PLAYBOY MAGAZINE-MARILYN MONROE FRONT COVER 1953
Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. 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. [3] Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude [4] models ( Playmates ), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution [5] and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. [6] In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke , [7] Ian Fleming , [7] Vladimir Nabokov , [8] Saul Bellow...