offered $210 million (the company is valued at $185 million), though Hefner, who already owned 70 per cent of voting stock, did not want to sell. On July 15, Penthouse owner FriendFinder Networks Inc. The company derives much of its income from licensing rather than the magazine.
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. 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 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 June 2009, the magazine reduced its publication schedule to 11 issues per year, with a combined July/August issue. The top-ranked party school by Playboy for 2009 was the University of Miami. In 2009, the magazine used five criteria: bikini, brains, campus, sex and sports in the development of its list. One of the most popular is its annual ranking of the top “party schools” among all U.S. The magazine runs several annual features and ratings.
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As an hommage to the magazine 50th anniversary, MAC Cosmetics released two limited-edition products, namely a lipstick and a glitter cream. Playboy also launched limited-edition products designed by a number of notable fashion-houses such as Versace, Vivienne Westwood and Sean John.
Celebrations were held at Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, and Moscow during the year to commemorate this event. The magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary with the January 2004 issue. The front cover of the first issue of Playboy, featuring Marilyn Monroe, December 1953Īfter a year-long removal of most nude photos in Playboy magazine, the March–April 2017 issue brought back nudity. The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance, although it often interviews conservative celebrities. Playboy features monthly interviews of notable public figures, such as artists, architects, economists, composers, conductors, film directors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, religious figures, politicians, athletes, and race car drivers. With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Erich Sokol, Roy Raymonde, Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P.
The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as Arthur C. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. Notable for its centrefolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world’s best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. 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. Playboy is an American men’s lifestyle and entertainment magazine. **video is solely for educational purposes**
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