query: What is the "Playboy" logo?

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: and high-profile events that embody both “eroticism and fine art.” The Playboy rabbit logo is one of the most widely recognized and popular brands in the world. Sales of "Playboy" magazine peaked in 1972 at over 7 million copies. By 2015 the circulation had fallen to 800,000. The company now derives over 40 percent of its revenues from its media division, and about half of the revenue comes from the licensing of consumer products. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is based in Beverly Hills, California, having closed its former headquarters in the top office floors of 680 N. Lake Shore Drive in

title: Playboy Club (Las Vegas)

text: Playboy Club (Las Vegas) The Playboy Club was a nightclub formerly located on the 52nd floor of the "Fantasy Tower" at the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada, which is located in the Las Vegas Valley. The club was a Playboy-themed casino and the first official Playboy Club in the United States since 1988. The club opened in October 2006 and closed in June 2012. The club featured floor-to-ceiling windows, Baccarat crystal chandeliers, a VIP area with its own bar, a fireplace and two retro Playboy brand pinball machines. The trademark Playboy Bunny logo was prominently displayed throughout the club,

title: Playboy

text: adopted as the official logo and has appeared ever since. A running joke in the magazine involves hiding the logo somewhere in the cover art or photograph. Hefner said he chose the rabbit for its "humorous sexual connotation", and because the image was "frisky and playful". In an interview Hefner explained his choice of a rabbit as "Playboy's" logo to the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci: The jaunty rabbit was quickly a popular symbol of extroverted male culture, becoming a lucrative source of merchandizing revenue for Playboy. In the 1950s, it was adopted as military aircraft insignia for the Navy's VX-4

title: The Playboy Club

text: them not to air "The Playboy Club", warning that if they did, the group would urge members to file complaints with the FCC if any inappropriate material were broadcast. Several other groups and individuals spoke out against "The Playboy Club". Gloria Steinem, a feminist activist who once disguised herself as a Playboy Bunny to write an article about the conditions inside the Playboy Clubs, also encouraged a boycott of the series. She claimed the premise normalized the concepts of male dominance and prostitution, and said, "Clearly "The Playboy Club" is not going to be accurate. It was the tackiest place

title: Playboy

text: Mick Rock. Fashion designers participated in the Rock the Rabbit event by designing T-shirts inspired by Playboy's rabbit head logo for each band. The shirts were sold at Playboy's retailers and auctioned off to raise money for AIDS at LIFEbeat: The Music Industry Fights AIDS. Notable bands who were featured include: MGMT, Daft Punk, Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, Flaming Lips, Snow Patrol, and The Killers. Many notable photographers have contributed to "Playboy", including Ken Marcus, Richard Fegley, Arny Freytag, Ron Harris, Tom Kelley, David Mecey, Russ Meyer, Pompeo Posar, Suze Randall, Herb Ritts, Stephen Wayda, Sam Wu, Mario Casilli, Annie

title: Playboy Bunny

text: first new Playboy club in over a quarter-century, located on the 52nd floor of the Fantasy Tower. Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli was chosen to re-design the original Bunny Suit. It closed in 2012. Women who became famous and worked as Playboy Bunnies in their careers include: Playboy Bunny A Playboy Bunny is a waitress at a Playboy Club. Bunnies at the original Playboy Clubs that operated between 1960 and 1988 were selected through auditions, received a standardized training, and wore a costume called a "bunny suit" inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot, consisting of a strapless corset teddy,

title: Playboy

text: Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, and Bunny Yeager. Many celebrities (singers, actresses, models, etc.) have posed for "Playboy" over the years. This list is only a small portion of those who have posed. Some of them are: The success of "Playboy" magazine has led PEI to market other versions of the magazine, the Special Editions (formerly called "Newsstand Specials"), such as "Playboy's College Girls" and "Playboy's Book of Lingerie", as well as the "Playboy" video collection. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has published a Braille edition of "Playboy" since 1970. The Braille version includes all the

title: Playboy Bunny

text: Playboy Bunny A Playboy Bunny is a waitress at a Playboy Club. Bunnies at the original Playboy Clubs that operated between 1960 and 1988 were selected through auditions, received a standardized training, and wore a costume called a "bunny suit" inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot, consisting of a strapless corset teddy, bunny ears, black pantyhose, a bow tie, a collar, cuffs and a fluffy cottontail. More recent Playboy Clubs have also featured Bunnies, in some cases with redesigned costumes based on the original bunny suit. According to Hugh Hefner, the Bunny was inspired by Bunny's Tavern in Urbana,

title: The Playboy Club

text: much direct input or request major changes. The original title of the series was "Bunny Tales", then "Playboy", before the final title "The Playboy Club" was chosen. The show's pilot script was the first new drama series ordered by NBC for the 2011–12 television season. Chad Hodge said of writing the series, "When I set out to create this show, the first word out of my mouth was 'entertaining, and cited as influences such films as "All That Jazz" (1979), "Moulin Rouge!" (2001) and "Chicago" (2002), and the comedy-drama television series "Desperate Housewives". The characters and setting of "The Playboy

title: The Playboy Club

text: during a time period that was still repressive of that culture. "The Playboy Club" also touched upon changing thoughts with regard to racial diversity during the 1960s. One of the supporting characters, Brenda, seeks to become the first African American Playboy Bunny. Her role in the series illustrates Hugh Hefner's decision to integrate his clubs, both by hiring black women and allowing black key-holders and performers, which was considered unusual at the time. Brenda was loosely based on the model Jennifer Jackson, the actual first Black Playmate of the Month, although neither Naughton nor the "Playboy Club" producers contacted Jackson

title: The Playboy Club

text: said the series evoked the 1960s era well, but not as well as "Pan Am" and "Mad Men". He felt the Playboy Club setting itself was too claustrophobic and that Cibrian was not strong enough for his part. In an article for the LGBT website AfterElton.com, writer Lesley Goldberg said the Mattachine Society subplot was a "surprising and welcome twist, and indicates "Playboy" has more on its mind than just women in skimpy outfits". Marilyn Miller, who spent six years working in as a Playboy Bunny in real-life clubs, told "Vanity Fair" that the series was unrealistic, particularly in its

title: The Playboy Club

text: Vancouver and Winnipeg followed NBC's 10 p.m. pattern, simsubbing with NBC in many areas. The season premiere broadcast on Citytv was seen by only 485,000 viewers. "The Playboy Club" was heavily advertised on NBC and elsewhere in the weeks leading up to the series premiere. Laura Benanti appeared on a retro style cover of "Playboy" magazine released on September 16, 2011. The magazine had a 1961 theme, which included an old-fashioned visual style, photos of 1960s Playboy bunnies and clubs, and the same 60 cent price as that time period. Benanti wore a black bunny costume and held a tray

title: The Playboy Club

text: days. The first episode was directed by Alan Taylor, who had also directed four episodes of "Mad Men", including the pilot. The costumes in "The Playboy Club" were designed by Isis Mussenden. She was not able to find any original Playboy Bunny uniforms, so she created her designs based on photos and consultations with Hugh Hefner. Each of the five female leads received two suits, each of which cost $3,000 and took about 10 hours to make. Each suit included a built-in bra, French cuffs with Playboy cuff links, satin ears and 3-inch heels. After the costumes were designed, Hefner

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: with private equity firm Rizvi Traverse. Playboy Enterprises Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is an American privately held global media and lifestyle company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. It was founded by the late Hugh Hefner to initially manage the "Playboy" magazine empire. The company is structured with two primary business segments: Media (which manages content for print, digital, social, mobile, TV and radio platforms) and Licensing (which licenses the Playboy name, Rabbit Head design and other trademarks, logos and images for use in connection with consumer goods, venues and events). Today, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: Playboy Enterprises Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is an American privately held global media and lifestyle company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. It was founded by the late Hugh Hefner to initially manage the "Playboy" magazine empire. The company is structured with two primary business segments: Media (which manages content for print, digital, social, mobile, TV and radio platforms) and Licensing (which licenses the Playboy name, Rabbit Head design and other trademarks, logos and images for use in connection with consumer goods, venues and events). Today, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and distribution of content, products

title: Playboy Penguin

text: Playboy Penguin either wants to go home in Antarctica or go to an unknown version of Hoboken to perform in the show as Bugs takes him on various misadventures and encountering Humphrey Bogart. Playboy Penguin appears on "The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries". Playboy Penguin makes a cameo in the Nintendo DS game "". Playboy Penguin appears in "Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas". He is first seen at the Luck Duck Superstore being scolded by Daffy Duck only for Bugs Bunny to reprimand him for this action. Around the end of the movie, Daffy Duck hires Playboy Penguin as an

title: Playboy Penguin

text: employee. Playboy Penguin Playboy Penguin is a character in the animated cartoon Looney Tunes, created by Chuck Jones in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He debuted in 1949's "Frigid Hare" and he re-appeared in "8 Ball Bunny". Playboy Penguin is a mute skating baby penguin that seeks Bugs Bunny for help. From his debut episode "Frigid Hare", an Eskimo hunter in Antarctica tries to catch him until the little penguin found Bugs Bunny and wants him to help avoid the Eskimo hunter. Afterwards, Playboy Penguin whispers to Bugs how he can have his vacation in Antarctica. In "8 Ball

title: Playboy Penguin

text: Playboy Penguin Playboy Penguin is a character in the animated cartoon Looney Tunes, created by Chuck Jones in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He debuted in 1949's "Frigid Hare" and he re-appeared in "8 Ball Bunny". Playboy Penguin is a mute skating baby penguin that seeks Bugs Bunny for help. From his debut episode "Frigid Hare", an Eskimo hunter in Antarctica tries to catch him until the little penguin found Bugs Bunny and wants him to help avoid the Eskimo hunter. Afterwards, Playboy Penguin whispers to Bugs how he can have his vacation in Antarctica. In "8 Ball Bunny",

title: The Playboy Club

text: Club" served as an exploration of the changing political and moral attitudes of the 1960s, particularly with the approach of the sexual revolution that began in that decade. Members of the "Playboy Club" cast and crew have stated they believe the series, and the concept of the Playboy Bunny in general, is empowering to women. One of the show's taglines spoke to this theme: "The men have the keys, but the women hold all of the power." During a Television Critics Association press tour, Amber Heard discussed past Bunnies who had gone on to successful careers and did not regret

title: The Playboy Club

text: portrayal of the Bunnies dancing with and dating the customers. Miller said, "I thought it was cheap, it was degrading, it was demoralizing... Not one Bunny I know liked the show. Everyone is hoping it gets canceled." In contrast, former Playboy Bunny Jennifer Jackson said she enjoyed the show, particularly the storyline, the casting and the set design. The series premiere of "The Playboy Club" drew an estimated 5.02 million household viewers in its original American broadcast on September 19, 2011, according to Nielsen Media Research. That was the lowest viewership among the major networks in the 10 p.m. timeslot,

title: Playboy Club

text: Playboy Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new club at The Palms, with its prominent neon bunny head, had casinos, bars, and a restroom with pictures of Playmates on the walls. The club closed in June 2012. Australian women were invited to Sydney to audition for the iconic Playboy Bunny role and for positions as singers and dancers at the Playboy Club. A minimum of five women were chosen to travel to Macao for a six-month contract as a Playboy Bunny. The Macao Playboy Club opened on November 24, 2010. In October 2010, it was announced that a new Playboy

title: The Playboy Club

text: KSL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah, announced they would not broadcast "The Playboy Club" due to concerns about objectionable content and its association with the Playboy name. Station President Mark Willes said of this: "The Playboy brand is known internationally. Everyone is clear what it stands for. We want to be sure everyone is clear what the KSL brand stands for, which is completely inconsistent with the Playboy brand." The station did not carry the sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" (though mostly for scheduling reasons more than content), and felt screening "The Playboy Club", would conflict

title: The Playboy Club

text: Men". Lyons wrote, ""Playboy" can't copy the lyricism or narrative potency that make "Mad Men" what it is, which is more than a collection of artfully arranged period hairdos and moody pairs of people in front of rectangle-patterned backgrounds. [But] it's sure trying!" Tim Goodman of "The Hollywood Reporter" said the Playboy brand and the lifestyle portrayed in the series was dated and uninteresting: "It was [a] bad show, period. The writing was weak, the acting spotty and the sexism too ridiculous and obvious to comment on more than once." TV Line writer Matt Webb Mitovich praised Benanti's performance and

title: Playboy: The Mansion

text: Playboy: The Mansion Playboy: The Mansion is a simulation video game for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows and Xbox consoles, developed by Cyberlore Studios, published by Groove Games and Arush Entertainment and licensed by Playboy Enterprises. "Playboy: The Mansion" puts players in the role of Hugh Hefner, the founder of "Playboy" Magazine and Playboy Enterprises, referred to in the game as 'Hef'. The aim of the game is to build the famed Playboy Empire from scratch, starting from a humble magazine to celebrity endorsements to home entertainment to Internet websites to merchandise. The player can mold the famed Playboy Mansion

title: What Is This Thing Called Love? (short story)

text: other, and wind up engaging in reproductive activities after all. What Is This Thing Called Love? (short story) "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story was requested by Cele Goldsmith Lalli, editor of "Amazing Stories", as a satire of an article in "Playboy" called "Girls of the Slime God" which had suggested that pulp science fiction stories were concerned with aliens and sex. The story appeared in the March 1961 issue of "Amazing" as "Playboy and the Slime God", but Asimov later retitled it "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

text: What Is This Thing Called Love? (short story) "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story was requested by Cele Goldsmith Lalli, editor of "Amazing Stories", as a satire of an article in "Playboy" called "Girls of the Slime God" which had suggested that pulp science fiction stories were concerned with aliens and sex. The story appeared in the March 1961 issue of "Amazing" as "Playboy and the Slime God", but Asimov later retitled it "What Is This Thing Called Love?" According to Asimov, in "1938-39 ... for some half a

title: The Playboy

text: work in a later issue. Brown's attitudes towards pornography have since changed greatly. When he made "The Playboy" he was struggling with his embarrassment over buying pornography; two decades later he vocally advocated for the decriminalization of prostitution in "Paying for It" (2011). The Playboy The Playboy is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown, serialized in 1990 in Brown's comic book "Yummy Fur" and collected in different revised book editions in 1992 and 2013. It deals with Brown's guilt and anxiety over his obsessive masturbation to "Playboy" Playmate models. The story begins with Brown's first purchase of an

title: The Playboy

text: The Playboy The Playboy is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown, serialized in 1990 in Brown's comic book "Yummy Fur" and collected in different revised book editions in 1992 and 2013. It deals with Brown's guilt and anxiety over his obsessive masturbation to "Playboy" Playmate models. The story begins with Brown's first purchase of an issue of "Playboy" as a teenager. His obsessive masturbating gives him great guilt and anxiety, and out of fear of being caught he repeatedly rids himself of copies of the magazine, only to retrieve them later. His conflicting emotions follow him into adulthood

title: Playboy: The Mansion

text: of four and stated, "I flipped on the game expecting a world of champagne, roses and frequent wisps of steam. Instead, I got an immediate request that I construct an office on the mansion's upper floor." Playboy: The Mansion Playboy: The Mansion is a simulation video game for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows and Xbox consoles, developed by Cyberlore Studios, published by Groove Games and Arush Entertainment and licensed by Playboy Enterprises. "Playboy: The Mansion" puts players in the role of Hugh Hefner, the founder of "Playboy" Magazine and Playboy Enterprises, referred to in the game as 'Hef'. The aim

title: The Playboy

text: book as presenting how Brown's "Playboy" obsession affects his ability to relate to women. Sullivan called "The Playboy" stories "[t]he most honest sex in comics" of the early 1990s, "and the most damning exposé of pornography" as it deals "with nothing more than Brown's relationship with "Playboy"". He praises how quickly Brown matured as a storyteller over the course of "The Playboy", and for the believability of scenes which may or may not have happened as Brown depicted them. While seeming to acknowledge feminist concerns, Brown depicts himself as "a victim of his urges", and that ""Playboy" has kept him

title: The Playboy Club

text: The Playboy Club The Playboy Club is an American historical crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19 to October 3, 2011. Set in 1961, the series centers on the employees (known as Bunnies) of the original Playboy Club operating in Chicago. "The Playboy Club" stars Eddie Cibrian, Laura Benanti, Amber Heard, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Naturi Naughton, Leah Renee, Wes Ramsey, Jenifer Lewis, and David Krumholtz. "The Playboy Club" was canceled on October 4, 2011, after three episodes aired, due to its low ratings. It was the first cancellation of the 2011–12 television season. NBC continued to

title: The Playboy Radio Show

text: The Playboy Radio Show The Playboy Radio Show is a Playboy TV reality series that follows the weekly antics of the various shows on SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Playboy Radio channel. Cameras have been added to the recording studio and capture such programs as "The Playboy Morning Show", "Night Calls", and "The Morning After". Entirely unscripted, "The Playboy Radio Show" shows some highlights of prior weeks from some of Playboy's different satellite radio programs. Originally broadcast as Playboy Radio Minutes on Playboy TV and its website, the series was expanded due to viewer demand for more on-camera footage of the in-studio

title: The Playboy Radio Show

text: guests and antics. Featured hosts include Andrea Lowell, Christy Canyon, Pilar Lastra, Kevin Klein, and more "The Playboy Radio Show" premiered on March 21, 2010 and the last new show aired on August 15, 2010. The Playboy Radio Show The Playboy Radio Show is a Playboy TV reality series that follows the weekly antics of the various shows on SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Playboy Radio channel. Cameras have been added to the recording studio and capture such programs as "The Playboy Morning Show", "Night Calls", and "The Morning After". Entirely unscripted, "The Playboy Radio Show" shows some highlights of prior weeks

title: The Playboy

text: distort societal norms and expectations of beauty; one example cited is a scene in which Brown says he could only maintain an erection with one girlfriend if he fantasized about his favourite Playmates. Brown has objected to this interpretation—rather, he sees it as a flaw in the work, in that it does not provide enough context for what he intended to communicate: that he had gotten into a relationship with a woman whom he did not find sexually attractive, and that if "Playboy" did not exist he would have fantasized about other images of women. Critic Darcy Sullivan saw the

title: Playboy

text: calendar rather than for "Playboy". Hefner chose what he deemed the "sexiest" image, a previously unused nude study of Marilyn stretched with an upraised arm on a red velvet background with closed eyes and mouth open. The heavy promotion centered around Marilyn's nudity on the already-famous calendar, together with the teasers in marketing, made the new Playboy magazine a success. The first issue sold out in weeks. Known circulation was 53,991. The cover price was 50¢. Copies of the first issue in mint to near mint condition sold for over $5,000 in 2002. The novel "Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury,

title: Production logo

text: Production logo A production logo, vanity card, vanity plate, or vanity logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce and to determine the production company and the distributor of a television show or film. Production logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie or video game (an "opening logo"), or at the end of a television program or TV movie (a "closing logo"). Many production logos have become famous over the years, such as the 20th Century Fox's monument and searchlights and MGM's Leo the Lion. Unlike logos

title: The Playboy Club

text: a woman using her sexuality to get what she wants if she so chooses, adding: "There are different brands of feminism and I don't think it should be boxed into any one version." Hodge later stressed, however, that despite his comments about the empowerment of women, he did not believe "The Playboy Club" conveyed any strong political convictions or intellectual ambitions, but rather was meant to be entertaining. The subplot involving the Mattachine Society focuses specifically on the growing gay rights movement in the United States in the 1960s and what it was like to be gay or a lesbian

title: Logo of the BBC

text: BBC back to the very first logo in the 1950s and 1960s, which was not what the corporation wanted at that time. Technically, the logo never looked comfortable next to the brand and straight letters. Finally, it was expensive to print as stationery would always have four-colour letterheads, and alongside other BBC brands could mean anything up to ten-colour letterheads and stationery. Lambie-Nairn's solution is the BBC logo that has been used on-screen since 4 October 1997. By straightening up the boxes and letters, it removed all the problems associated with diagonals and those associated with disappearing lines. This kept

title: Logo (programming language)

text: what Papert called ""body-syntonic reasoning"", where students could understand, predict and reason about the turtle's motion by imagining what they would do if they were the turtle. There are substantial differences among the many dialects of Logo, and the situation is confused by the regular appearance of turtle-graphics programs that call themselves Logo. Logo is a multi-paradigm adaptation and dialect of Lisp, a functional programming language. There is no standard Logo, but UCBLogo has the best facilities for handling lists, files, I/O, and recursion in scripts, and can be used to teach all computer science concepts, as UC Berkeley lecturer

title: Must Date the Playboy

text: her to date Zach. Will Tori and Zach fall in love with each other? Find out in Must Date The Playboy. Must Date the Playboy Must Date The Playboy is a 2015 mobile series produced by StarFlix, a division of Star Cinema directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar starring Kim Chiu, Xian Lim and Jessy Mendiola. It is the first mobile series in ABS-CBNmobile. It is only available for ABS-CBNmobile sim users who registered with the IWant TV promo. Zach (Xian Lim) is a playboy who breaks up with all of his girlfriends. Chloe (Jessy Mendiola), his current girlfriend, catches him dancing

title: The Playboy Club

text: by the Numbers wrote, ""The Playboy Club" [is] making a move to be the first show canceled of the new season." The third episode, broadcast on October 3, dropped another eight percent in the Nielsen ratings, drawing 3.47 million household viewers and a 1.2 rating/3 share. Unlike the first two episodes, the third did not include a commercial previewing the next episode, which some viewers interpreted as a sign that the show's cancellation might be imminent. The Playboy Club The Playboy Club is an American historical crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19 to October 3,

title: The Playboy

text: portrays his friend Kris's negative reaction in "Showing Helder" to his depiction of her in "Helder". Brown turned to tales of his teenage years, as he had lost contact with most of those he knew from that time. Brown stated that he intended a longer story encompassing what ended up in "The Playboy" and the following graphic novel, "I Never Liked You" (1994), but when planning it he found it was too complex. He said he had a clear idea of the stories from his life that he would use, and the general shape of the narrative, but he had

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. It falls within the Playboy Entertainment business segment, which is the largest of the company's three business segments. Playboy Online is the fastest growing revenue line item in Playboy Enterprises, accounting for 15% of corporate revenue. Its revenue comes from both online subscriptions to Playboy Cyber Club and from E-commerce, including internet advertising. Playboy Online should not be confused with the now-defunct Playboy Digital, which began production late in 2005 as an electronic duplicate of the physical print offerings within the publishing group. Available online since 1994, Playboy Online produces original content that mostly differs from

title: The Playboy

text: until he purges them by revealing himself through his comics. The free, organic arrangement of odd-shaped panels of simple, expressive artwork contrasts with Brown's more detailed grid-like pages in his 1980s work, such as "Ed the Happy Clown". "The Playboy" forms part of Brown's early-1990s autobiographical period, and was the first book-length work he planned as a complete story. Brown conceived it as a longer work with what became his next graphic novel, "I Never Liked You" (1994), but found the larger story too complex to handle at once. The story has attracted praise for its revealing honesty and criticism

title: Playboy TV

text: Playboy TV Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is an American, adults-only premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by MindGeek under license from Playboy Enterprises. Its programming focuses on premium adult programming, including motion pictures, first-run television series and specials. The channel is available internationally in countries such as Sweden, Australia, Canada, Japan, Latin America, New Zealand, Greece, Israel, Russia, Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and Norway. The channel launched on November 1, 1982 as The Playboy Channel. The original programming and style of the Playboy Channel was developed by Hugh Hefner, and producer Michael Trikilis. Playboy hired

title: Playboy

text: written words in the non-Braille magazine, but no pictorial representations. Congress cut off funding for the Braille magazine translation in 1985, but U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan reversed the decision on First Amendment grounds. The growth of the Internet prompted the magazine to develop an official web presence called "Playboy" Online or Playboy.com, which is the official website for Playboy Enterprises, and an online companion to "Playboy" magazine. The site has been available online since 1994. As part of the online presence, Playboy developed a pay web site called the "Playboy Cyber Club" in 1995 which features online chats,

title: Playboy

text: Playboy Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. 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. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), "Playboy" played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. 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

title: Playboy

text: General compilations Anniversary collections Interview compilations Official Others Playboy Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. 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. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), "Playboy" played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of "Playboy" are published

title: Times Square Playboy

text: in the main because it is too reverent an adaptation of the parent work", though the "principal rôles are in capable hands and are played for what they are worth by Warren William and Gene and Kathleen Lockhart". Times Square Playboy Times Square Playboy is a 1936 American romance film directed by William C. McGann and starring Warren William, June Travis and Barton MacLane. It is also known by the alternative title of His Best Man. The film's art direction was by Esdras Hartley. Hardworking New York City stockbroker Vic Arnold is elated to announce at a business meeting that

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: Other Playboy Clubs opened in Cancun, Macau, and London in 2010 and 2011. Meanwhile, the company says it will open at least three Playboy stores in each of the next three years. The company's Playboy Foundation provides grants to non-profit groups involved in fighting censorship and researching human sexuality. The Playboy Entertainment Group is a division of Playboy Enterprises that includes Playboy TV and Playboy Online, which is the fastest growing revenue source for the company. The Entertainment segment develops, produces, acquires, and distributes various feature films, magazine-format shows, reality-based and dramatic series, documentaries, live events, and celebrity and playmate

title: Logo of the BBC

text: what he could do, given that, the BBC at the time was also looking into the BBC brand as a whole. What he noticed, was that the BBC had a system that meant that every service or department had a different logo scheme. It had a BBC logo and the name with character. Lambie-Nairn decided to address this when he took on the project, as with all these logos, the core brand itself was severely weakened. It was also appropriate to look at the way the BBC was branded, as the BBC was about to take off in digital television

title: Playboy Prime

text: Playboy Prime Playboy Prime is an adult reality compilation series of Playboy TV programming. Marketed as a Playboy TV greatest hits collection, "Playboy Prime" consisted of 52 different 60-minute compilations containing segments from past and current shows from the network. 6-7 different series were usually packaged into one episode, with new Playmate bumpers and narration added to segue between pieces. Episodes premiered during the "primetime" 8pm hour on Playboy TV In addition to utilizing segments and skits from existing "Playboy TV" shows, several new 10 minute pieces were created specifically for use on "Playboy Prime". Two segments in particular were

title: Australian Made logo

text: delivered services. BuyAustralianMade's philosophy is that if one does not know what is made in Australia and where and how to buy it, they will not promote the product otherwise. The logo has different variations on the text 'Australian made', depending on what in a certain product has originated from Australia. Here are the examples with their definitions: Australian Made logo The Australian Made and Australian Grown trade mark logos signify products whose ingredients or production mostly originate from Australia. This programme was established in 1986 with a logo created by Ken Cato and is conducted by the Australian Made

title: Logo Islands

text: Logo Islands The Logo Islands are the two identical artificial islands built in the shape a palm leaf.The islands were built of 4.9 million cubic feet of sand. The design is the logo of the Dubai Palm Developers. Emaar Development has taken possession of one of the islands (the Logo island situated to the west of The Palm Jumeirah) for the construction of its Beach Vista residences project on what will be called Emaar Beachfront Island, the Dubai developer announced. Located in its Emaar Beachfront island development, Beach Vista is a twin-tower development of 33-storeys and 26-storeys with one-to-four-bedroom apartments.

text: with aliens and sex. According to Asimov the article was mostly based on "Marvel" since its contents had been the raciest. Cele Goldsmith Lalli, editor of "Amazing Stories", requested a satire of the "Playboy" article. Asimov set out to write a story telling how a sex-interested alien and humans might "really" interact. The story appeared in the March 1961 issue of "Amazing" as "Playboy and the Slime God", but when Asimov included it in his 1969 collection "Nightfall and Other Stories" he retitled it "What Is This Thing Called Love?" Goldsmith Lalli rewrote the story's last three paragraphs, a change

title: Playboy (The Marvelettes album)

text: Playboy (The Marvelettes album) Playboy is the third album by Motown girl group, The Marvelettes, released to capitalize on their hit singles "Playboy" and "Beechwood 4-5789", in 1962. It also includes the single "Someday, Someway" and "Forever", a heartfelt standard that would be released the following year as the B-side of the single "Locking Up My Heart" and join the A-side on the charts. Other compositions include "Goddess of Love", "Cry Over You", and "Mix It Up". George Gordy, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Marvin Gaye, who had produced "Beechwood 4-5789" all did some work on the "Playboy" LP as well.

title: The Playboy

text: this tatty fetish". Chet feels surprised at and repelled by a centrefold of a black Playmate he comes across, bringing about the realization of racist feelings he has. When finishing "The Playboy", Brown felt guilt over still looking at Playmates and credits having come out in print with helping him overcome his shame. While many have interpreted the book as a condemnation of pornography, to Brown it is about the guilt he was made to feel for using the media. Some interpretations, such as those of Sullivan and Darrel Epp, see "The Playboy" demonstrating how the idealized images in pornography

title: Logo Islands

text: On Google Earth (or maps) you can see Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoums 524-feet-yacht "Dubai" lying in front of the island. Logo Islands The Logo Islands are the two identical artificial islands built in the shape a palm leaf.The islands were built of 4.9 million cubic feet of sand. The design is the logo of the Dubai Palm Developers. Emaar Development has taken possession of one of the islands (the Logo island situated to the west of The Palm Jumeirah) for the construction of its Beach Vista residences project on what will be called Emaar Beachfront Island, the Dubai developer

title: Production logo

text: the games as well as the ones who develop them. Video game startup logos also frequently feature the logos of game engines or other middleware used in the games. As with films, the production logos are also used in trailers and commercials for the video games. Many automobile manufacturers also use startup logos for their in car entertainment systems. Production logo A production logo, vanity card, vanity plate, or vanity logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce and to determine the production company and the distributor of a television show

title: What Is the What

title: Playboy Prime

text: "Hot Babes Doing Stuff Naked" and "Gadget Or The Girl", hosted by "Last Comic Standing" winner, Iliza Shlesinger. Other Playboy TV programs packaged into "Playboy Prime" included "Totally Busted", "69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die", and "Around the World in 80 Babes". Playboy Prime Playboy Prime is an adult reality compilation series of Playboy TV programming. Marketed as a Playboy TV greatest hits collection, "Playboy Prime" consisted of 52 different 60-minute compilations containing segments from past and current shows from the network. 6-7 different series were usually packaged into one episode, with new Playmate bumpers and narration added

title: What Is the What

text: That Happens Will Happen Today". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when

title: Playboy TV

text: December, Playboy TV presents Mr. Skin’s Year In Nudes, a look back at the year’s top female nude scenes in television and film hosted by the venerable Mr. Skin. Fans of classic Playboy TV shows no longer in production, such as "Night Calls", "69 Sexy Things" and "7 Lives Xposed", or current programming can find their favorite shows on subscription video on demand services and on the TV Everywhere service Playboy.TV. Playboy TV Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is an American, adults-only premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by MindGeek under license from Playboy Enterprises. Its

title: Playboy Shootout

text: revolving slot of Playboy-related celebrity guests. Season one celebrity judges included Adrianne Curry, Sara Jean Underwood, Andrea Lowell, Tiffany Fallon, Traci Bingham, Ida Ljungqvist, Carmella DeCesare, and "The Girls Next Door". One by one, each team was eliminated, with ultimately 1 photographer and 1 model getting the chance to be featured in Playboy magazine. "Playboy Shootout" is scheduled to premiere on April 3, 2010 at 10:00pm EST, as part of Playboy TV's new Saturday block of Date Night couples-friendly programming with a new episode appearing every Saturday until the finale on June 5, 2010. Playboy Shootout Playboy Shootout is an

title: Must Date the Playboy

text: Must Date the Playboy Must Date The Playboy is a 2015 mobile series produced by StarFlix, a division of Star Cinema directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar starring Kim Chiu, Xian Lim and Jessy Mendiola. It is the first mobile series in ABS-CBNmobile. It is only available for ABS-CBNmobile sim users who registered with the IWant TV promo. Zach (Xian Lim) is a playboy who breaks up with all of his girlfriends. Chloe (Jessy Mendiola), his current girlfriend, catches him dancing with another girl. Tori (Kim Chiu) is Chloe's overprotective best friend. Chloe asks Tori to do her a favor: she wants

title: Playboy TV

text: interviews, men’s fashion and segments on cars. It was a video extension of the magazine - an established lifestyle brand. Slowly the programming on the channel evolved to feature more attractive women and eventually soft core features. This then evolved to what would become more standard television programming with a focus primarily on a male demographic. In 2010, Playboy TV unveiled a new slate of TV For 2 programming, which featured premium series tailored to both male and female viewers. Original, couples-focused series on Playboy TV designed specifically for co-viewing included reality shows such as Swing, Sextreme Makeover and Celebrity

title: Playboy

text: additional pictorials, videos of Playmates and Playboy Cyber Girls that are not featured in the magazine. Archives of past "Playboy" articles and interviews are also included. In September 2005, Playboy launched the online edition of the magazine "Playboy Digital". In 2010, Playboy introduced "The Smoking Jacket", a safe-for-work website designed to appeal to young men, while avoiding nude images or key words that would cause the site to be filtered or otherwise prohibited in the workplace. In May 2011, Playboy introduced i.playboy.com, a complete, uncensored version of its near 700 issue archive, targeting the Apple iPad. By launching the archive

title: Pilot (The Playboy Club)

text: sex it is pretty boring and tame." Several critics drew comparison to the television series "Mad Men". "Entertainment Weekly" writer Margaret Lyons opined that the episode blatantly mimicked the show's style, and called Eddie Cibrian's performance an imitation of Jon Hamm's Don Draper and even citing specific shots and camera angles similar to those in "Mad Men". Lyons wrote, "["The Playboy Club"] can't copy the lyricism or narrative potency that make "Mad Men" what it is, which is more than a collection of artfully arranged period hairdos and moody pairs of people in front of rectangle-patterned backgrounds. [But] it's sure

title: The Last International Playboy

text: The Last International Playboy The Last International Playboy (also known as Frost) is a 2008 American independent film directed by Steve Clark and written by Steve Clark and Thomas Moffett. The cast includes Jason Behr, Monet Mazur, Krysten Ritter, Mike Landry, India Ennenga, Lydia Hearst, Lucy Gordon, and Carlos Velazquez. Shooting began in May 2007. The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2008. The film was also screened and well received at the 2008 Genart Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and Oxford International Film Festival. The ultimate New York City playboy Jack Frost (Jason Behr) is

title: The Playboy Club

text: the show and a $5,000 Bloomingdale's shopping spree. The conservative advocacy group Parents Television Council (PTC) began protesting "The Playboy Club" and calling for boycotts against it immediately after NBC picked it up, long before the series debuted. They called it a "blatant attempt to obliterate any remaining standards of broadcast decency", and criticized the idea of a series with "Playboy" in the title at all. The group claimed the show objectified and degraded women, advanced an anti-family agenda and helped mainstream the pornography industry through its support of the Playboy brand. They criticized Comcast, owner of NBCUniversal, claiming their

title: The Playboy Club

text: their past experience working at Playboy clubs, including Lauren Hutton, Debbie Harry, Kimba Wood and Polly Matzinger. Heard said she believed the female characters in "The Playboy Club" were making free choices about their sexuality, and thus they were not being exploited, adding, "I think it's just as chauvinistic to deny a woman her sexuality." Naturi Naughton said she believed the women who worked as Playboy Bunnies were intelligent, self-reliant women who went to school, bought homes and accomplished things other women during their time could not. Likewise, Chad Hodge said he did not believe there was anything wrong with

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: in India for various businesses. PB Lifestyle representatives have also stated that the company will adapt the Playboy brand to suit India's decency standards and will not allow content/material that is deemed 'lascivious or appealing to prurient interests'. The Publishing segment publishes Playboy magazine, a general-interest magazine targeted to men; special editions, books, and calendars; and the licensing of international editions of Playboy magazine. Playboy magazine is the largest monthly men's magazine in the United States and in the world, based on the combined circulation of the U.S. and international editions. Playboy formerly published Oui Magazine and Hefner also published

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: trademarks and copyrights are critical to the success and potential growth of its business as “Playboy is one of the most recognized, celebrated and popular consumer brands in the world.” In 2013, Playboy ranked number 56 among the Top 150 Global Licensors by License! Global magazine. Currently the Licensing division accounts for about 50% of the revenue of Playboy Enterprises. PB Lifestyle Ltd. is promoted by Mumbai-based entrepreneurs. Following their interests in media and entertainment, PB Lifestyle Ltd. has signed the master and exclusive franchise/licensee agreement with Playboy Enterprises USA (for ten years) for the use of the Playboy brand

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: Trump Magazine. As of 2007, the Publishing division accounted for nearly 30% of the revenue of the Playboy Enterprises. In 2005, the company began producing Playboy Digital which is an exact duplicate of the print version of the magazine. Its initial launch started with 15,000 subscriptions. This is very different from Playboy Online, which produces original content. In 2005, Playboy began print editions in Argentina, Slovakia, and Ukraine bringing the number of international editions to 20. In March 2011, founder Hugh Hefner succeeded in a bid to take Playboy private after 40 years as a publicly traded company. He partnered

title: Playboy

text: as a web app, Playboy was able to circumvent both Apple's App Store content restrictions and their 30% subscription fee. On January 14, 2004, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate" should be protected in the situation where a user typing "Playboy" or "Playmate" in a browser search was instead shown advertisements of companies that competed with PEI. This decision reversed an earlier district court ruling. The suit started on April 15, 1999, when Playboy sued Excite Inc. and Netscape for trademark infringement. Many in the American religious community opposed

title: Playboy (The Marvelettes album)

text: This album would be the last to feature the backing vocals of original Marvelette, Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart on every track, as she would opt out of the group in early 1963. "Superscript denotes lead singer: (a) Gladys Horton, (b) Wanda Young" Playboy (The Marvelettes album) Playboy is the third album by Motown girl group, The Marvelettes, released to capitalize on their hit singles "Playboy" and "Beechwood 4-5789", in 1962. It also includes the single "Someday, Someway" and "Forever", a heartfelt standard that would be released the following year as the B-side of the single "Locking Up My Heart" and join

title: Playboy: The Mansion

text: continue to be published as that is the player's income source. The main song on the video game is playboy mansion by Prince Charming..from the album songs for my therapist A soundtrack to the game, mixed by American DJ and record producer Felix da Housecat has been released. It features house tracks by many renowned producers like Armand Van Helden, DJ Sneak or Kaskade. "Playboy: The Mansion - Private Party Expansion Pack" is the expansion pack. It adds extra features such as parties like Midsummer Night's Dream, world-famous celebrities and Playmates, new animations, enhanced character editing and party-themed music. The

title: Playboy of the West Indies

text: Playboy of the West Indies Playboy of the West Indies is a play by Trinidadian playwright Mustapha Matura, a Caribbean version of Synge's "The Playboy of the Western World". "Playboy of the West Indies" opened at the Oxford Playhouse in 1984 and subsequently toured the UK, finishing at the Tricycle Theatre in London. The original cast included Joy Richardson (as Alice), Jackie de Peza (Ivy), Frank Singuineau (Jimmy), Jim Findley (Ken), T-Bone Wilson (Mac), Mona Hammond (Mama Benin), Rudolph Walker (Mikey), Joan Ann Maynard (Peggy), Tommy Eytle (Phil), and Jason Rose (Stanley). The play has also enjoyed much success in

title: Playboy

text: the publication of "Playboy". The Louisiana pastor and author L. L. Clover wrote in his 1974 treatise "Evil Spirits Intellectualism and Logic" that "Playboy" encouraged young men to view themselves as "pleasure-seeking individuals for whom sex is fun and women are play things." In many parts of Asia, including India, mainland China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Brunei, sale and distribution of "Playboy" is banned. In addition, sale and distribution is banned in most Muslim countries (except Lebanon and Turkey) in Asia and Africa, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Despite the ban on the magazine in these countries, the

title: Playboy Records

text: Playboy Records Playboy Records was an American record label, based in Los Angeles, California, and a unit of Playboy Enterprises. Artists recording for the label included Al Wilson, Barbi Benton, Blue Ash, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, The Weapons of Peace, Brenda Patterson, Jeanne French, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, Ivory, Greg Kihn, The Rubinoos, Wynn Stewart, Mickey Gilley and Joey Stec. A notable LP was "Hudson", the first album by the Hudson Brothers. Another notable artist is Jim Sullivan, whose second album (self titled) was released on Playboy. Playboy also issued on LP the only full-length live concert recording

title: Playboy Shootout

text: Playboy Shootout Playboy Shootout is an adult reality competition airing on Playboy TV produced by America's Next Top Model director Claudia Frank. Hosted by Brande Roderick, it pits 10 professional photographers and 10 models in a series of photo shoot elimination rounds. The final 2 contestants get the opportunity to be published in Playboy Magazine. Beginning in November 2009, PlayboyTV.com announced that it was searching for professional photographers and fashion models to compete on the "Playboy Shootout" reality series. Submissions were accepted via the online site and ultimately the applicants were whittled down into groups of 10 for each category,

title: Playboy Radio

text: Playboy Radio Playboy Radio is an Internet radio station. Playboy Radio was originally launched on XM Satellite Radio in September 2002. Included were programs such as "Night Calls Radio" originally hosted by adult film star Juli Ashton and Playboy TV star Tiffany Granath and Playboy's Sexcetera with reporter Kira Reed. Hall of Fame porn star Christy Canyon was brought in as a replacement when Ashton left to pursue other ventures in April/May 2005. The channel also featured programs such as Playboy TV's "Sex Court", "The Weekend Flash" and "Sexy Stories". It was XM's first premium station — offered à la

title: The Playboy

text: a "landmark look at an artist's growth", referring to the pace with which Brown's work matured over the course of the three issues of its serialization. Brown stated that several women took offense at the book, saying it glorified pornography. Hugh Hefner sent Brown a letter after "The Playboy"s publication, showing concern that someone who grew up during the sexual revolution could still suffer such confusion and anxiety. Darcy Sullivan compared the pornography-obsessed autobiographical work of Joe Matt in "Peepshow" unfavourably to "The Playboy" in an issue of "The Comics Journal", to which Brown responded with a defence of Matt's

title: The Playboy

text: earned a Harvey Award nomination in 1991 for Best Single Issue or Story. "The Playboy", "I Never Liked You", and several shorter pieces placed No. 38 on "The Comics Journal"s list of the best 100 English-language comics of the 20th century as "The autobiographical comics from Yummy Fur". Cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez asserted, ""The Playboy" and "I Never Liked You" are probably the best graphic novels next to "Maus"". Critic Frank Young called it a "pivotal work" in the autobiographical comics trend of the early 1990s. Critic Darcy Sullivan considered it required reading for those who are serious about comics and

title: Playboy Indonesia

text: understand the meaning of democracy and a pluralistic society." Playboy Indonesia Playboy Indonesia is a franchise of "Playboy magazine" in Indonesia. The magazine was first published in April 2006. It is published by Velvet Silver Media and edited by Erwin Arnada. This edition of the magazine is notable in that it features no nudity and that it is the first "Playboy" to be published in a Muslim-majority country since a Turkish edition that was discontinued in the mid-1990s. Despite tailoring the magazine to conservative local sensibilities, with fully clad models and articles such as an interview with dissident author Pramoedya

title: Playboy Indonesia

text: Playboy Indonesia Playboy Indonesia is a franchise of "Playboy magazine" in Indonesia. The magazine was first published in April 2006. It is published by Velvet Silver Media and edited by Erwin Arnada. This edition of the magazine is notable in that it features no nudity and that it is the first "Playboy" to be published in a Muslim-majority country since a Turkish edition that was discontinued in the mid-1990s. Despite tailoring the magazine to conservative local sensibilities, with fully clad models and articles such as an interview with dissident author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the magazine's premiere issue on April 6,

title: Playboy Playmate

text: to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. "Playboy" encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "girl next door" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playmate candidates, and may be eligible for a finder's fee if their model is selected. In addition, "casting calls" are held regularly in major US cities to offer opportunities for women to test for "Playboy". The "Playboy" photographers and Hugh Hefner then select which models become Playmates. The Playmate of the Year is chosen personally by Hugh Hefner, taking into account an annual readers' poll. According to "Playboy", there is no such thing

title: The Playboy Club

text: tried to make a feminist statement. In contrast to those upset with the show's association with the "Playboy" brand, some television critics were disappointed in the lack of sexual content. Alan Pergament, former critic for "The Buffalo News", said of the show: "The truth is "Playboy" should have been a pay-cable series because without the sex it is pretty boring and tame." "Entertainment Weekly" writer Margaret Lyons accused the show of "shamelessly cribbing "Mad Men"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s style", calling Eddie Cibrian's performance an imitation of Jon Hamm's Don Draper and even citing specific shots and camera angles similar to those in "Mad

title: Playboy of the West Indies

text: Peter Hepple in "The Stage" stated: "Whereas Playboy of the Western World is recognised as a serious play, despite its comedy overtones, Mustapha Matura’s Trinidadian version is all good humour. Possibly this is because its setting, a small fishing village, may have some significance to West Indians but to us it is simply a colourful background for this clever adaptation." Michael Billington wrote in "The Guardian", "As comedy, Matura's version is hard to fault: he keeps all Synge's surprise entrances and adds to them his own 1950 period texture and joyous Creole dialogue..." Playboy of the West Indies Playboy of

title: Playboy (Brazil)

text: March 1990, May 2001 and January 2005; Scheila: February 1998, September 1999, November 2000, December 2001, April 2009). The best-selling issue is the December 1999 issue with Joana Prado "Feiticeira" in the cover, with 1.25 million magazines sold. In 2015, the fortieth year of publication, Abril dedided to stop publishing "Playboy" due to costs given the diminishing circulation could not offset the licensing royalties. Eventually a new deal was set with PBB Entertainment to relaunch the publication starting in March 2016. Playboy (Brazil) The Brazilian edition of "Playboy" is a local franchise of "Playboy" magazine. Established in 1975 by Editora

title: Playboy Enterprises

text: to re-package and re-market its catalog of previously released DVD titles. Company-wide marketing operations consist of Alta Loma Entertainment, the Playboy Jazz Festival and Playmate Promotions. Alta Loma Entertainment functions as a production Company that leverages its assets, including editorial material, as well as icons such as the Playmates, the Playboy Mansion and Mr. Hefner, to develop original programming for other television networks. Its revenue is derived from Domestic Television, International Television, Online, and other sources. Currently the Entertainment division accounts for over 60% of the revenue of the Playboy Enterprises. Playboy Online (or Playboy.com) is the internet business segment

title: Playboy Mansion

text: Playboy Mansion The Playboy Mansion, also known as the Playboy Mansion West, is the former home of "Playboy" magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who lived there from 1974 until his death in 2017. Located in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, near Beverly Hills, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties which were often attended by famous celebrities and socialites. Currently owned by Daren Metropoulos, the son of billionaire investor Dean Metropoulos, the mansion is also used for various corporate activities and serves as a valuable location for television production, magazine photography, charitable events, and

title: Playboy

text: many women's groups. "Playboy" was not sold in the state of Queensland, Australia during 2004 and 2005 but returned as of 2006. Due to declining sales, the last Australia-wide edition of "Playboy" was the January 2000 issue. In 2013, "Playboy" was cleared by the Pentagon of violating its rule against selling sexually explicit material on military property, but the base exchanges stopped selling it anyway. In March 2018, Playboy announced they would be deactivating their Facebook accounts due to the "sexually repressive" nature of the social media platform and their mismanagement of user data resulting from the Cambridge Analytica problem.

title: Stits Playboy

text: March 2010 there were still 41 Playboys registered in the USA, six in Canada and two in the UK. Stits Playboy The Stits SA-3A Playboy (also called the Stitts SA-3A Playboy) is a single seat, strut-braced low-wing monoplane that was designed by Ray Stits for amateur construction. The aircraft was designed and the prototype was completed in a three-month period during 1952. The design went on to become one of the most influential in the post-war boom in aircraft homebuilding. A side-by-side two seat version is known as the SA-3B. The Playboy was the third of fifteen different aircraft designs

title: Stits Playboy

text: Stits Playboy The Stits SA-3A Playboy (also called the Stitts SA-3A Playboy) is a single seat, strut-braced low-wing monoplane that was designed by Ray Stits for amateur construction. The aircraft was designed and the prototype was completed in a three-month period during 1952. The design went on to become one of the most influential in the post-war boom in aircraft homebuilding. A side-by-side two seat version is known as the SA-3B. The Playboy was the third of fifteen different aircraft designs created by Stits, who migrated in the 1960s from selling plans to developing the "Polyfiber" line of aircraft coverings

title: The Playboy Club

text: online petition calling for "The Playboy Club"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cancellation. Lubben said of the series, "NBC is breaking the law with this show. They’re not meeting FCC standards." The Florida Family Association, a one-man fundamentalist organization "on the Christian right" that says it's 'defending American values,'" announced it would document all companies that advertise with "The Playboy Club" and publicize their names online and in e-mail messages to supporters. Chad Hodge said most of the protests and calls for boycotts were coming from people and organizations who admitted they had not watched the show itself. Hodge claimed they were drawing false conclusions

title: Logo of the BBC

text: in 1997 with the BBC blocks, a logo designed to work across media. From 1958, for this television network, there are five different logos. The first logo of network is used from 1958 to 1963, the second logo is used from 1963 to 1971, the third logo is used from 1971 to 1992, the fourth logo is used from 1988 to 1998, and the fifth and current logo is used from 1997. Before the BBC introduced its logo itself, in the form of the slanted boxes, the BBC used a variety of different symbols with which to represent itself. In

title: Playboy

text: relevance due to competition in the field it founded—first from "Penthouse," then "Oui" (which was published as a spin-off of "Playboy") and "Gallery" in the 1970s; later from pornographic videos; and more recently from lad mags such as "Maxim," "FHM," and "Stuff." In response, "Playboy" has attempted to re-assert its hold on the 18–35 male demographic through slight changes to content and focusing on issues and personalities more appropriate to its audience—such as hip-hop artists being featured in the ""Playboy" Interview". Christie Hefner, daughter of the founder Hugh Hefner, joined Playboy in 1975 and became head of the company in

title: Playboy Club

text: deemed "lascivious or appealing to prurient interests". Adult magazines such as "Playboy" are banned in India. Designer Mohini Tadikonda has altered the original Playboy Bunnies uniform to satisfy India's obscenity laws. Playboy Club The Playboy Club was initially a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first club opened at 116 E. Walton Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 29, 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room, and a Club Room. Members and their guests were served food and drinks by Playboy Bunnies, some of

title: Playboy Radio

text: radio show launched, featuring Patrice Hollis and DJ Colleen Shannon. On March 9, 2013, Kevin Klein and Andrea Lowell announced on the Playboy Morning Show that Playboy will no longer be featured on SiriusXM and instead will become available via an online site, http://www.playboyradio.com. Five days later, on March 14, 2013, SiriusXM discontinued the channel. Since leaving the satellite radio networks, Playboy Radio has expanded its content to add over a dozen new shows. It remains advertising free and broadcasts 24 hours a day via their web site. Currently, Playboy radio offers many shows, among them: Playboy Radio Playboy Radio