Anthony (Tony) Lynn, whose four-decade career in the entertainment industry included executive positions at Showtime, Playboy Entertainment Group and MGM Telecommunications, died Dec. 1 following a brief battle with cancer. He was 66. Lynn, whose death was confirmed by Showtime, got his professional start in the…

Digital media veteran Julie Uhrman has exited Lionsgate to take on the newly created position of President of Media at Playboy Enterprises. In her new role, Uhrman will oversee the company’s media offerings across all verticals and is charged with leveraging Playboy’s “progressive and provocative content” and…

EXCLUSIVE: Not surprisingly, Playboy Enterprises has put the brakes on a planned biopic about Hugh Hefner with Brett Ratner directing as well as other projects with the filmmaker’s RatPac Entertainment. Earlier this month, trades ran with the news that Jared Leto was set to play Hefner. But calls to the Suicide…

They won’t be able to hold extravagant parties at the Playboy Mansion. But longtime entertainment execs Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan soon might own what’s left of the Playboy Enterprises empire that Hugh Hefner created. They’re in advanced talks with Rizvi Traverse about a deal that would include Playboy and possibly…