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Publication history
1950s
By spring 1953, Hugh Hefner—a 1949 University of Illinois psychology graduate who had worked in Chicago for Esquire magazine writing promotional copy; Publisher's Development Corporation in sales and marketing; and Children's Activities magazine as circulation promotions manager—had planned out the elements of his own magazine, that he would call Stag Party.BOOK,weblink Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, Steven Watts, 24, March 23, 2009, Wiley, February 14, 2016, 9780470501375, He formed HMH Publishing Corporation, and recruited his friend Eldon Sellers to find investors. Hefner eventually raised just over $8,000, including from his brother and mother.BOOK,weblink Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, Steven Watts, 24, March 23, 2009, Wiley, February 14, 2016, 9780470501375, However, the publisher of an unrelated men's adventure magazine, Stag, contacted Hefner and informed him it would file suit to protect their trademark if he were to launch his magazine with that name.BOOK, The Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900, David E., Sumner, Peter Lang Publishing, 2010, 978-1-4331-0493-0,weblink 134, February 14, 2016, BOOK,weblink Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, Steven Watts, 64, March 23, 2009, Wiley, February 14, 2016, 9780470501375, 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".Golden Dreams The Birth of Playboy by Hugh M. Hefner, page 265, Playboy, January 1994The first issue, in December 1953, was undated, as Hefner was unsure there would be a second. He produced it in his Hyde Park kitchen. The first centerfold was Marilyn Monroe, although the picture used originally was taken for a calendar rather than for Playboy.Summers, p. 59. Hefner chose what he deemed the "sexiest" image, a previously unused nude study of Monroe stretched with an upraised arm on a red velvet background with closed eyes and mouth open.BOOK, Harding, Les,weblink 75, They Knew Marilyn Monroe: Famous Persons in the Life of the Hollywood Icon, 9780786490141, August 23, 2012, McFarland, The heavy promotion centered on Monroe's nudity on the already-famous calendar, together with the teasers in marketing, made the new Playboy magazine a success.BOOK, Gunelius, Susan,weblink 16, Building Brand Value the Playboy Way, 9780230239586, September 16, 2009, Palgrave Macmillan, {{dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}BOOK, Jensen, Gordon,weblink 157, Marilyn: A Great Woman's Struggles: Who Killed Her and Why, 9781477141502, July 2012, Xlibris Corporation, The first issue sold out in weeks. Known circulation was 53,991.Playboy Collector's Association Playboy Magazine Price Guide The cover price was 50¢. Copies of the first issue in mint to near-mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002.WEB, 2018-11-05, Hugh Hefner's Personal Copy of Playboy #1 Can Be Yours,weblink 2021-04-25, www.mentalfloss.com, The novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, was published in 1953 and serialized in the March, April and May 1954 issues of Playboy.NEWS,weblink Yes, people DID buy 'Playboy' for the articles, USA TODAY, September 12, 2017, 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. Urban legend stated that this was either a rating that Hefner gave to the Playmate according to how attractive she was, the number of times that Hefner had slept with her, or how good she was in bed. In truth, stars, between zero and 12, indicated the domestic or international advertising region for that printing.WEB, Stars Upon Thars,weblink Snopes.com, June 22, 2006, May 20, 2009,1960s–1990s
File:Playboy Staff in 1970.jpg|thumb|right|The editorial board of Playboy in 1970. Back, left to right: (Robie Macauley]], Nat Lehrman, Richard M. Koff, Murray Fisher, Arthur Kretchmer; front: Sheldon Wax, Auguste Comte Spectorsky, Jack Kessie.)In the 1960s, the magazine added "The Playboy Philosophy" column. Early topics included gay rights, women's rights, censorship, and the First Amendment.NEWS, Batura, Amber, Opinion {{!, How Hugh Hefner Invented the Modern Man |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/opinion/hugh-hefner-playboy.html |work=The New York Times |date=28 September 2017}} Playboy was an early proponent of cannabis reform and provided founding support to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in 1970.WEB, 2021-01-08, All About Playboy's Cannabis Law Reform Advocacy And Social Equity Grants,weblink 2021-07-14, Benzinga, From 1966 to 1976, Robie Macauley was the fiction editor at Playboy. During this period the magazine published fiction by Saul Bellow, Seán Ó Faoláin, John Updike, James Dickey, John Cheever, Doris Lessing, Joyce Carol Oates, Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Crichton, John le Carré, Irwin Shaw, Jean Shepherd, Arthur Koestler, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Malamud, John Irving, Anne Sexton, Nadine Gordimer, Kurt Vonnegut and J. P. Donleavy, as well as poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.WEB,weblink Kennedy, Thomas E., "A Last Conversation with Robie Macauley", Agnii, Vol. 45, 1997, Webdelsol.com, December 7, 2011, In 1968, at the feminist Miss America protest, symbolically feminine products were thrown into a "Freedom Trash Can". These included copies of Playboy and Cosmopolitan magazines.WEB, Greenfieldboyce, Nell, Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth,weblink NPR, February 6, 2012, September 5, 2008, One of the key pamphlets produced by the protesters was "No More Miss America!", by Robin Morgan, which listed 10 characteristics of the Miss America pageant that the authors believed degraded women;WEB,weblink No More Miss America!, The Feminist eZine, February 8, 2012, it compared the pageant to Playboy{{'}}s centerfold as sisters under the skin, describing this as "The Unbeatable Madonna–Whore Combination".WEB,weblink No More Miss America!, Redstockings.org, August 22, 1968, May 24, 2018, Macauley contributed all of the popular Ribald Classics series published between January 1978 and March 1984.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}After reaching its peak in the 1970s, Playboy saw a decline in circulation and cultural relevance due to competition in the field it founded—first from Penthouse, then from Oui (which was published as a spin-off of Playboy) and Gallery in the 1970s; later from pornographic videos; and more recently from lad mags such as Maxim, FHM, and Stuff. 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".WEB, Rosenstiel, Thomas B., 1986-08-25, Magazines in Decline : Sex Losing Its Appeal for Playboy,weblink 2021-04-25, Los Angeles Times, en-US, In February 1974, Ratna Assan became the first women of Indonesian descent to be featured, shortly after a positively received role in the film Papillon (1973).WEB, Bhawono, Aryo, Ratna Assan, Perempuan Indonesia Pertama di Majalah Playboy,weblink 2023-12-03, detiknews, id-ID, Christie Hefner, daughter of founder Hugh Hefner, joined Playboy in 1975 and became head of the company in 1988. 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. "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.NEWS,weblink Hefner's daughter Christie walks away from Playboy Enterprises, The Times, London, Christine, Seib, December 9, 2008, May 22, 2010, Hefner was succeeded by company director and media veteran Jerome H. Kern as interim CEO, who was in turn succeeded by publisher Scott Flanders.NEWS, As Business Falls Off, Playboy Looks For Buyers, NPR,weblink 2022-06-24, WEB, MCN Staff, 2009-07-08, Jerome Kern Exits Playboy Board,weblink 2022-06-24, Multichannel News,2000–present
The magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary with the January 2004 issue. Celebrations were held at Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, and Moscow during the year to commemorate this event. Playboy also launched limited-edition products designed by fashion houses such as Versace, Vivienne Westwood and Sean John. As a homage to the magazine's 50th anniversary, MAC Cosmetics released two limited-edition products, namely a lipstick and a glitter cream.WEB,weblink Playboy: 50 years and going - Oct. 15, 2003, Parija, Bhatnagar, money.cnn.com, September 14, 2017, The printed magazine ran several annual features and ratings. One of the most popular was its annual ranking of the top "party schools" among all U.S. universities and colleges. 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.WEB,weblink "Top Party Schools 2009," Playboy magazine, May 2009.,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090509091054weblink">weblink May 9, 2009, December 16, 2012, 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 Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles) 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 was for sale for $300 million.NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090814184717weblink">weblink dead, August 14, 2009, Hugh Hefner sells LA property as financial crisis hits Playboy, The Daily Telegraph, London, August 11, 2009, In December 2009, the publication schedule was reduced to 10 issues per year, with a combined January/February issue.On July 12, 2010, Playboy Enterprises Inc. announced Hefner's $5.50 per share offer ($122.5 million based on shares outstanding on April 30 and the closing price on July 9) to buy the portion of the company he did not already own and take the company private with the help of Rizvi Traverse Management LLC. The company derived much of its income from licensing, rather than from the magazine.NEWS,weblink Bunny bid: Hefner offers to buy rest of Playboy, Vancore, Andrew, Heher, Ashley, The Washington Times, Associated Press, July 12, 2010, July 16, 2010, On July 15, Penthouse owner FriendFinder Networks Inc. offered $210 million (the company is valued at $185 million), though Hefner, who already owned 70 percent of voting stock, did not want to sell.NEWS,weblink Penthouse bids for Playboy, Vancore, Andrew, The Sun News, Associated Press, July 16, 2010, July 16, 2010, {{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=Jennica |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.NEWS,weblink The Los Angeles Times, Playboy agrees to Hefner buyout offer, December 16, 2012, The buyout was completed in March 2011.NEWS, Hefner Completes $208M Playboy Buyout,weblink Institutional Investor, March 8, 2011, December 16, 2012, November 5, 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131105020321weblink">weblink dead,2016{{ndash}}2018 changes and brief ending of full-frontal nudity
In October 2015, Playboy announced the magazine would no longer feature full-frontal nudity beginning with the March 2016 issue.WEB, Samaiya, Ravi, Playboy says it will no longer print images of nude women,weblink Boston Globe, October 13, 2015, Company CEO Scott Flanders acknowledged the magazine's inability to compete with freely available internet pornography and nudity; according to him, "You're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passé at this juncture".NEWS, Somaiya, Ravi,weblink Nudes Are Old News at Playboy, The New York Times, October 12, 2015, October 13, 2015, Hefner agreed with the decision.WEB,weblink Playboy magazine to stop publishing pictures of naked women, The Guardian, October 13, 2015, October 13, 2015, The redesigned Playboy, however, would still feature a Playmate of the Month and pictures of women, but they would be rated as not appropriate for children under 13. The move would not affect PlayboyPlus.com (which features nudity at a paid subscription).WEB,weblink The fascinating economics behind Playboy's decision to drop nudes from its magazine, Vox.com, October 13, 2015, February 14, 2016, Josh Horwitz of Quartz argued that the motivation for the decision to remove nudity from the magazine was to give Playboy Licensing a less inappropriate image in India and China, where the brand is a popular item on apparel and thus generates significant revenue.WEB,weblink China—not online porn—is why Playboy is dumping nude photographs, Quartz, October 13, 2015, October 18, 2015, Among other changes to the magazine included ending the popular jokes section and the various cartoons that appeared throughout the magazine. The redesign eliminated the use of jump copy (articles continuing on non-consecutive pages), which in turn eliminated most of the space for cartoons.WEB, Karlin, Susan, The Playboy Revamp Continues: How The Magazine Is Redrawing Its Cartoon Lines, Too,weblink Co.Create, Fast Company, March 12, 2016, March 7, 2016, Hefner, himself a former cartoonist, reportedly resisted dropping the cartoons more than the nudity, but ultimately obliged. Playboy{{'}}s plans were to market itself as a competitor to Vanity Fair, as opposed to more traditional competitors GQ and Maxim.Playboy enters non-nude era: Sexy but 'safe for work' WTAE-TV, via CNN Money (February 24, 2016)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.WEB,weblink Playboy brings back nudity, claiming #NakedIsNormal, February 13, 2017, BBC, 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".NEWS, Puzzanghera, Jim, Playboy is considering ending its print magazine, report says,weblink Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2018, 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.Following Hefner's death, and his family's financial stake in the company, the magazine changed direction. In 2019, Playboy was relaunched as a quarterly publication without adverts. Topics covered included an interview with Tarana Burke, a profile of Pete Buttigieg, coverage of BDSM and a cover photo representing gender and sexual fluidity.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 decision to close the print edition was attributed in part to the COVID-19 pandemic which interfered with distribution of the magazine.WEB, Gibson, Kate, Coronavirus kills 66-year-old Playboy,weblink CBS News, 2020-03-19, March 19, 2020,Publicly traded
In autumn 2020, Playboy announced a reverse merger deal with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp.—a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). In February 2021, the stock of a combined company, PLBY Group, began trading on the Nasdaq exchange as "PLBY".WEB, Osman, Jim, Playboy Could Be The King of SPACs - Here Are Three Picks,weblink 2021-08-18, Forbes, WEB, Jasinski, Nicholas, Playboy Has Gone Public. Here's What to Know.,weblink 2021-08-18, www.barrons.com, en-US,{{anchor|Circulation}}Circulation history and statistics
In 1971, Playboy had a circulation rate base of seven million, which was its high point.Dougherty, Philip H. (2 November 1982). Playboy to Cut Circulation Rate Base, The New York Times The best-selling individual issue was the November 1972 edition, which sold 7,161,561 copies. One-quarter of all American college men were buying or subscribing to the magazine every month.MAGAZINE, The Girls Next Door: The New Yorker,weblink The New Yorker, March 13, 2006, December 16, 2012, On the cover was model Pam Rawlings, photographed by Rowland Scherman. Perhaps coincidentally, a cropped image of the issue's centerfold (which featured Lena Söderberg) became a de facto standard image for testing image processing algorithms. It is known simply as the "Lenna" (also "Lena") image in that field.WEB,weblink The Rest of the Lenna Story, 2.cs.cmu.edu, December 7, 2011, In 1972, Playboy was the ninth highest circulation magazine in the United States.Media and Culture with 2013 Update: An Introduction to Mass Communication, p. 268 (chart posts a list cited from magazines.org in 2010, showing top ten circulation magazines in the United States in 1972 and 2010. The 1972 list was (1) Reader's Digest (17,825,661); (2) TV Guide (16,410,858); (3) Woman's Day (8,191,731); (4) Better Homes and Gardens (7,996,050); (5) Family Circle (7,889,587); (6) McCall's (7,516,960); (7) National Geographic (7,260,179); (8) Ladies' Home Journal (7,014,251); (9) Playboy (6,400,573); (10) Good Housekeeping (5,801,446))The 1975 average circulation was 5.6 million; by 1981 it was 5.2 million, and by 1982 down to 4.9 million. Its decline continued in later decades, and reached about 800,000 copies per issue in late 2015, and 400,000 copies by December 2017.Bennett, Jessica (2 August 2019). Will the Millennials Save Playboy?, The New York TimesIn 1970, Playboy became the first gentleman's magazine to be printed in braille.NEWS,weblink BLIND WIN RULING ON BRAILLE PLAYBOY, The New York Times, August 29, 1986, October 16, 2011, It is also one of the few magazines whose microfilm format was in color, not black and white.WEB,weblink Re: Nicholson Baker and NEH, Ibiblio.org, April 16, 2001, February 14, 2016,Features and format
Rabbit logo
File:Playboy lighter.jpg|thumb|upright|A Playboy cigarette lighter with the rabbit logologoPlayboy{{'}}s enduring mascot, a stylized silhouette of a rabbit wearing a tuxedo bow tie, was created by Playboy art director Art Paul for the second issue as an endnote, but was adopted as the official logo and has appeared ever since.WEB, Faye, Marcia,weblink Art Paul: The art of designing Playboy, iitmagazine, Spring 2009, December 7, 2011, January 24, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150124062523weblink">weblink dead, BOOK, Heller, Steven, Vienne, Veronique, 2006, The Education of an Art Director,weblink Allworth Communications, 174–180, 9781581154351, December 7, 2011, A running joke in the magazine involves hiding the logo somewhere in the cover art or photograph. Hefner said he chose the rabbit for its "humorous sexual connotation", and because the image was "frisky and playful". In an interview Hefner explained his choice of a rabbit as Playboy{{'}}s logo to the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci:{{Blockquote| The rabbit, the bunny, in America has a sexual meaning; and I chose it because it's a fresh animal, shy, vivacious, jumping - sexy. First it smells you then it escapes, then it comes back, and you feel like caressing it, playing with it. A girl resembles a bunny. Joyful, joking. Consider the girl we made popular: the Playmate of the Month. She is never sophisticated, a girl you cannot really have. She is a young, healthy, simple girl - the girl next door ... we are not interested in the mysterious, difficult woman, the femme fatale, who wears elegant underwear, with lace, and she is sad, and somehow mentally filthy. The Playboy girl has no lace, no underwear, she is naked, well washed with soap and water, and she is happy."Hugh Hefner: 'I am in the center of the world'", by Oriana Fallaci, LOOK Magazine, January 10, 1967}}File:Bill Clinton and Donald Trump at the U.S. Open in 2000, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.jpg|thumb|Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kylie Bax wearing a Playboy shirt, with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Melania TrumpMelania TrumpThe jaunty rabbit quickly became a popular symbol of extroverted male culture, becoming a lucrative source of merchandizing revenue for the company.MAGAZINE,weblink Playboy's Logo is What Matters — It Earns More Than Nudes Do, Rhodes, Margaret, October 13, 2015, WIRED, October 14, 2015, In the 1950s, it was adopted as the military aircraft insignia for the Navy's VX-4 fighter-evaluation squadron.The Playboy Interview
Besides its centerfold, a major part of Playboy for much of its existence has been the Playboy Interview, an extensive (usually several-thousand-word) discussion between a publicly known individual and an interviewer. Writer Alex Haley served as a Playboy interviewer on a few occasions; one of his interviews was with Martin Luther King Jr.; he also interviewed Malcolm X and American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell.NEWS, Hearn, Michael Patrick,weblink Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write, The New York Times, December 17, 2021, January 25, 2022, The magazine interviewed then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter in the November 1976 issue, in which he stated "I've committed adultery in my heart many times."Playboy Interview with Jimmy Carter, Playboy, November 1976WEB,weblink McGill University website excerpt, David Sheff's interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared in the January 1981 issue, which was on newsstands at the time of Lennon's murder; the interview was later published in book format.Another interview-type section, entitled "20Q" (a play on the game of Twenty Questions), was added in October 1978. Cheryl Tiegs was the first interviewee for the section.WEB,weblink playboy.com / world of playboy / events, December 16, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110607094500weblink">weblink June 7, 2011,Rock the Rabbit
"Rock the Rabbit" was an annual music news and pictorial feature published in the March edition.WEB, Stolz, Kim, Duran Duran And Playboy Team Up To 'Rock The Rabbit,' Celebrate Band's 13th LP,weblink mtv.com, MTV, July 12, 2015, The pictorial featured images of rock bands photographed by music photographer Mick Rock. Fashion designers participated in the Rock the Rabbit event by designing T-shirts inspired by Playboy{{'}}s rabbit head logo for each band. The shirts were sold at Playboy{{'}}s retailers and auctioned off to raise money for AIDS research and treatment at LIFEbeat: The Music Industry Fights AIDS. Bands who were featured include: MGMT, Daft Punk, Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, Flaming Lips, Snow Patrol, and The Killers.WEB, Cawein, Elizabeth, MGMT Poses For Playboy In Rock The Rabbit Campaign,weblink thefader.com, The Fader, Inc., July 12, 2015, March 4, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304072601weblink">weblink dead,Photographers
The photographers who have contributed to Playboy include Ken Marcus,WEB,weblink Photographers, Vintageplayboymags.co.uk, December 7, 2011, Richard Fegley,WEB,weblink Richard Fegley : Biography, IMDb.com, February 14, 2016, Arny Freytag,WEB,weblink Arny Freytag, IMDb.com, February 14, 2016, Ron Harris,WEB,weblink Ron Harris Studio – We Have The Girls You Want, Ronharris.com, December 7, 2011, Tom Kelley, David Mecey,WEB,weblink Photographer, David Mecey, December 7, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111124193520weblink">weblink November 24, 2011, Russ Meyer,WEB,weblink Russ Meyer (I) : Biography, IMDb.com, February 14, 2016, Pompeo Posar,WEB,weblink Pompeo Posar, IMDb.com, February 14, 2016, Suze Randall,WEB,weblink Suze Randall, Lycos.com, December 7, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110927081347weblink">weblink September 27, 2011, Herb Ritts,WEB,weblink "Playboy at 50" Christies Sale 1325 (December 17, 2003), Stephen Wayda,WEB,weblink Welcome to Stephen Wayda Photography, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090303121206weblink">weblink March 3, 2009, July 24, 2009, Sam Wu,James R. Petersen, Playboy Redheads, Chronicle Books, 2005, p127. {{ISBN|0-8118-4858-2}} Mario Casilli,WEB,weblink Mario Casilli, Playboy Photographer, November 6, 2007, Vintage Playboy Mags, Ana Dias,"Playboy Contributors: Ana Dias". Playboy. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Ellen von Unwerth,Grimes, Gary (14 September 2019). "Ellen von Unwerth: 30 years of photographing women". The Face. Retrieved 20 September 2020. Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, and Bunny Yeager.WEB,weblink Bunnyyeager.com, Bunnyyeager.com, December 7, 2011,Celebrities
{{hatnote|For a full listing, see List of people in Playboy 1953–1959, 1960–1969, 1970–1979, 1980–1989, 1990–1999, 2000–2009, 2010–2020}}Many celebrities (singers, actresses, models, etc.) have posed for Playboy over the years. This list is only a small portion of those who have posed. Some of them are:Film:- Jayne Mansfield (February 1955)
- Mara Corday (October 1958)
- Ursula Andress (June 1965)
- Carol Lynley (March 1965)
- Margot Kidder (March 1975)
- Kim Basinger (February 1983)
- Terry Moore (August 1984)
- Janet Jones (March 1987)
- Drew Barrymore (January 1995)
- Denise Richards (December 2004)
- Sasha Grey (October 2010)
- La Toya Jackson (March 1989/Nov 1991)
- Fem2Fem (December 1993)
- Nancy Sinatra (May 1995)
- Samantha Fox (October 1996)
- Joey Heatherton (April 1997)
- Linda Brava (April 1998)
- Belinda Carlisle (August 2001)
- Tiffany (April 2002)
- Carnie Wilson (August 2003)
- Debbie Gibson (March 2005)
- Svetlana Khorkina (November 1997 Russian edition)
- Katarina Witt (December 1998)
- Tanja Szewczenko (April 1999 German edition)
- Joanie Laurer (November 2000 and January 2002)
- Gabrielle Reece (January 2001)
- Kiana Tom (May 2002)
- Torrie Wilson (May 2003 and March 2004 [the latter with Sable])
- Amy Acuff (September 2004)
- Amanda Beard (July 2007)
- Ashley Harkleroad (August 2008)WEB,weblink Harkleroad to be in August Playboy magazine, May 26, 2008,
- Linda Evans (July 1971)
- Suzanne Somers (February 1980 and December 1984)
- Teri Copley (November 1990)
- Dian Parkinson (December 1991 and May 1993)
- Shannen Doherty (March 1994 and December 2003)
- Farrah Fawcett (December 1995 and July 1997)
- Claudia Christian (October 1999)
- Shari Belafonte (September 2000)
- Brooke Burke (May 2001 and November 2004)
- Karina Smirnoff (May 2011)
Other editions
Playboy Special Editions
The success of Playboy magazine has led PEI to market other versions of the magazine, the Special Editions (formerly called Newsstand Specials), such as Playboy's College GirlsWEB, Where the Babes are,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050507174950weblink">weblink May 7, 2005, and Playboy's Book of Lingerie, as well as the Playboy video collection.Braille
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has published a braille edition of Playboy since 1970.WEB,weblink NLS Reference Circular: Magazine Program (2007), Loc.gov, August 25, 2010, December 7, 2011, The braille version includes all the written words in the non-braille magazine, but no pictorial representations. Congress cut off funding for the braille magazine translation in 1985, but U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan reversed the decision on First Amendment grounds.WEB,weblink The Braille Forum, June 2000, May 10, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110510080522weblink">weblink December 9, 2005, dead,International editions
Current
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|Africa- South Africa (1993–1996, 2011–2016, 2017–) (digital only)"Playboy Takes On World With Big Video Expansion", By Richard Covington, International Herald Tribune, November 3, 1993. Retrieved June 23, 2007.NEWS, Ndlovu, Andile, Playboy SA stripped off mag rack,weblink May 15, 2013, Times LIVE, May 15, 2013,
- Czech Republic (1991–)
- Denmark (2018–) (digital only)
- Finland (2023-) (digital only)
- France (1973–1985, 1993–2013, 2016–)
- Germany (1972–)
- Greece (1985–2015, 2018–) (digital and special editions)
- Netherlands (1983–)
- Sweden (1998–1999, 2017–) (digital only)
- Ukraine (2005–)
- Mexico (1976–1998, 2002–) (digital only)
- Australia (1979–2000, 2018–) (digital only)
Former
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|Asia- Hong Kong (1986–1993)
- Indonesia (2006–2007)"Jakarta struggles with the politics of pornography as Playboy comes to town", John Aglionby, January 30, 2006, The Guardian. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- Israel (2013)NEWS,weblink Show me the bunny: Playboy comes to Israel, March 19, 2013, January 14, 2013, Nati Tucker, Haaretz,
- Japan (1975–2009)—see specific article
- Mongolia (2012–2015)
- Philippines (2008–2021)NEWS,weblink Philippine Playboy won't show full nudity, March 8, 2009, March 27, 2008, Associated Press, NBC News,
- Singapore (2009, 2011)
- South Korea (2017–2020)
- Taiwan (2012–2020)
- Thailand (2012–2020)
- Argentina (1985–1995, 2006–2018)
- Brazil (1975–2017) (see Playboy (Brazil))
- Colombia (2008–2011, 2017–2020)
- Venezuela (2006–2017)
- Austria (2012–2014) (special issues only)
- Bulgaria (2002–2020)
- Croatia (1997–2020)
- Estonia (2007–2012)"Playboy Magazine Enters Estonia" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710174747weblink |date=July 10, 2007 }}, Alo Raun, Postimees, June 7, 2007. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
- Georgia (2007–2008)"Playboy Magazine Enters Georgia, Plans to Conquer Market" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084207weblink |date=September 28, 2007 }}, Nino Edilashvili, The Georgian Times, May 21, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- Hungary (1989–1993, 1999–2019)
- Italy (1972–1985, 1987–2003, 2008–2020)
- Latvia (2010–2014)WEB,weblink Playboy published also in Latvia, Baltic News Network, October 8, 2010, September 28, 2010,
- Lithuania (2008–2013)NEWS, 2008-05-27, Playboy comes to the Baltics, The Baltic Times,weblink 2023-10-24, NEWS, Zilnys, Ramūnas, 2013-07-03, Uždaroma lietuviškoji žurnalo "Playboy" versija, lt, The Lithuanian version of Playboy magazine closes, Lrytas,weblink 2023-10-24,
- Macedonia (2010–2012)WEB,weblink Playboy Macedonia, Netpress.com.mk, September 28, 2010, December 7, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110722215807weblink">weblink July 22, 2011,
- Moldova (2012)WEB,weblink Hugh Hefner: The Playboy Interview, September 20, 2011, Stephen, Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, February 21, 2012,
- Norway (1997–1999)
- Poland (1992–2019)
- Portugal (2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2015–2020)
- Romania (1999–2016)
- Russia (1995–2022)
- Serbia (2004–2015)
- Slovakia (1997–2003, 2005–2020): WEB,weblinkweblink 2021-12-23, subscription, FINAL EDITION PLAYBOY SLOVAKIA, Kortis, Johnny, 26 December 2020, Johnny Kortis, Chief of Playboy Slovakia, 15 December 2021, {{cbignore}}
- Slovenia (2001–2020)
- Spain (1978–2013, 2017–2020)
- Turkey (1986–1995)
Online
The growth of the Internet prompted the magazine to develop an official internet presence called Playboy Online in the late 1980s.WEB, Playboy joins computer revolution,weblink 2021-06-13, UPI, The company launched Playboy.com, the official website for Playboy Enterprises and an online companion to Playboy magazine, in 1994.NEWS, Disney Internet exec hops to Playboy.com, Wolinsky, Howard, 59, Chicago Sun-Times, February 23, 2000, WEB,weblink Playboy Web Space,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/19961220001705weblink">weblink December 20, 1996, December 12, 2006, dead, 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. Archives of past Playboy articles and interviews are also included.NEWS, Playboy widening its use of The Web, Jones, Tim, H09, The Record, June 23, 1997, In September 2005, Playboy began publishing a digital version of the magazine.WEB, Johnston, Chris, 2005-08-25, Playboy launches digital edition,weblink 2021-06-13, The Guardian, 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.NEWS, Associated Press,weblink Playboy busts out of mold on the Smoking Jacket, Don Babwin, July 21, 2010, In May 2011, Playboy introduced iplayboy.com, a complete, uncensored version of its near-700-issue archive, targeting the Apple iPad.WEB, Playboy puts 57 years of articles, nudity online, Griggs, Branddon, Susana, Miguel,weblink CNN, May 21, 2011, May 7, 2021, 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
Stacy Arthur, Playboy's Playmate of the Month for January, 1991, filed a $70 million lawsuit against Playboy Enterprises Inc. and others alleging she was raped and sodomized by three Playboy employees on October 6, 1991, at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles and that inaction by the magazine led to the death of her husband.WEB,weblink Former Playboy centerfold sues magazine, United Press International, 5 February 2023, 8 October 1992, {{update after|2022|2}}On January 14, 2004, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate" should be protected in the situation where a user typing "Playboy" or "Playmate" in a browser search was instead shown advertisements of companies that competed with PEI. This decision reversed an earlier district court ruling. The suit started on April 15, 1999, when Playboy sued Excite Inc. and Netscape for trademark infringement.WEB,weblink Netscape, Playboy settle search trademark case - CNET News.com, News.cnet.com, December 7, 2011, {{Further|Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp.}}{{anchor|Bans on the sale of Playboy}}Censorship
Many in the American religious community opposed the publication of Playboy. The Louisiana pastor and author L. L. 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."L. L. Clover, Evil Spirits, Intellectualism and Logic (Minden, Louisiana: Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary, 1974), pp. 18–19.In many parts of Asia, including India, mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Brunei, sale and distribution of Playboy is banned. In addition, sale and distribution is banned in most Muslim countries (except LebanonNEWS,weblink New York, Daily News, Foreign Web sites offer alternate perspectives on the conflict in Iraq, Michelle, Megna, March 30, 2003, WEB,weblink Middle East and Arab World Headline News, Al Bawaba, January 1, 1970, December 7, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120618163752weblink">weblink June 18, 2012, and Turkey) including Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Despite the ban on the magazine in these countries, the official Playboy brand itself can still appear on various merchandise, such as perfume and deodorants.While banned in mainland China, the magazine is sold in Hong Kong. In Japan, where genitals of models cannot be shown, a separate edition was published under license by Shueisha.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} An Indonesian edition was launched in April 2006, but controversy started before the first issue hit the stands. Though the publisher said the content of the Indonesian edition will be different from the original edition, the government tried to ban it by using anti-pornography rules.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} A Muslim organization, the Islamic Defenders Front (IDF), opposed Playboy on the grounds of pornography. On April 12, about 150 IDF members clashed with police and stoned the editorial offices. Despite this, the edition quickly sold out. On April 6, 2007, the chief judge of the case dismissed the charges because they had been incorrectly filed.NEWS, 'Playboy' charges thrown out of court, Thompson, G.,weblink ABC News, April 5, 2007, June 7, 2013, In 1986, the American convenience store chain 7-Eleven removed the magazine. The store returned Playboy to its shelves in late 2003. 7-Eleven had also been selling Penthouse and other similar magazines before the ban.John Rettie, "7-Eleven’s Ban on Playboy Magazine", "L.A. Times", April 19, 1986. Retrieved October 29, 2021.Charles Storch, "7-Eleven Won't Sell Adult Magazines", Chicago Tribune, April 11, 1986. Retrieved October 29, 2021.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.WEB,weblink Censors lift ban on Playboy, November 13, 2016,weblink January 2, 2020, dead, Playboy was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia, during 2004 and 2005, but returned as of 2006. Due to declining sales, the last Australia-wide edition of Playboy was the January 2000 issue."Too Rude For Queensland", State Library of Queensland. Retrieved October 29, 2021.{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}In 2013, Playboy was cleared by the Pentagon of violating its rule against selling sexually explicit material on military property, but the base exchanges stopped selling it anyway.WEB,weblink Military Green Lights Playboy and Penthouse Before Banning Them, Outsidethebeltway.com, August 1, 2013, February 14, 2016, In March 2018, Playboy announced that they would be deactivating their Facebook accounts due to the "sexually repressive" nature of the social media platform and their mismanagement of user data resulting from the Cambridge Analytica problem.NEWS, Staff Writer,weblink Now Playboy Deletes Its Facebook Account, Citing Values, Advertising Age, Bloomberg News, March 28, 2018, March 29, 2018,Female perspectives and experiences
Gloria Steinem
(File:Gloria Steinem 1977 ©Lynn Gilbert.jpg|thumb|247x247px|Gloria Steinem 1977, photographed in her home, years after writing her Playboy Expose.)Gloria Steinem, an American activist and journalist went undercover as an employee in 1963 at the New York City Playboy club. In 1963, she wrote an expose article called "A Bunny's Tale", discussing the inner-workings of a Playboy Bunny, which was later turned into a TV film. Steinem, going by the cover name of Marie Cathrine Ochs, applied for the job of a Playboy bunny. Her goal was to research and investigate the alleged mistreatment and harassment of women at the Playboy club.JOURNAL, Steinem, Gloria, May 1963, A Bunny's Tale,weblink SHOW, Magazine of the Arts, Steinem prepared a whole background story, very careful not to be discovered. Steinem arrived at the club in New York City, and filled out an application to be a Playboy Bunny. When applying, she was told that as a 24-year-old, she was considered relatively old to work there. Additionally, Steinem detailed how Playboy didn't want any backstory, but just wanted their employees to be a pretty face for the company. When applying, Steinem was told the expectations of the workers. Bunnies had to maintain a certain level of personal maintenance, such as always having their makeup, nails and hair done without flaws.JOURNAL, Steinem, Gloria, May 1963, A Bunny's Tale,weblink SHOW, Magazine of the Arts, The Bunnies were instructed to always be perceived as happy and optimistic. They were also expected to weigh a certain amount, and to have a certain bust size, or else they would get fined. There was a club motto that the Bunnies were hired for 1. Beauty 2. Personality 3. Ability, and the order was very important. Steinem was hired on the spot, and told to come back in a few days for training. She was given the "Bunny Bible", a rulebook with all the etiquette information. The club had fine lines around prostitution. No Bunny could seem interested or available to customers, however if a top client or a "key-holder" expressed interest, they were encouraged and suggested to comply. Additionally, the club would take 50% of tips earned from the first $30 of the night, 25% of tips up to $60 and 5% of tips after that.(File:Bunny girl outfit 20060131.jpg|thumb|204x204px|Bunny Girl outfit, worn by employees of the Playboy clubs.)Steinem detailed many forms of harassment she allegedly received during training, including customers touching her costume, putting their arm around her, breathing heavily down her neck, along with multiple instances of being yelled at when refusing to go home with a customer. Steinem claimed to have worked long night shifts in uncomfortable clothing, with no breaks or food. The Bunnies were told they would make around $200 – 300 a week, when in reality they had to share tips and they were underpaid.JOURNAL, Steinem, Gloria, May 1963, A Bunny's Tale,weblink SHOW, Magazine of the Arts, Steinem also observed and noted in her expose how Bunnies of color were called "Chocolate Bunnies" and were given lower ranking jobs in the club.Jennifer Saginor
Jennifer Saginor, author of her memoir Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion, experienced the infamous Playboy mansion at the age of six years old for the first time.BOOK, Saginor, Jennifer, Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion, HarperCollins, 2005, 978-0-06-076157-8, New York, 1–9, Her father, Mark Saginor, was Hugh Hefner's physician, otherwise known as “Dr. Feelgoodâ€. Mr. Saginor was the primary reason that Jennifer was introduced to the mansion at such a young age due to his residency there. While her parents were still together, Jennifer and her sister would spend a good amount of time at the mansion with their father, having a plethora of adult experiences sprung on them at a young age. Her mother fought, trying to prevent her daughters from stepping foot into that mansion. She went as far as getting a divorce with “Dr. Feelgoodâ€, hoping for full custody, as well as court orders.After Jennifer's parents' divorce, Mr. Saginor spent significantly more time at the mansion than prior, bringing his children along with him. No matter how often her mother would forbid them from going, Jennifer would lie about her whereabouts to spend time at the “playhouseâ€.JOURNAL, Book Reviews : Chile: The Debate Goes On by Kyle Steenland A review of: Edward Boorstein, Allende's Chile, an Inside View, New York: International Publishers, 1977. $4.25 Stefan De Vylder, Allende's Chile: The Political Economy of the Rise and Fall of the Unidad Popular, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1976. Thomas Hauser, The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1978. $8.95 Brian Loveman, Struggle in the Countryside; Politics and Rural Labor in Chile, 1919-1973, Bloomington: Indiana University Press. $15.00 Robinson Rojas, The Murder of Allende and the End of the Chilean Way to Social ism, New York: Harper and Row, 1976. $10.95 Ian Roxborough, Phil O'Brien, and Jackie Roddick, Chile: The State and Revolution, New York: Holmes and Meier, 1977.$20.00 Paul Sigmund, The Overthrow of Allende and the Politics of Chile, 1964-1976, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. $5.50 Jack Spence, Search for Justice: Neighborhood Courts in Allende's Chile, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979. $16.50.Barbara Stallings, Class Conflict, Economic Development in Chile, 1958-73, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1978. $18.50 Kyle Steenland, Agrarian Reform under Allende: Peasant Revolt in the South, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1978. $5.95, Latin American Perspectives, January 1979, 6, 1, 97–107, 10.1177/0094582x7900600109, Jennifer yearned for her father's love and affection, so, she would insist on going to the mansion with him.JOURNAL, Agrawal, Manish, Hariharan, Govind, Kishore, Rajiv, Rao, H.R., Matching intermediaries for information goods in the presence of direct search: an examination of switching costs and obsolescence of information, Decision Support Systems, November 2005, 41, 1, 20–36, 10.1016/j.dss.2004.05.002, Unfortunately for Jennifer, this would lead to years of processing her broken childhood, which she is continuing to work on in present times. (File:The Original Playboy Mansion.jpg|thumb|208x208px|The Original Playboy Mansion. Located in Chicago Illinois.)A specific story that Jennifer references in her memoir is, again, at the age of six when she ventures to the mansion for the first time, meeting Hugh Hefner, and is left to her own devices by her father. As she walked through the mansion, surrounded by half-naked strangers, she ran into the butler who showed her to the pool. Once getting to the pool, Jennifer discovered a secret tunnel under the water, leading to an underground Jacuzzi in a separate section of the house. Here, she walked in on John Belushi having sexual intercourse with one of the Playboy Bunnies. She was six years old at the time, but describes her response to this experience as “I am no longer six. I have grown to full maturity in a matter of seconds.†Jennifer's experiences display just one of the hidden stories of the Playboy Mansion that haven't been addressed or brought to light for the masses. Throughout the rest of her novel, she discusses several stories involving herself and others, sharing what really went down in the mansion during her time residing there, including the sexual relationship she was involved in with one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends.JOURNAL, PLAYGROUND: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion by Jennifer Saginor, Publishers Weekly, 18 April 2005, 252, 16, 53, {{ProQuest, 197087563, |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060761561}}Sondra Theodore
Sondra Theodore, Hugh Hefner's girlfriend from 1979 to 1981, lived with Hefner in his mansion with her children throughout the duration of her relationship. One of the most famous playboy bunnies, Theodore was featured on the cover of Playboy in 1977 and had many centerfold photo shoots throughout her time as a Playboy bunny. In the documentary series Secrets of Playboy, she spoke out about her experience and the mistreatment she received during her time in the house.WEB, 'Playboy Mansion Baby' Struggled with Mom's Allegations Against Hugh Hefner: 'Very Complicated',weblink 2023-09-28, Peoplemag, Theodore also spoke about her experience in a joint interview with her daughter for People magazine. In the interview they discuss the vastly different experiences and perspectives they had living in the mansion.In the documentary, Theodore spoke about the pressure she felt to engage in sexual acts, not only with Hefner, but also with other men and women who frequented the house. She also alleged that she was forced to be a "drug mule" for Hefner, stating that he forced her to retrieve drugs, including cocaine, for his personal use.WEB, Longmire, Becca, 2022-02-08, Former Playboy Playmate Sondra Theodore Claims She Was A 'Drug Mule' For Hugh Hefner,weblink 2023-10-05, ET Canada, en-US, October 12, 2023,weblink dead, Many other former bunnies called out Theodore saying that she was "chasing fame" and alleging that her accusations were false due to the fact that she didn't speak out for years. The backlash that Theodore faced was in part due to the fact that after their split she remained on good terms with Hefner. She ended up marrying a close friend of Hefner. She also returned to the mansion many times after her split with Hefner and when she eventually divorced her husband it was Hefner who gave her money for a divorce lawyer. Their close friendship, even after their romantic relationship ended, led many to question the validity of Theodore's story. In the documentary Theodore acknowledges how she waited to speak out due to blocking out traumatic memories and believing that she didn't have a voice. The documentary gave her and other former bunnies a chance to share their experiences. In response to Theodore's allegations and the documentary in general, Playboy released an open letter stating that "today's Playboy is not Hugh Hefner's Playboy".WEB, Playboy, 2022-01-24, An Open Letter to our Team & Community,weblink 2023-10-05, Medium,Books
General compilations- Nick Stone, editor. The Bedside Playboy. Chicago: Playboy Press, 1963.
- Jacob Dodd, editor. The Playboy Book: Forty Years. Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, 1994, {{ISBN|1-881649-03-2}}
- Playboy: 50 Years, The Photographs. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003, {{ISBN|0-8118-3978-8}}
- Nick Stone, editor; Michelle Urry, cartoon editor. Playboy: 50 Years, The Cartoons. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8118-3976-1}}
- Gretchen Edgren, editor. The Playboy Book: Fifty Years. Taschen, 1995. {{ISBN|3-8228-3976-0}}
- G. Barry Golson, editor. The Playboy Interview. New York: Playboy Press, 1981. {{ISBN|0-87223-668-4}} (hardcover), {{ISBN|0-87223-644-7}} (softcover)
- G. Barry Golson, editor. The Playboy Interview Volume II. New York: Wideview/Perigee, 1983. {{ISBN|0-399-50768-X}} (hardcover), {{ISBN|0-399-50769-8}} (softcover)
- David Sheff, interviewer; G. Barry Golson, editor. The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: Playboy Press, 1981, {{ISBN|0-87223-705-2}}; 2000 edition, {{ISBN|0-312-25464-4}}
- Stephen Randall, editor. The Playboy Interview Book: They Played the Game. New York: M Press, 2006, {{ISBN|1-59582-046-9}}
See also
- (:Category:Playboy lists)
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- List of men's magazines
- Playboy Bunny
- Playboy Club
- Playboy TV
- Playgirl
- Pubic Wars
- Media
- Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words
- Playboy Dolls
- (Playboy: The Mansion)
References
{{Reflist|30em}}External links
{{Commons category|Playboy magazine}}- Josh Lambert, weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100227113720weblink">"My Son, the Pornographer": Jewish Editors at Playboy
- A Playboy's Guide to Hugh Hefner's Chicago, Chicago Tribune
- {{Official website}}
- The Playboy Index 1953–2014 at archive.org
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200122005946weblink">Playboy Covers – covers from all editions worldwide.
- Crossett, Andrew, Index: The Women of Playboy – 1967–2010
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080717040526weblink">Playmate database at the University of Chicago{{snd}}archived in June 2008
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180316224357weblink">Playboy Interview interviewee and interviewer listing
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