It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
Hefner, his wife Millie, and Sellers met to seek a new name, considering "Top Hat", "Gentleman", "Sir'", "Satyr", "Pan" and "Bachelor" before Sellers suggested "Playboy". The first issue, in December 1953, was undated, as Hefner was unsure there would be a second.
Copies of the first issue in mint to near-mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002. The novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, was published in 1953 and serialized in the March, April and May 1954 issues of Playboy. An urban legend started about Hefner and the Playmate of the Month because of markings on the front covers of the magazine.
Copies of the first issue in mint to near-mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002. The novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, was published in 1953 and serialized in the March, April and May 1954 issues of Playboy. An urban legend started about Hefner and the Playmate of the Month because of markings on the front covers of the magazine.
From 1955 to 1979 (except for a six-month gap in 1976), the "P" in Playboy had stars printed in or around the letter.
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1963. Anniversary collections Jacob Dodd, editor.
The stars, between zero and 12, actually indicated the domestic or international advertising region for that printing. ===1960s–1990s=== From 1966 to 1976, Robie Macauley was the Fiction Editor at Playboy.
Donleavy, as well as poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. In 1968, at the feminist Miss America protest, protestors symbolically threw a number of feminine products into a "Freedom Trash Can".
It is known simply as the "Lenna" (also "Lena") image in that field. In 1970, Playboy became the first gentleman's magazine to be printed in braille.
The decision to close the print edition was attributed in part to the COVID-19 pandemic which interfered with distribution of the magazine. ===Circulation history and statistics=== The best-selling Playboy edition was the November 1972 edition, which sold 7,161,561 copies.
Clover wrote in his 1974 treatise, Evil Spirits, Intellectualism and Logic, that Playboy encouraged young men to view themselves as "pleasure-seeking individuals for whom sex is fun and women are play things." In many parts of Asia, including India, mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Brunei, sale and distribution of Playboy is banned.
In response, Playboy attempted to re-assert its hold on the 18–35-year-old male demographic through slight changes to content and focusing on issues and personalities more appropriate to its audience—such as hip-hop artists being featured in the "Playboy Interview". Christie Hefner, daughter of founder Hugh Hefner, joined Playboy in 1975 and became head of the company in 1988.
From 1955 to 1979 (except for a six-month gap in 1976), the "P" in Playboy had stars printed in or around the letter.
The stars, between zero and 12, actually indicated the domestic or international advertising region for that printing. ===1960s–1990s=== From 1966 to 1976, Robie Macauley was the Fiction Editor at Playboy.
From 1955 to 1979 (except for a six-month gap in 1976), the "P" in Playboy had stars printed in or around the letter.
New York: Playboy Press, 1981.
New York: Playboy Press, 1981, ; 2000 edition, Stephen Randall, editor.
New York: Wideview/Perigee, 1983.
Congress cut off funding for the braille magazine translation in 1985, but U.S.
On April 6, 2007, the chief judge of the case dismissed the charges because they had been incorrectly filed. In 1986, the American convenience store chain 7-Eleven removed the magazine.
In response, Playboy attempted to re-assert its hold on the 18–35-year-old male demographic through slight changes to content and focusing on issues and personalities more appropriate to its audience—such as hip-hop artists being featured in the "Playboy Interview". Christie Hefner, daughter of founder Hugh Hefner, joined Playboy in 1975 and became head of the company in 1988.
The site has been available online since 1994.
Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, 1994, Playboy: 50 Years, The Photographs.
As part of the online presence, Playboy developed a pay web site called the Playboy Cyber Club in 1995 which features online chats, additional pictorials, videos of Playmates and Playboy Cyber Girls that are not featured in the magazine.
7-Eleven had also been selling Penthouse and other similar magazines before the ban. In 1995, Playboy was returned to shelves in the Republic of Ireland after a 36-year ban, despite staunch opposition from many women's groups. Playboy was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005, but returned as of 2006.
The suit started on April 15, 1999, when Playboy sued Excite Inc.
On August 11, 2009, London's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Hugh Hefner had sold his English manor house (next door to the famous Playboy Mansion) for $18 m ($10 m less than the reported asking price) to another American, Daren Metropoulos, the President and co-owner of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and that due to significant losses in the company's value (down from $1 billion in 2000 to $84 million in 2009), the Playboy publishing empire is up for sale for $300 million.
New York: Playboy Press, 1981, ; 2000 edition, Stephen Randall, editor.
Copies of the first issue in mint to near-mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002. The novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, was published in 1953 and serialized in the March, April and May 1954 issues of Playboy. An urban legend started about Hefner and the Playmate of the Month because of markings on the front covers of the magazine.
The store returned Playboy to its shelves in late 2003.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003, Nick Stone, editor; Michelle Urry, cartoon editor.
"Just as this country is embracing change in the form of new leadership, I have decided that now is the time to make changes in my own life as well", she said. ===Post–2000=== The magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary with the January 2004 issue.
By launching the archive as a web app, Playboy was able to circumvent both Apple's App Store content restrictions and their 30% subscription fee. ==Litigation and legal issues== On January 14, 2004, the Ninth Circuit U.S.
7-Eleven had also been selling Penthouse and other similar magazines before the ban. In 1995, Playboy was returned to shelves in the Republic of Ireland after a 36-year ban, despite staunch opposition from many women's groups. Playboy was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005, but returned as of 2006.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004.
In September 2005, Playboy launched the online edition of the magazine Playboy Digital. In 2010, Playboy introduced The Smoking Jacket, a safe-for-work website designed to appeal to young men, while avoiding nude images or key words that would cause the site to be filtered or otherwise prohibited in the workplace. In May 2011, Playboy introduced i.playboy.com, a complete, uncensored version of its near-700 issue archive, targeting the Apple iPad.
7-Eleven had also been selling Penthouse and other similar magazines before the ban. In 1995, Playboy was returned to shelves in the Republic of Ireland after a 36-year ban, despite staunch opposition from many women's groups. Playboy was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005, but returned as of 2006.
An Indonesian edition was launched in April 2006, but controversy started before the first issue hit the stands.
7-Eleven had also been selling Penthouse and other similar magazines before the ban. In 1995, Playboy was returned to shelves in the Republic of Ireland after a 36-year ban, despite staunch opposition from many women's groups. Playboy was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005, but returned as of 2006.
On April 6, 2007, the chief judge of the case dismissed the charges because they had been incorrectly filed. In 1986, the American convenience store chain 7-Eleven removed the magazine.
She announced in December 2008 that she would be stepping down from leading the company, effective in January 2009, and said that the election of Barack Obama as the next President had inspired her to give more time to charitable work, and that the decision to step down was her own.
She announced in December 2008 that she would be stepping down from leading the company, effective in January 2009, and said that the election of Barack Obama as the next President had inspired her to give more time to charitable work, and that the decision to step down was her own.
In 2009, the magazine used five criteria: bikini, brains, campus, sex and sports in the development of its list.
The top-ranked party school by Playboy for 2009 was the University of Miami. In June 2009, the magazine reduced its publication schedule to 11 issues per year, with a combined July/August issue.
On August 11, 2009, London's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Hugh Hefner had sold his English manor house (next door to the famous Playboy Mansion) for $18 m ($10 m less than the reported asking price) to another American, Daren Metropoulos, the President and co-owner of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and that due to significant losses in the company's value (down from $1 billion in 2000 to $84 million in 2009), the Playboy publishing empire is up for sale for $300 million.
In December 2009, they further reduced the publication schedule to 10 issues per year, with a combined January/February issue. On July 12, 2010, Playboy Enterprises Inc.
In December 2009, they further reduced the publication schedule to 10 issues per year, with a combined January/February issue. On July 12, 2010, Playboy Enterprises Inc.
In September 2005, Playboy launched the online edition of the magazine Playboy Digital. In 2010, Playboy introduced The Smoking Jacket, a safe-for-work website designed to appeal to young men, while avoiding nude images or key words that would cause the site to be filtered or otherwise prohibited in the workplace. In May 2011, Playboy introduced i.playboy.com, a complete, uncensored version of its near-700 issue archive, targeting the Apple iPad.
In January 2011, the publisher of Playboy magazine agreed to an offer by Hefner to take the company private for $6.15 per share, an 18 percent premium over the price of the last previous day of trading.
The buyout was completed in March 2011. ====20162018 changes and brief ending of full frontal nudity==== In October 2015, Playboy announced that, starting with their March 2016 issue, the magazine would no longer feature full frontal nudity.
In September 2005, Playboy launched the online edition of the magazine Playboy Digital. In 2010, Playboy introduced The Smoking Jacket, a safe-for-work website designed to appeal to young men, while avoiding nude images or key words that would cause the site to be filtered or otherwise prohibited in the workplace. In May 2011, Playboy introduced i.playboy.com, a complete, uncensored version of its near-700 issue archive, targeting the Apple iPad.
The buyout was completed in March 2011. ====20162018 changes and brief ending of full frontal nudity==== In October 2015, Playboy announced that, starting with their March 2016 issue, the magazine would no longer feature full frontal nudity.
The buyout was completed in March 2011. ====20162018 changes and brief ending of full frontal nudity==== In October 2015, Playboy announced that, starting with their March 2016 issue, the magazine would no longer feature full frontal nudity.
The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance, although it often interviews conservative celebrities. After a year-long removal of most nude photos in Playboy magazine, the March–April 2017 issue brought back nudity. In March 2020, Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, announced that the Spring 2020 issue would be the last regularly scheduled printed issue and that the magazine would now publish its content online.
Playboy's plans were to market itself as a competitor to Vanity Fair, as opposed to more traditional competitors GQ and Maxim. Playboy announced in February 2017, however, that the dropping of nudity had been a mistake and furthermore, for its March/April issue, reestablished some of its franchises, including the Playboy Philosophy and Party Jokes, but dropped the subtitle "Entertainment for Men", inasmuch as gender roles have evolved.
The announcement was made by the company's chief creative officer on Twitter with the hashtag #NakedIsNormal. In 2017, the magazine announced that it would become a bi-monthly publication. In early 2018, and according to Jim Puzzanghera of the Los Angeles Times, Playboy was reportedly "considering killing the print magazine", as the publication "has lost as much as $7 million annually in recent years".
The announcement was made by the company's chief creative officer on Twitter with the hashtag #NakedIsNormal. In 2017, the magazine announced that it would become a bi-monthly publication. In early 2018, and according to Jim Puzzanghera of the Los Angeles Times, Playboy was reportedly "considering killing the print magazine", as the publication "has lost as much as $7 million annually in recent years".
However, in the July/August 2018 issue a reader asked if the print magazine would discontinue, and Playboy responded that it was not going anywhere. In September 2018, the magazine announced that it would move to publishing quarterly, beginning in 2019. ====Online-only==== In March 2020, Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, announced that the Spring 2020 issue would be the last regularly scheduled printed issue and that the magazine would now publish its content online.
However, in the July/August 2018 issue a reader asked if the print magazine would discontinue, and Playboy responded that it was not going anywhere. In September 2018, the magazine announced that it would move to publishing quarterly, beginning in 2019. ====Online-only==== In March 2020, Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, announced that the Spring 2020 issue would be the last regularly scheduled printed issue and that the magazine would now publish its content online.
The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance, although it often interviews conservative celebrities. After a year-long removal of most nude photos in Playboy magazine, the March–April 2017 issue brought back nudity. In March 2020, Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, announced that the Spring 2020 issue would be the last regularly scheduled printed issue and that the magazine would now publish its content online.
However, in the July/August 2018 issue a reader asked if the print magazine would discontinue, and Playboy responded that it was not going anywhere. In September 2018, the magazine announced that it would move to publishing quarterly, beginning in 2019. ====Online-only==== In March 2020, Ben Kohn, CEO of Playboy Enterprises, announced that the Spring 2020 issue would be the last regularly scheduled printed issue and that the magazine would now publish its content online.
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