What is Playboy?
{{about|the magazine|the lifestyle that inspired the magazine's name|Playboy (lifestyle)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{italictitle}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Playboy | logo = Playboy Logo (cropped).jpg | logo_size = 200px | image_file = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = The Playboy logo<br>{{small|(created by: [[Art Paul]])}} | editor = [[Hugh Hefner]] | editor_title = Editor-in-Chief | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Men's magazine | frequency = Monthly | circulation = 800,000<ref>{{cite web|last=Logan|first=Bryan|title=Playboy will no longer feature nude women in its print edition|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/playboy-magazine-will-no-longer-feature-nude-women-in-its-print-edition-2015-10|work=businessinsider.com|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=August 7, 2016|date=October 12, 2015|archive-date=August 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807190055/http://www.businessinsider.com/playboy-magazine-will-no-longer-feature-nude-women-in-its-print-edition-2015-10|url-status=live}}</ref> | publisher = Playboy Enterprises, Inc. | founder = Hugh Hefner | founded = 1953 | firstdate = December 1953 | lastdate = | company = | country = United States | based = [[Chicago, Illinois]] | language = English | website = [http://www.playboy.com/ Playboy.com] | issn = 0032-1478 | oclc = 3534353 }} [[File:Brazilian playmates at Campus Party Brasil 2009 (2).jpg|thumb|Brazilian playmates, in 2009]] '''''Playboy''''' was a monthly American men's [[magazine]]. It was founded by [[Hugh Hefner]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] in 1953. [[Marilyn Monroe]] was the magazine's first cover [[Model (person)|model]]. The logo was created by [[Art Paul]]. The magazine featured articles about men's interests including [[fashion|clothing]], [[sports]], consumer goods, men's health, politics, an