Making Playboy a Private Affair

Playboy Enterprises Inc. said on Monday it received an offer from founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private in a deal which values the company at around US$185-million

Playboy Enterprises said on Monday that it has received a take-private proposal by Hugh M.

CHICAGO — Playboy Enterprises Inc.

The publisher of Playboy magazine has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private.

The publisher of Playboy magazine said it has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private. The price of $6.15 a share values the company at about $207 million. Hefner is Playboy's largest shareholder with about 70 percent of the company's voting shares.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Playboy Enterprises, the magazine's parent company, said Monday morning that magazine founder Hugh Hefner has offered to buy all of the shares of the media empire that he doesn't already own -- amounting to about $120 million. The 84-year-old Hefner also wants to turn it into a privately held company, which means taking it off the stock market. Hefner said he's concerned about the Playboy brand and the magazine's editorial direction.