Comment!

• Thursday, November 12, 2009

• 11:35 AM Playboy Enterprises (PLA +42%) in talks to sell itself to Iconix Brand Group (ICON). (Bloomberg) Comment!

• Wednesday, October 21, 2009

• 10:46 AM Smut just got cheaper. (PLA +4.4%) 1 Comment

• Friday, May 22, 2009

• 12:44 PM Playboy (PLA) is quietly being shopped around for $300M, though its market cap is closer to $100M. So far, there are no takers. 5 Comments