Hugh Hefner and Playboy Magazine
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The news about Hefner seeking to sell the Playboy company reminded me that I’d been saving this image of him for an appropriate occasion.
Hugh Hefner holding first issue of Playboy magazine
Playboy’s beginning:
With $600, Hefner in 1953 published the first Playboy magazine with a partially nude photo of Marilyn Monroe at its center. The magazine would become not only one of the most successful publications ever, but also a brand that led many Americans to think about sex in a more carefree way.
With Playboy sale, an icon bows to changing times