![]() You can read Ben Kohn's statement in full over at Medium. For now, the coronavirus has everybody hanging out indoors and trying to socially distance themselves, which means business might get even better for Playboy in the coming weeks. As physical print continues to shrink, online will be the way for Playboy to continue, which was inevitable. There's a lot of changes going on in the world at the moment, especially in the world of entertainment. ![]() Framed Art Deco Print Playboy 1980s The Bell Boy Photograph On Jan Girl thinks. Playboy Special Editions (formerly known as flats, then Newsstand Specials) are a spin-off series of Playboy magazine containing glamour and softcore nude photographs.The initially infrequent and later semi-regular editions ran from 1963 through 2000 (under the Playboy Press brand) then re-branded from 2000 through 2012 final issues (under the Playboy Special Edition 'SE' brand). Print is how we began and print will always be a part of who we are." Sale ends tonight at midnight EST Champion Edition adds each character. In 2021, alongside our digital content offerings and new consumer product launches, we will bring back fresh and innovative printed offerings in a variety of new forms-through special editions, partnerships with the most provocative creators, timely collections and much more. "We will move to a digital-first publishing schedule for all of our content including the Playboy Interview, 20Q, the Playboy Advisor and of course our Playmate pictorials. While the physical magazine might really be done for good this time, Playboy as a brand isn't going anywhere. The CEO says they recently obtained an additional 4 million Instagram followers. Ben Kohn revealed that video subscriptions are up 30% and social media numbers are continuing to grow. While the Playboy publishing side of things isn't doing so well, the brand as a whole is. With that being said, the magazine and newspapers are increasingly becoming a thing of the past, no matter what they are serving. In the 66 years since its inception, the magazine has changed the pop culture landscape and often been at the forefront of important issues from sex, to politics, and everything in between. Playboy was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan he received from his mother. newsstands and as a digital download this week, will be our final printed publication for the year in the U.S." With all of this in mind, we have decided that our Spring 2020 Issue, which arrives on U.S. print product to better suit what consumers want today, and how to utilize our industry-leading content production capabilities to engage in a cultural conversation each and every day, rather than just every three months. ![]() "Last week, as the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic to content production and the supply chain became clearer and clearer, we were forced to accelerate a conversation we've been having internally: the question of how to transform our U.S. Ben Kohn, Playboy's CEO released a statement addressing the coronavirus and the print magazine's future. It's been heading that way for over a decade and Playboy, like many others, has been struggling to figure out a way to survive digitally. Magazines and news outlets are doing much better in the digital realm these days.
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