Playboy profits as ad sales rise
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Adult entertainment firm Playboy has swung back into profit, helped by higher advertising sales at its flagship magazine. The company said third quarter profits came in at $1.
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Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. , owner of the Calvin Klein, Van Heusen and IZOD brands, said on Tuesday that a large increase in Calvin Klein royalty revenue helped quarterly profit rise more than was expected.
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Time Warner Inc.  on Friday posted a higher quarterly net profit boosted by more digital video and cable high speed Internet customers and higher advertising sales at the cable networks.
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Publishing &amp; Broadcasting Ltd.&#39;s second-half profit more than doubled as advertising sales and gaming returns increased at the owner of Australia&#39;s top-rating television network and the nation&#39;s biggest casino.
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Media company Gannett Co Inc. GCI.N  on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit, propelled by  advertising sales gains at its newspapers and broadcast  television stations.
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The radio and billboard giant said net income increased to 65 cents a share, or $320.6 million, from 43 cents, or $211 million, in the year-earlier quarter.
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Yesterday, China&#39;s #1 search giant, Baidu reported a quadrupling of sales. And on Tuesday, Yahoo! announced that their profits have tripled thanks to online advertising.
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Profits at Swedish fashion retailer Hennes &amp; Mauritz rose more than expected in the third quarter as its clothes sold well in the US.
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The News Corporation, the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, in part because advertising sales increased at its cable networks, like the Fox News Channel.
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Yahoo Inc. reported yesterday that its profit more than tripled in the third quarter as the Internet service recorded substantial increases in advertising and a giant gain from the sale of part of its stake in rival Google Inc.
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Internet media company Yahoo Inc.  on Tuesday posted a jump in quarterly profit fueled by online advertising revenue and the sale of an investment.
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News Corp., the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said fiscal first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, partly because advertising sales increased at its cable-television networks including Fox News Channel.
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Playboy Enterprises Inc.PLA.N, the  No. 1 U.S. adult entertainment company, could be alluring to  value investors with its strong brand and solid balance sheet,  according to Barron's.
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Internet media company Yahoo Inc.  YHOO.O on Tuesday posted a jump in quarterly profit fueled by  online advertising revenue and the gain from the sale of an  investment.
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AMERICAN INTERNET advertising revenues have increased by more than 40 per cent in the first six months of this year. According to bean counters Price Waterhouse Coopers, US revenues for the first six months
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News Corp.'s earnings rose 19 percent as stronger results from cable networks, broadcast television and movies outweighed a slump in newspapers, the media company reported Tuesday. Results were also lifted by a gain from selling a European radio business.
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WPP, the advertising and marketing group, reported a sharp rise in interim profits, boosted by the European football championships, the Olympic Games and the US presidential elections.