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So, do you know what that means?!?! Someone NEW gets to be the CEO of Playboy! Here is a list of those who we think would be great front runner candidates for the job as new CEO for Playboy. 1. Jerry Yang
Why the CEO for Playboy? Jerry can only go up. After making the wrong call on a decision that literally costs billions of dollars and losing his job, the guy can only go up. Have you ever SEEN the stuff that goes on with Yahoo Chat? He’s completely prepared for a little soft core porn. Secondly, this could be a new generation for Playboy. Yang could help them go high tech. You would be able to get the Playmate of the Month on your start page and chat with the Playmates. There could also be special clubs and forums starring the Playmates. He’s already got ins with other search companies for cutting deals. 2. Holly Madison
Who is Holly Madison? Madison is one of the Playmates and costar of Hugh Hefner’s “The Girls Next Door” series on the E! Channel. Holly Madison not only appeared on the cover (and inside) Playboy magazine in November 2005, but also was on Playboy’s website as Cyber Girl of the Week in 2003. Why the CEO for Playboy? She’s been a fixture in the mansion and the business for the past few years and knows how the company works. She has attended some college and knows the innerworkings of what keeps Playboy running. Now that she’s out of the mansion, it may be time to get her into the boardroom Odds: 10 to 1 (that Cris Angel magically convinces her that he should be in charge instead) 3. Joe Rogan
Who is Joe Rogan? Comedian, actor, and television personality Joe Rogan has been famous in show business since about 1995 when he was cast in the television sitcom “News Radio”. In 2001, he began a variety of different things such as hosting NBC’s “Fear Factor” and co-hosting Comedy Central’s “The Man Show“. His other huge road to fame is the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) circuit where he is a commentator for the sport and now hosts “UFC Wired”. Why the CEO for Playboy? Joe would give an entire new dimension to Playboy. If Playboy is looking for something different and a new marketing strategy, then Joe’s your man. How about the UFP (Ultimate Fighting Playmate)? It would be awesome! They’d have to be naked, of course. After all, it’s Playboy. You may think it’s sexy, but things could get hairy from time to time, with ears and cotton tails flying all over the place. 4. Eliott Spitzer
Who is Elliott Spitzer? Elliott Spitzer is a lawyer and former Governor for New York. On March 17, 2008, he resigned as governor due to his involvement as a client in an upscale prostitution ring. Why the CEO for Playboy? With an undergraduate degree from Princeton and law degree from Harvard, Spitzer is well educated and was seen a great leader until his prostitution scandal. With Spitzer’s biggest weakness being scantily clad women, he should thrive in the Playboy environment. It would also be a great place for him to rebuild his reputation as a leader and an innovator. I’m thinking he has a good shot if he remembers to keep his pants on and his black socks off. We KNOW Eliot can spot talent. 5. Dana White
Who is Dana White? Dana White is the President of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). He has a background as an aerobics instructor and also a background in martial arts. Why the CEO for Playboy? Getting past the obvious UFC/Playboy images that are going through your head, Dana White is a leader and an amazing business man. Rolling Stone has even said, “Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, may soon be hailed as the greatest sports promoter ever, of all time, bigger even than boxing’s Don King.” Dana White took dying sport that was illegal in 36 states and turned into a money making machine. Imagine what he could do with Playboy if he got his hands on it. Wouldn’t it be a cool marketing strategy to organize UFC-type fights with the Playmates? The last one standing could be the Playmate of the month. Or even better yet, market it to the public and see how many men would like to fight (or wrestle) with a Playmate. He’s got a pretty sweet gig, so he’s a long shot, but hot girls beats sweaty dudes any day of the week hands down. 6. Ellen DeGeneres
Who is Ellen DeGeneres? Ellen is a successful stand up comedienne, actress, talk show host, and television personality. She is currently most famous for her talk show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show“. Though she’s done countless things to make her famous in show biz, she’s probably best known for how much she likes the ladies. Why the CEO for Playboy? Okay, it’s true that Ellen may have no idea what a man likes, but she sure knows what’s sexy in a woman. You have to admit, she has good taste in women. Odds: 60 to 1 (that she will continue to allow men in the mansion) 7. Ron Jeremy
Who is Ron Jeremy? Ron Jeremy is a former pornographic actor. Though he has been in non-pornographic films, he’s best known for his porn films, and having a member large enough to warrant it’s own spot on the list. Why the CEO for Playboy? Ron has more experience in the adult industry than anyone on this list. He knows what works and he may be exactly what Playboy needs, another high profile high energy, well respected leader. Move over Hef, here comes Ron (no pun intended - sorry for the mental). Ron Jeremy has already been in the porn industry and has gotten a lot of attention and notoriety. Also, I don’t know about you, but the ladies might really take a liking to him. It could be good for morale around the Playboy mansion. Odds: 100 to 1 (that the hedgehog will be trimming bushes at the mansion) 8. Ron Paul |
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6. “Expert in all levels of security”This guy got 600 replies: Other gems: “successful fishing business” “executive level management” “References available from… U.S. District Attorney” 5. We let Him do all the workFrom NotHired: Of course the crew is able to work immediately. 4. Looking for someone on the inside 3. What do they need the picture for? 2. No vegetarians, please
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 Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times Michael Buckley, YouTube host, at home in Connecticut. function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1386738000&en=21e379cfc0b81315&ei=5124';} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/business/media/11youtube.html'); } function getShareHeadline() { return encodeURIComponent('YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money'); } function getShareDescription() { return encodeURIComponent('Making videos for YouTube -- a pastime for millions of Web surfers -- is now a way to make a living.'); } function getShareKeywords() { return encodeURIComponent('Advertising and Marketing,Computers and the Internet,Online Advertising,YouTube.com,Michael Buckley'); } function getShareSection() { return encodeURIComponent('business'); } function getShareSectionDisplay() { return encodeURIComponent('Business / Media & Advertising'); } function getShareSubSection() { return encodeURIComponent('media'); } function getShareByline() { return encodeURIComponent('By BRIAN STELTER'); } function getSharePubdate() { return encodeURIComponent('December 11, 2008'); }Making videos for YouTube — for three years a pastime for millions of Web surfers — is now a way to make a living. Skip to next paragraph  Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times Michael Buckley quit his day job in September. He says his online show is “silly,” but it helped pay off credit-card debt. Readers' CommentsOne year after YouTube, the online video powerhouse, invited members to become “partners” and added advertising to their videos, the most successful users are earning six-figure incomes from the Web site. For some, like Michael Buckley, the self-taught host of a celebrity chatter show, filming funny videos is now a full-time job. Mr. Buckley quit his day job in September after his online profits had greatly surpassed his salary as an administrative assistant for a music promotion company. His thrice-a-week online show “is silly,” he said, but it has helped him escape his credit-card debt. Mr. Buckley, 33, was the part-time host of a weekly show on a Connecticut public access channel in the summer of 2006 when his cousin started posting snippets of the show on YouTube. The comical rants about celebrities attracted online viewers, and before long Mr. Buckley was tailoring his segments, called “What the Buck?” for the Web. Mr. Buckley knew that the show was “only going to go so far on public access.” “But on YouTube,” he said, “I’ve had 100 million views. It’s crazy.” All he needed was a $2,000 Canon camera, a $6 piece of fabric for a backdrop and a pair of work lights from Home Depot. Mr. Buckley is an example of the Internet’s democratizing effect on publishing. Sites like YouTube allow anyone with a high-speed connection to find a fan following, simply by posting material and promoting it online. Granted, building an audience online takes time. “I was spending 40 hours a week on YouTube for over a year before I made a dime,” Mr. Buckley said — but, at least in some cases, it is paying off. Mr. Buckley is one of the original members of YouTube’s partner program, which now includes thousands of participants, from basement video makers to big media companies. YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, places advertisements within and around the partner videos and splits the revenues with the creators. “We wanted to turn these hobbies into businesses,” said Hunter Walk, a director of product management for the site, who called popular users like Mr. Buckley “unintentional media companies.” YouTube declined to comment on how much money partners earned on average, partly because advertiser demand varies for different kinds of videos. But a spokesman, Aaron Zamost, said “hundreds of YouTube partners are making thousands of dollars a month.” At least a few are making a full-time living: Mr. Buckley said he was earning over $100,000 from YouTube advertisements. The program is a partial solution to a nagging problem for YouTube. The site records 10 times the video views as any other video-sharing Web site in the United States, yet it has proven to be hard for Google to profit from, because a vast majority of the videos are posted by anonymous users who may or may not own the copyrights to the content they upload. While YouTube has halted much of the illegal video sharing on the site, it remains wary of placing advertisements against content without explicit permission from the owners. As a result, only about 3 percent of the videos on the site are supported by advertising. But the company has high hopes for the partner program. Executives liken it to Google AdSense, the technology that revolutionized advertising and made it possible for publishers to place text advertisements next to their content. “Some of these people are making videos in their spare time,” said Chad Hurley, a co-founder of YouTube. “We felt that if we were able to provide them a true revenue source, they’d be able to hone their skills and create better content.” In a time of media industry layoffs, the revenue source — and the prospect of a one-person media company — may be especially appealing to users. But video producers like Lisa Donovan, who posts sketch comedy onto YouTube and attracted attention in the fall for parodies of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, do not make it sound easy. “For new users, it’s a lot of work,” Ms. Donovan said. “Everybody’s fighting to be seen online; you have to strategize and market yourself.” Mr. Buckley, who majored in psychology in college and lives with his husband and four dogs in Connecticut, films his show from home. Each episode of “What the Buck?” is viewed an average of 200,000 times, and the more popular ones have reached up to three million people. He said that writing and recording five minutes’ worth of jokes about Britney Spears’s comeback tour and Miley Cyrus’s dancing abilities is not as easy as it looks. “I’ve really worked hard on honing my presentation and writing skills,” he said. As his traffic and revenues grew, Mr. Buckley had “so many opportunities online that I couldn’t work anymore.” He quit his job at Live Nation, the music promoter, to focus full-time on the Web show. There is a symmetry to Mr. Buckley’s story. Some so-called Internet celebrities view YouTube as a stepping stone to television. But Mr. Buckley started on TV and found fame on YouTube. Three months ago, he signed a development deal with HBO, an opportunity that many media aspirants dream about. Still, “I feel YouTube is my home,” he said. “I think the biggest mistake that any of us Internet personalities can make is establish ourselves on the Internet and then abandon it.” Cory Williams, 27, a YouTube producer in California, agrees. Mr. Williams, known as smpfilms on YouTube, has been dreaming up online videos since 2005, and he said his big break came in September 2007 with a music video parody called “The Mean Kitty Song.” The video, which introduces Mr. Williams’ evil feline companion, has been viewed more than 15 million times. On a recent day, the video included an advertisement from Coca-Cola. Mr. Williams, who counts about 180,000 subscribers to his videos, said he was earning $17,000 to $20,000 a month via YouTube. Half of the profits come from YouTube’s advertisements, and the other half come from sponsorships and product placements within his videos, a model that he has borrowed from traditional media. On YouTube, it is evident that established media entities and the up-and-coming users are learning from each other. The amateur users are creating narrative arcs and once-a-week videos, enticing viewers to visit regularly. Some, like Mr. Williams, are also adding product-placement spots to their videos. Meanwhile, brand-name companies are embedding their videos on other sites, taking cues from users about online promotion. Mr. Walk calls it a subtle “cross-pollination” of ideas. Some of the partners are major media companies; the ones with the most video views include Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, CBS and Warner Brothers. But individual users are now able to compete alongside them. Mr. Buckley, who did not even have high-speed Internet access two years ago, said his YouTube hobby had changed his financial life. “I didn’t start it to make money,” he said, “but what a lovely surprise.”
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By Jason Moore So you're slogging away at a 9 to 5 job, paying off that student loan, doing all the things The Man said you had to do to succeed. Then one day you stop and think to yourself: there has got to be an easier way to make money. And that's why you're in jail now. Which is too bad, because it turns out there are a number of completely legal ways to make money--good money--without setting foot in an office or putting on a uniform or even learning a single skill. And people do it every day. #5. Sperm Donors Potential Income: $12,000+ per year (depending on the sperm). Finally, it's the job you've been training for since middle school! The opportunities are only as limited as your own libido and genetics. For just a couple minutes of your time you can net around $100 for each donation, depending on the bank. Some even offer up to $500 a shot--but that's only if you agree to do it "Open ID" style so that your offspring can come knocking on your door years later. No matter what career you're currently in, this should be the easiest job interview you've ever been through. There will be some basic health screenings to prove that you can physically handle the gauntlet of porn they're about to throw at you. Also, be ready for a background check on you and your immediate family to make sure that you aren't Charlie Sheen. Did we just mention the porn? Yeah, they put you in a nice quiet room with a bunch of porn. Do the deed, drop off your semen at the desk and make an appointment for later in the week (you can donate every three days). A hundred bucks, every three days, that's $12,000 a year. And that's just entry level. If you're really serious about this, why limit yourself to one sperm bank? You can hit as many as you want, multiplying your yearly haul with each one. The "Open ID" method specifies that you're limited to two pregnancies per state. But they distribute your sample for you, so assuming you don't mind having a brood of 100 children scattered across America, you're literally sitting on a potential $50,000 at this moment. Even if you don't go "Open ID," your earning potential is only limited by your ability to deliver the goods. The sperm count tends to decrease with the volume, but your guys can handle a few workouts a day, right? Ladies, we're not leaving you out of this one. You can donate eggs and--get this--you can wind up with $5,000 or more per cycle. #4. Street Entertainers Potential Income: $25,000+ a year. We've all seen the guy with a guitar hanging out by the subway station with his case open to accept donations. And you've probably dropped a quarter in feeling sorry for his poor homeless ass. But don't be fooled by that sad song about his wife leaving him for someone fitting your general description. He's just doing his job as a "busker." And that job can pay anywhere from $10 to $20 an hour depending on the performer's choice of location and level of talent. There's even a book on the subject by long-time busker Johnnie Mac, covering all the basics from the choicest locations to where to put your tip cup. Mac spent almost 20 years as a street musician and says he was, "making a fortune... in fact, more than triple what I was making in the job I left behind." And there's plenty of room for advancement. The Blue Man Group, Jimmy Buffet, Pierce Brosnan, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jewel, Jimmy Page, Penn and Teller, Rod Stewart, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and Robin Williams all started their entertainment careers on the streets. Sure those people all had talent, but you can also make money miming, fortune telling and standing totally still while covered in silver paint (though we're guessing that last one involves lots of smart-ass kids walking by and punching you in the nuts). Street performances are perfectly legal in most places as long as they don't interfere with traffic and business. But you do have to deal with the other buskers who are trying to horn in on your racket. After all, your sweet saxophone playing isn't going to get you any cash if there's a dude noisily plucking at his banjo five feet away, drowning you out. Luckily there's a sort of "Busker Code" that street entertainers follow which basically states, "I got to this corner first, and if you try and set up shop here, I'll stab you." #3. Human Guinea Pig Potential Income: $50,000 a year (if you survive). The key to science is trial and error. This occupation offers offers the excited opportunity to get paid to be one of the two. Anyone can do it and, if you get involved in enough studies, man can it add up. For instance here's one that pays up to $1,500 for just two days of your time (granted, you have to be in chronic pain to qualify, but who isn't?) or you could get paid $15 an hour to be a test patient for medical students to poke at. And best of all, it's perfectly safe! Okay, that's a lie. A couple of years ago 11 people got tuberculosis after participating in a study that was apparently trying to find out what happens when you stick 11 healthy people in the same room with one guy who has tuberculosis. Sure, that sounds horrifying. But we know at least one of their symptoms was prominent swelling. Of their wallets.  
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By John Timmer | Published: December 02, 2008 - 02:03PM CT Just when it seemed that the press has exhausted all the possible rumors the could exist regarding the future of Yahoo, another one is making the rounds. With mergers, buyouts, partnerships and purchases all proposed as the company's salvation, a new report is suggesting that Yahoo's fate might involve a stint as a privately held company. Unfortunately, the very conditions that make this rumor mildly plausible mean that any deal of this sort is unlikely to go through. Yahoo's had quite a year in the headlines as it is. The company was targeted for purchase by Microsoft, but Redmond offered a price-per-share that was below what the company's management thought it was worth, so that deal was rejected. This failed deal acted as blood in the water for Carl Icahn, who waged a proxy battle for control of Yahoo's board, with the intention of resuscitating the deal with Microsoft. With that challenge beaten back (and Icahn on the board), Yahoo's management turned to their plan for future viability: an ad-sharing deal with rival Google. Unfortunately, the government wasn't happy with this deal, and Google walked away. Rumors have also persisted that Yahoo could potentially purchase Time Warner's AOL division. That brings Yahoo to the present: an economic crisis, plummeting share prices and ad revenues, and Jerry Yang resigning as CEO, leaving no obvious plan for increasing future revenue. Not exactly an ideal situation for a publicly-traded company. Which is why the new rumors, reported by The Wall Street Journal almost make sense: a turnaround artist is looking to buy the company out at $22 a share and take it private. Yahoo is clearly in need of a long-term plan but, while it comes up with one, the company is being harmed by the public perception that it may be inviable, or at best a very poor bet in the long term. This has the pernicious effect of dropping its share price, which leaves it fewer options (it makes buying other companies through stock swaps much harder, for example) and makes it harder to retain skilled staff as working for stock options becomes less appealing. This situation is likely to get worse as the recession continues in the coming months. Taking the company private eliminates a lot of these concerns. Without a focus on quarterly income, stock price, etc., the company could have a better chance of attracting the people it needs: those who can figure out how to turn Yahoo's huge population of regular users into a source of new revenue. The company could reorient itself as it rides out the current economic storm, and reward its owners through a new public offering when conditions improve. Alternately, the new owners could divide it up and sell off the parts for profit at that point. The rumors also make sense in terms of the supposed white knight: Jonathan Miller, former head of Time Warner's AOL division. Miller sampled several strategies for making AOL a viable concern after it became clear that it had a finite lifespan as an ISP, eventually settling on a portal strategy that has a lot of parallels with Yahoo's current situation. Miller's fit for the position goes well beyond his familiarity with AOL and portals, however. He was one of Carl Icahn's initial candidates for Yahoo's board during the earlier proxy fight, and The Journal reports that he's been working behind the scenes to smooth the Microsoft-Yahoo negotiations. Miller has also been working in a venture capital firm, so presumably has some sense of how to drum up the money to get a deal to go through. That, unfortunately, is where the rumors make the least sense. Right now, investment cash is extraordinarily hard to come by, and Miller almost certainly knows that. Supposedly, he's working with sovereign wealth funds from a number of nations, but the appeal of this deal, at least at the moment, has got to be limited. Yahoo will need a lot of work, making it a risky bet, and most economists expect rough financial times to continue for months, so the buyout price is likely to only get better if they wait. Other than coming up with the cash for the deal, however, this is one of the rare rumors about Yahoo that largely appears to make sense. Unfortunately, that cash issue is so significant that it raises the question of whether this might be another strategic rumor, leaked to pave the way for some other interested party to swoop in with a deal. SOURCE: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-report-white-knight-wants-to-take-yahoo-private.html
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