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| Publisher: Playboy
Category: Magazine
List Price: $72.88
Buy New: $15.96
You Save: $56.92 (78%)
Rating:  70 reviews
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B000HWY1PG
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hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" / div class="bucket" id="productDescription"strong class="h1"Editorial Reviews/strongbr / div class="content" pstrongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Who Reads emPlayboy/em?/span/strong br / Provocative and informative, emPlayboy/em is Americarsquo;s best-selling menrsquo;s magazine. emPlayboy/em is read by more than 10.3 million people in the U.S. ndash; of which two million are women. The magazine is primarily aimed at men in their twenties and thirties, but is read by men and women of all ages. br clear="all" / br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"What You Can Expect in Each Issue:/span/strongbr / Whatever goes on between a manrsquo;s ears is a convenient way to sum up the content of emPlayboy/em. Prominent among its features are the pictorials, which showcase women ranging from the girl next door to world-famous celebrities, but also includes sports, entertainment, politics, social trends, developments in the areas of sex and romance, short fiction and compelling articles on behalf of a wide variety of subjects./p ul listrongPictorials:/strong Featuring the worldrsquo;s most beautiful women, as captured by some of the worldrsquo;s most talented photographers. /li listrongManTrack:/strong New cars, sporting equipment, technology, furniture, travel destinations and other consumer goods. /li listrongAfter Hours:/strong A bemused tour drsquo;horizon of current culture. /li listrongForum:/strong Opinion and argument about political and social developments, often focusing on issues of personal freedom and expression. /li listrong The Playboy Advisor:/strong A column in which readersrsquo; questions about modern living, including love, sex, fashion, technology, etiquette and other topics are answered. /li /ul p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"Each month, emPlayboy /emmagazine offers the most engaging and ecletic mix of material in the general interest and menrsquo;s categories. The Playboy Interview, a monthly in-depth conversation with an important figure?recent subjects include Jack Nicholson, Michael Brown, Steve Nash, Mark Cuban, Tina Fey, Kanye West, Jay Z, Matt Groening, Gov. Bill Richardson, Arianna Huffington, Bill Orsquo;Reilly, Farheed Zakaria and Thomas L. Friedman?is the most authoritative body of interview-format work in the history of American journalism. A shorter, lighter interview called 20Q (recent subjects include Danica Patrick, Steve Carell, Charles Barkley, Jack Black, Fergie, Paul Rudd and Rachel Bilson) allows readers another chance for readers to hear about a celebrity in the personrsquo;s own words.br / /spanspan style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"br / /spanemspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"Playboy/span/emspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";" delivers news-making and substantive journalism like "Death and Dishonor," the story of the brutal home-front murder of an Iraq War veteran that was the basis for the movie "In the Valley of Elah," "Gunning for the Big Guy," an exclusive look into the story of BALCO and the illegal use of steroids in baseball, and ldquo;The Strange Redemption of James Keene,rdquo; about a convicted drug dealer turned federal informant who infiltrates a prison for the criminally insane to befriend a serial killer?and which is also being made into a feature film. Other recent articles include a joint profile of comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman, an intimate look at troubled NFL star Ricky Williams, photo-driven profiles of actors such as Justin Long, Ray Stevenson and the cast of ldquo;Mad Men,rdquo; a feature about Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange, a profile of LAPD chief Bill Bratton, an expose of sexual repression in fundamentalist Iran, several essays about maintaining privacy in an era of dizzying technological and legal change, and a series of definitive articles on male sexual health. br / br / Each issue also includes a piece of fiction, spotlighting the best of established and emerging talents. In 2008, for instance, Denis Johnson wrote a novel exclusively for serialization in the magazine called ldquo;Nobody Move,rdquo; the follow-up to his National Book Award winning ldquo;Tree of Smokerdquo;; it will be published in 2009 by Farrar, Straus Giroux. /span/p br clear="all" / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Past Issues:/span/strongbr / table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" width="95%" tbody tr align="center" class="tiny" valign="top" tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWY1PG.01.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWY1PG.01.PT01.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWY1PG.01.PT02.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWY1PG.01.PT03.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWY1PG.01.PT04.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td tdimg border="0" src=" http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HWY1PG.01.PT05.MXXXXXXX.jpg" //td /tr /tbody /table br / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Contributors:/span/strongbr / emPlayboy/emrsquo;s roster of contributors over the course of its history is second to none. It includes Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Hunter S. Thompson, William F. Buckley Jr., Arthur Schlesinger Jr., John Cheever, Arthur C. Clarke, George Plimpton, Ray Bradbury and Shel Silverstein. Active contributors include Gore Vidal, Stephen King, John Updike, T.C. Boyle, Jonathan Safran Foer, Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Dawkins, Jeff Greenfield, Denis Johnson, Jimmy Breslin, Christopher Buckley, Jane Smiley, Margaret Atwood, Robert Coover, Jim Harrison and Nadine Gordimer.br / br clear="all" / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Magazine Layout/span/strong br / The magazine offers a pleasing balance of attractive photography, lively illustration, and well-designed text. br clear="all" / br clear="all" / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;"Comparisons to Similar Magazines:/span/strong br / emPlayboy/em informs its entire editorial product (articles, photographs, and illustrations) with intelligence, wit, and sophistication. They provide readers with a unique editorial mix, including lifestyle service information, entertainment, interviews, politics, advice, women, sports, news features, and short fiction.br /br / emPlayboy/em is an American icon. Smart, edgy and a bit provocative, emPlayboy/em has been the leading menrsquo;s magazine for nearly the entirety of its 55 year existence, surpassing and outlasting all competitors and imitators. br clear="all" / br clear="all" / strongspan style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #cc6600;" Awards/span/strong br / emPlayboy/em has long been recognized for its design, art and writing, receiving more than 1,600 awards. Most recently, emPlayboy/em won eight design awards from emCreativity/em, encompassing illustration, design and editorial photography. In 2007, emPlayboy/em was also nominated for a National Magazine Award for Fiction. br clear="all" //div /div
Product Description
Playboy is America's best-selling men's magazine. Every month, this provocative and informative magazine provides stimulating articles, probing interviews, and eye-pleasing centerfolds. PNo other magazine entertains you with the quality, style and naked truth of Playboy. Every issue brings you the world's most beautiful women, uncensored advice about sex, revealing celebrity interviews, award-winning fiction and humor, the famous cartoons and jokes, stimulating articles and, of course, those sumptuous eye-pleasing centerfolds. Provocative and informative, Playboy is America's best-selling men's magazine.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 A great magazine, but abysmal print quality. December 18, 2008
Gene Littlejohn (St. Louis, MO)
I like the magazine, but the past 2 years the print quality has been the absolute worst. I can't find a single magazine on the entire news stand with more shoddy printing than Playboy. It is not damage, it comes from the printers that way. Every single issue will be like that. I can get one in the mail with a warped spine and other defects. Then get one at a book store with identical problems. Then order one from Amazon with the same problems. Then get one from another city, or another seller, with the exact same problems. br / br /I have brought this to their attention. They just don't care. Before early 2007, the quality was great, straight flat spine, no defects of any kind. If you did find a bad one, a good copy was easy to find. Now it's all crap. br / br /It's really a shame too, it has great articles and pictures. I still like to read it. But I don't understand how they are not completely embarrassed to have by far the worst print quality of any magazine currently in circulation. br / br /Another thing that puzzles me. How is it possible for the news stand specials (lingerie, nudes, etc.) to be perfect, yet the main magazine to be all bent up? br / br / br /
the articles really are good September 29, 2008
hipstersaint1977 (RI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
it's a cliche, but I really do enjoy the articles... it's certainly better than GQ or Maxim.... and hey, naked women are awesome.
 I Still Read the Articles...Sometimes August 21, 2008
Don Vargas (Sacramento, CA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
PLAYBOY just isn't what it was even as soon as ten years ago. Major celebrities don't pose for it; the ones who do are of the "Oh, I remember her" variety, the interviews aren't revelatory, and "The PLAYBOY Forum" has been supplanted by The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, et al. "Grapevine" is a pathetic collection of six-month old paparazzi nipple-slip photos, the fiction is just OK, and the fashion pages are nothing compared to what you'll find in Details or Nylon Guys. br / br /Personally I'm also tired of seeing Marilyn Monroe pop up in almost every issue. I get that Hef has never gotten over her but I'm sure most of today's male readership just don't care. br / br /I'm something of a traditionalist. I like holding the magazine in my hands and turning the pages, much like I enjoy reading my morning paper with hot coffee. After nearly ten years it appears that is the only thing keeping PLAYBOY coming to my home.
 Love it July 20, 2008
xmasboy (Vermont, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Love Playboy now just as much as I did 20 years ago. Love the articles and the pictures! Would be nice if more of the women were over 20 and more diverse, but what can you do?
Good Eye Candy June 8, 2008
Gary Anderson (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
Take a break, soothe the eyes on the eye candy photos inside. br / br /Some pretty good articles too. br / br /Nice summer "reading."
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