Hugh Hefner - Wikipedia
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles. Hefner extended the Playboy brand into a …
The Story of How Hugh Hefner Started Playboy - E! Online
Sep 28, 2017 · It was in the early 1950s when Hefner, a former Army noncombatant with a knack for art and the written word, stepped away from the magazine after he was denied a $5 raise. As his own boss, he set...
Playboy Enterprises Inc. - Encyclopedia of Chicago
Twenty-seven-year-old Hugh Hefner, a former sociology student at Northwestern University, started Playboy magazine in Chicago in 1953. The first printing of 50,000 copies, which featured Marilyn Monroe on the cover, sold out quickly.
Hugh Hefner - Wife, Children & Death - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · Hugh Hefner transformed the adult entertainment industry with his groundbreaking publication Playboy. From the first issue featuring Marilyn Monroe in December 1953, Playboy expanded into a...
Hugh Hefner | Biography, Facts, & Playboy | Britannica
Dec 9, 2024 · Hugh Hefner (born April 9, 1926, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died September 27, 2017, Los Angeles, California) was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur who founded (1953) Playboy magazine.
Playboy in Popular Culture - The New York Times
Sep 28, 2017 · Hugh Hefner had been working as promotion copywriter at Esquire in Chicago when the magazine decided to move its offices to New York. He decided to stay behind and start a magazine of his own. The...
No, seriously: How Playboy changed world – Chicago Tribune
Dec 13, 2009 · Here is all you really need to know to understand Hugh Hefner’s genius. In the first issue of Playboy magazine, published in Chicago in November 1953, the attractive young woman whose image...
A Visit with 'Playboy' Founder Hugh Hefner - NPR
Sep 6, 2003 · In 1953, a 27-year-old Hugh Hefner pasted up the first issue of Playboy magazine on the kitchen table of his Chicago apartment. Fifty years later, Hefner reflects on the fate of the...
Hugh Hefner On Early 'Playboy' And Changing America's Values
Sep 28, 2017 · Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, died Wednesday at his home, the Playboy Mansion. He was 91. In 1999, Hefner told Fresh Air that his iconic magazine was inspired by his own...
Hugh M Hefner | Encyclopedia.com
Jun 11, 2018 · Hugh Hefner (born 1926), founder and publisher of Playboy magazine, helped usher in a new era of openness in American Culture. When Playboy first hit the newsstands in 1953, it represented a new openness about sexuality that …