But Hugh Hefner's gone, the original Playboy Clubs have closed, and magazine sales have shrunk to less than 4% of what they used to be. So, what happened? In 1953, former copywriter Hugh Hefner ...

In 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives, Hefner published the first issue of Playboy, featuring naked photos of Marilyn Monroe Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking ...

The magazine published intense ... I look at this new print issue and think of Hugh Hefner and Art Paul, of their bygone world and their voices echo. Hefner: “I really wanted to focus on ...

Erotica doesn’t lend itself well to ideological agendas. The more you try to police sexual literature, art and fantasies, and ...

The year before, it ceased publication of its magazine, ending a nearly seven-decade run on newsstands that began in 1953 ...

Hugh Hefner relaxes in red satin pajamas with the first copy of Playboy magazine, the then-scandalous men's magazine he founded in the 1950s, in his Holmby Hills estate in Los Angeles recently.

The following article mentions sexual misconduct allegations. Hugh Hefner was many things. He was the founder of Playboy magazine, a leader in a movement that ushered in new attitudes about ...

Marston Hefner spoke to Us Weekly about sexuality, his dad, Hugh Hefner, and his relationships with former Playmates ...

The magazine published intense ... I look at this new print issue and think of Hugh Hefner and Art Paul, of their bygone world and their voices echo. Hefner: “I really wanted to focus on ...

Hugh Hefner was an American magazine publisher and reality TV star. He was best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. He also created, starred and executive produced the E!

Hugh Hefner arrives in London from Chicago with ... CHICAGO — The March 1990 issue of Playboy magazine featured an interview with the man who now sits and signs executive orders in the White ...