Comments by "serafina costa" (@serafinacosta7118) on "CNN" channel.

  1. Nude males were once the domain of Playgirl , and the buying public were gay males. Online porn killed all of its appeal. Playboy needed the advertisers to take the space on female nude folds. No financially feasible. You also had to maintain edited articles , then centerfold spreads , then the special featured girl, then the playmate of the month . All in a packaged format of X number of pages to be stacked, perused at newsstands. Running a print media company ain’t easy.
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  2. She left afterwards. The publishing company went into insolvency. Playboy may still be sold overseas through licensing agreements. She was proven not be in the mettle. Hugh lived his last days on rented property , one that was once his own. Every piece of asset in the hands of receivership.
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  3. Playboy had the media division. Including cable . That is where the money became made . Streaming sales . Hustler also invested into online porn, had the video publishing , but never had a brand presence in the adult entertainment business. Playboy faded. Larry Flint flipped his money into cassinos . As matter of fact , Larry Flint, at one time , was banned from entering Las Vegas Hilton owned casinos on the account of unpaid gambling debts he racked up there. Then, naturally , he became entranced with Casinos, and built his own smaller ones whenever he could. So Larry , before his passing , came at the top.
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  4. LFP print publications relied mostly on print sales , or what became sold at newsstands. Then, his stuff got repackaged and repriced at the secondary market ( used magazine sellers , adult shops ), money he never saw a dime of it. His magazine publication was unsuccessful in attracting enough advertising revenue. LFP also fared poorly on subscriptions. Even with the plastic bag packaging , and the black cover , this is not a piece of mail you wanted at home on annually renewed subscription plan. Tastes and lifestyles change. You get married , then kids come. Playboy publications were advertising revenue rich, and did well on subscription renewals. Heck, a dentist could have those , and so other establishments. It was an easy to browse rag. What made Playboy broke is that they divested too early into failed enterprises. The failed playboy night clubs , Hefner’s high flying lavish lifestyle. They made well with the digital video and media company for a while , until that market became saturated with other competitors. LFP made well in its later iterations , with some short tenure on raunchy videos, but Larry was not only more astute on distribution , but he also parked his money on smaller legal casinos. Both made well on merchandise , but Playboy leaked a lot of revenue on having their bunny logo copycated all over the world.
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