Playboy literally means playing with children. In English, boy means not only a boy, but also a childlike innocence. Naive means to love to play, so Chinese is translated into playboy.

Playboy was founded in 1953, which is the United States.

Media group enterprises listed on new york Stock Exchange publish various publications, as well as television and movies. Among them, Playboy magazine is published in many countries as well as in the United States. Despite fierce competition, its average circulation can be maintained at about 3.2 million in recent years, and about 6.5438 million American adults buy it every month. Twenty-five years ago, /Playboy began to develop overseas markets, and now there are 19 editions in the world, which are shared by 5 million readers (mainly men) in different countries. Playboy and its bunny logo have become one of the symbols of American culture.

Marilyn Monroe is the cover and middle page of the first issue of Playboy. Initially, this photo was taken for Calendar, and hugh hefner purchased the right to use it and published it. The first issue of Playboy was published in195365438+February, with a price of 50 cents and a total sales volume of 5399 1 book. The first issue of Playboy, which still exists, became the collection object. In 2002, the brand-new first issue of Playboy was worth about $5,000. As for the famous white rabbit logo of Playboy, it was used after the second issue.