Playgirl
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Playgirl was an American magazine that historically featured pictorials of nude and semi-nude men alongside general interest, lifestyle, celebrity journalism, and original fiction. For most of its history, the magazine printed monthly and was marketed mainly to women, though it developed a significant gay male readership.
Key facts
- Magazine.image_file
- Playgirl-issue-one.jpg
- Magazine.image_caption
- June 1973 cover (issue 1, number 1)
- Magazine.logo
- Playgirl magazine logo march 1977.svg
- Magazine.publisher
- Douglas Lambert (1973–1976)Ira Ritter (1977–1986)Drake Publishers, Inc. (1986–1993)Crescent Publishing Group, Inc. (1993–2001)Blue Horizon Media, Inc. (2001–2011)Magna Publishing Group, Inc. (2011–2016)
- Magazine.category
- Women's magazines
- Magazine.frequency
- Monthly (1973–2009)Quarterly (2010–2016)
- Magazine.founded
- 1973
- Magazine.firstdate
- June 1973
- Magazine.finaldate
- Winter 2016
- Magazine.company
- Magna Publishing Group
- Magazine.country
- United States
- Magazine.based
- Paramus, New Jersey
- Magazine.issn
- 0273-6918
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- magazine
- Country
- United States
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- list of women's magazines
- Official website
- playgirl.com
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- inception
- 1973-00-00
- start time
- 1973-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Playgirl
- different from
- Playgirl
- opposite of
- Playboy
- newspaper format
- tabloid
- product or material produced
- pornographic film
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- The Lambert years
- The Ritter years
- Drake Publishers, Inc.
- Crescent Publishing Group and Blue Horizon Media
- Blue Horizon
- 2020 relaunch and current era
- Celebrities and public figures nude in ''Playgirl''
- Readership and gay following
- ''Playgirl'' in popular culture
- Other versions
- See also
- References
- External links
Playgirl was an American magazine that historically featured pictorials of nude and semi-nude men alongside general interest, lifestyle, celebrity journalism, and original fiction. For most of its history, the magazine printed monthly and was marketed mainly to women, though it developed a significant gay male readership.
Since its founding, Playgirl has existed as a monthly and quarterly publication, in print-only, digital-only, and hybrid formats. From 1973–2009, the magazine was issued in a monthly print format, before transitioning to a quarterly print publication in 2009. Regular print operations were paused from 2016–2020, with only an online presence maintained. In November 2020, the magazine relaunched with a 10,000 print run in the U.S. and United Kingdom, before selling out and returning to press for a second printing. After that relaunch, the magazine resumed monthly releases as an online, digital publication.
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