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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Pornography not so recession-proof after all?	Filed under: Industry, Bargain stocksThe conventional wisdom is that purveyors of pornography do well in soft economies. When people are unemployed and high gas prices make travel and dinners out expensive, many men choose to stay home with a good book and a pretty girl. But that hasn't been the case lately. In this weak economy, pornography stocks have been terrible performers. Playboy (NYSE: PLA) reported lousy first quarter results, and its stock has taken a beating so far this year. Shares ...	June 03, 2008
Seeing through the hype in 'record earnings' and 'record sales'	Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN), ColumnsWe can always expect companies to put their best foot forward in their press releases but, as investors, it's our job to see through the hype.One common tactic that companies use to try to excite investors is the trumpeting of "record sales" or "record earnings." Today for instance, pornography purveyor New Frontier Media (NASDAQ: NOOF) issued a press release reporting the company's third quarter earnings, blaring the headline "New Frontier Media Reports S...	February 05, 2008
Loeb Partners Discloses 5% Stake in New Frontier Media (NOOF)	In a 13D filing on New Frontier Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOOF), Loeb Partners disclosed a 5.01% (1.2M share) stake in the company.In a pretty standard discloser the firm said, "Loeb intends to review its investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis and may engage in discussions with management or the Board of Directors of the Issuer concerning the business and future plans of the Issuer."You can get 13D reports and others e-mailed to you in real-time by signing up for StreetInsider.com Premium...	June 11, 2007
Amateurs upstaging pros in pornography	Filed under: Products and services, Competitive strategy, Marketing and advertisingAccording to USA Today, amateur pornographers armed with little more than a webcam and a computer are giving the major players in the adult entertainment industry, like New Frontier Media (NASDAQ: NOOF) and Playboy (NYSE: PLA) a run for their money. Sales and rentals of adult DVDs have plummeted in recent years, and now sites like PornoTube.com and YouPorn.com (such clever names ... not) are allowing consumers to...	June 07, 2007
Pre-Market Stock News (May 29, 2007)	(ABN) ABN AMRO gets an RBS-led hostile bid of 71.1 billion Euros.(AL) Alcan may still be the subject of rival bids and may even be considering turning around and trying to do a leveraged Pac-Man strategy buy of Alcoa (AA). (ASN) Archstone-Smith may be acquired by a Tischman and Lehman investment group.(AV) Avaya may be in takeover talks with Silver Lake according to WSJ.(BIIB) Biogen Idec and Elan announce a FDA advisory committee meeting will review TYSABRI for the treatment of Crohn's disease ...	May 29, 2007
Full Research Summary (MAR 20, 2007)	ARAY started as Neutral at UBS.C started as Buy at AGEdwards.CKR started as Buy at Wedbush Morgan.CNI started as Outperform at CIBC.CLWR started as Buy at Pali Research.CP started as Sector Perform at CIBC.CPHD started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.CRA started as Mkt Weight at Thomas Weisel.DIGE cut to Mkt Weight at Thomas Weisel.DOW raised to Overweight at HSBC.EP raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.EQT raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.GIII started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.GILD ra...	March 20, 2007
What does porn say about the economy?	Filed under: Forecasts, Consumer experience, Newspapers, Competitive strategy, Economic data It's long been thought that investing pornography companies can provide a hedge against an economic downturn. In times of high unemployment, men have more free time, are often depressed, at home alone, and...you know the rest. So perhaps the recent numbers for adult DVD sales are a bullish signal for the economy. In 2006, sales of adult DVDs fell by more than 15%, after a decade of steady growth. So has ...	March 14, 2007

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