No one could blame David Brown for being piqued at Hugh Hefner. Brown bought a chunk of Playboy Enterprises Inc., believing in the way the company made money, which is mostly by feeding male sexual fantasies.
That formula hasn’t worked so well for shareholders since the birth of X-rated Web sites. The shares, higher than $30 in 1999, dropped below $10 two years ago and have gone nowhere since.
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