The magazine has been moving more and more to the digital realm these last few years, but the decision to suspend the print decision is a surprising move for the classic dirty but classy magazine. Subscribe to Playboy Magazine today and read up.

The decision will last for the rest of the year. Playboy magazine subscription online and Get up to 51 discount at with Free Shipping + No Tax. (Hugh) Hefner lives, as stipulated in the contract taking the company private. Playboy Magazine is ceasing its print edition. (Scott) Flanders has shrunk Playboy's staff from 585 when he arrived to 165 today, 65 of whom work in the famous Playboy Mansion where Mr. That's because so many people wore the company's logo on clothing, although there is no official Chinese version of the magazineĪ 2013 story in The Wall Street Journal described the shrink in employee numbers, including a sizable amount at the famous mansion: '(New CEO) Mr. The firm's big area is China, representing 40 percent of revenues. Now every issue of Playboy is available through the company's new subscription-based online service, i. In fact, when I learned that my husband read the magazine, that’s one of the first things he told me.

Here's a look at some recent revenue numbers: Playboy offers every issue of the magazine online-for a price. The company makes about $65 million from licensing merchandise, and that represents about half the company's overall revenues.

The top-selling issue was November 1972, at 7.16 million copies. The first issue was in December 1953, selling 53,991 copies. As far as circulation goes, it's been a similar story.