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• Playboy Magazine, originally titled "Stag Party," is a monthly magazine founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953. The magazine features "tasteful" nude photos of women, along with articles on sports, fashion, consumer goods, and political and public figures.

  The first centerfold was Marilyn Monroe and the top selling Playboy issue was the November 1972 publication featuring Pam Rawings which sold 7,161,561 copies.

• Fast Facts

  1. Editor-in-chief: Hugh Hefner
  2. Publisher: Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
  3. Year founded: 1953
  4. First issue: December 1953
  5. Circulation: Over three million copies a month in the U.S
  6. Annual revenue: $331.14 million
  7. First man on the cover: Peter Sellers
  8. Classified as "softcore"
  9. Stock Exchange Symbol: PLA (NYSE)
  10. Twitter: Follow Hugh Hefner on Twitter at Twitter.com/HughHefner
  11. New CEO: On June 2, 2009, Scott N. Flanders was named the new CEO of Playboy
  12. In tribute, an endangered marsh rabbit was given the scientific classification of 'sylvilagus palustris hefneri'
  13. At one time, people could send mail to Playboy magazine by simply drawing the rabbit's head on an envelope and posting it!
  14. The first ever Playboy interview took place in September, 1962, Miles Davis was the first! He was soon followed by Peter Selelrs and Jackie Gleason

• Playboy Enterprises Inc

  In December of 1953, Hugh Hefner printer 70, 000 copies of his new magazine Playboy, it featured photos of beautiful, naked women. They sold 54,175 of them.

• History of the Rabbit

  he world recognized Rabbit's Head logo was designed by Playboy's first Art Director, Art Paul. The logo has appeared on every single magazine cover since, except for the very first issue. Hugh Hefner once explained I selected a rabbit as the symbol for the magazine because of the humorous sexual connotation, and because he offered an image that was frisky and playful. I put him in a tuxedo to add the idea of sophistication. there was another editorial consideration, too. Since both 'the new yorker' and 'esquire' use men as their symbols, I felt the rabbit would be distinctive; and the notion of a rabbit dressed up in formal evening attire struck me as charming, amusing and right.'

• Banned In

  • Asia
  • India
  • China
  • Myanmar
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • Singapore
  • Brunei
  • Africa
  • Iran
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Pakistan

• Celebrity Centerfolds

  1. Bettie Page (January, 1955)
  2. Jayne Mansfield (February 1955)
  3. Linda Evans (July 1971)
  4. Kim Basinger (February 1983)
  5. Shannen Doherty (March 1994)
  6. Nancy Sinatra (May 1995)
  7. Drew Barrymore (January 1995)
  8. Farrah Fawcett (December 1995)
  9. Katarina Witt (December 1998)
  10. Claudia Christian (October 1999)
  11. Joanie Laurer (November 2000)
  12. Shari Belafonte (September 2000)
  13. Brooke Burke (May 2001)
  14. Belinda Carlisle (August 2001)
  15. Gabrielle Reece (January 2001)
  16. Gena Lee Nolin (December 2001)
  17. Tiffany (April 2002)
  18. Carnie Wilson (August 2003)
  19. Daryl Hannah (November 2003)
  20. Torrie Wilson (May 2003)
  21. Amy Acuff (September 2004)
  22. Rachel Hunter (April 2004)
  23. Denise Richards (December 2004)
  24. Deborah Gibson (March 2005)
  25. Willa Ford (March 2006)
  26. Amanda Beard (July 2007)
  27. Ashley Harkleroad (August 2008)
  28. Marge Simpson (November 2009)

• Headquarters

  • Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
  • 680 North Lake Shore Drive
  • Chicago, Illinois 60611
  • 312-751-8000

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