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On March 18, amid a slew of endings, closures and deaths both literal and figurative, Playboy announced it would be ceasing publication of its print magazine with the Spring 2020 issue. Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder, Hugh Hefner, at the Playboy Mansion. The arrival of the internet sent it into terminal decline. As American life ground to a halt last month, as we seem to have become fond of phrasing it, so too did one of its longtime cultural signifiers. But as the Aids epedimic hit in the early 1980s the magazine was falling out of favour with the mainstream. Playboy is shuttering its print magazine. It was one of the biggest magazines in the world.Įstablished in 1953 by the late Hugh Heffner, the Playboy magazine spawned an empire, and reflected the western zeitgeist of the 1960s and especially the 1970s. It will continue for the time being in digital-only format.Īt its peak in the early 1970s the US Playboy was gold to its printers, with a circulation of 7,160,000 copies and paginations approaching 200 an issue.
It is the story of moral degeneration, from lewdness to perversion. The publisher says the magazine will halt its printed edition due to coronavirus issues, although it does not specify what they are. Michael Brown ( Charisma News archives) In many ways, the story of Playboy Magazine is the story of the sexual revolution, from its first cover featuring Marilyn Monroe in 1953 to its current cover featuring a gay man dressed as a Playboy bunny. All that is mentioned are 'special editions' and things of. Iconic men's magazine Playboy is ceasing its US print edition with immediate effect, bringing to an end a near 70-year odyssey that reflected changing society across the decades. While it is not confirmed that the print edition is indeed dead, there will be no more this year and no plans announced for its return.