- Playboy Publishing
The Playboy Publishing Group is a division of
Playboy Enterprises . The Publishing segment publishesPlayboy 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. [cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/profile.asp?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts&symb=PLA&sid=6678&time=8|accessdate=April 7|accessyear=2007|title=Playboy Enterprises, Inc|date=2006|publisher=FactSet Research Systems Inc.] Playboy formerly published Oui Magazine and Hefner also published Trump Magazine.Currently the Publishing division accounts for nearly 30% of the revenue of the Playboy Enterprises. [cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/e/070316/pla10-k.html|accessdate=April 7
accessyear=2007|publisher=Yahoo.com|title=Form 10-K for PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC|date=2007-03-16]History
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 inArgentina ,Slovakia , andUkraine bringing the number of international editions to 20. [cite web|url=http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/10/100/100055/items/192613/PBY_AR_2005.pdf|title=2005 Annual Report|accessdate=April 7|accessyear=2007|date=2006-03-06|publisher=Playboy Enterprises, Inc., pg 4.]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
