Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., reaching into every form of media. Playboy is one of the world's best known brand. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide. The magazine is monthly and features photograph of nude women, with articles on fashion, sports, consumer goods, and public figures. It also has short fiction by writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, and Margaret Atwood. The magazine is known to express liberal opinions on most major political issues. Playboy's use of "tasteful" nude photos is classified as "softcore" in contrast to the more "hardcore" pornographic magazines that started to appear in the 1970s in response to the success of Playboy's more explicit rival, Penthouse. Playboy's original title was to be Stag Party, but an unrelated... full article at wikipedia