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''Playgirl'' is an American magazine that features general interest articles, lifestyle and celebrity news, in addition to semi-nude or fully nude men. In the 1970s and 1980s the magazine printed monthly and was marketed mainly to women, although, as the magazine knew, it had a significant gay male readership, in a period in which gay male erotic magazines were few. The magazine was founded in 1973 by Douglas Lambert during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as ''Playboy'' and ''Penthouse'' that featured similar photos of women. In 1977 Lambert sold ''Playgirl'' to Ira Ritter who took over as Publisher. The magazine covered issues like abortion, equal rights, and interspersing sexy shots of men and played a pivotal role in the sexual revolution for women.〔Cara Buckley (They couldn’t get past the ‘Mimbos’ ) The New York Times, November 14, 2008.〕 From March 2009 to February 2010, it appeared only online. The magazine returned to print with its March 2010 issue. ==History== ''Playgirl Magazine'' from inception to recent years was intended to be a women’s magazine and an outlet for women to explore their sexuality (very similarly to the popular men’s magazine, Playboy) and to embrace the Feminist Movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During its height, publisher Ira Ritter took the magazine to an even more sophisticated arena which included political articles to strengthen the editorial content, and featured influential figures of that time. However, over the course of the last 30 years, ''Playgirl'' faced adversity and many obstacles of opposing opinions in the media that ranged from Feminist Sex Wars to pornography, prostitution, and lesbian practices.〔Roberts, C.L. (2011). Consuming Liberation: Playgirl And The Strategic Rhetoric Of Sex Magazines For Women 1972-1985. (Doctoral dissertation). Graduate College of Bowling Green State University, Ohio.〕 ''Playgirl'' is published by New York City-based company Blue Horizon Media, which also publishes ''High Society'', ''Celebrity Skin'', ''Hawk'', ''Chéri'' and a number of other hardcore pornographic magazines. The magazine had been published earlier by Drake Publishers (later renamed Crescent Publishing Group, Inc). Crescent was charged in 2000 by the Federal Trade Commission with over 180 million dollars of online credit card fraud, much of which was conducted on the Playgirl Magazine site.〔(Playgirl Web Site Faces FTC Charges ) Federal Trade Commission, August 23, 2000.〕 All Crescent/Blue Horizon titles, including ''Playgirl'', were prevented from conducting any business on the web for five years. Then-president Bruce Chew was subsequently indicted, along with several prominent members of the Gambino crime family.〔John Marzulli, William Sherman (Nab 3 In Porn Scam That Feds Tie To Mob ) New York Daily News, March 19, 2003.〕 In August 2008, the magazine announced that it would cease publication of its print edition as of the January 2009 issue. After that point, the magazine planned to continue with an online-only edition.〔Rafat Ali, ("Playboy Enterprises Shutting Down Playgirl Mag; Online Only" ), CBS News, August 3, 2008.〕 The last print issue was published in January/February 2009.〔 In February 2010, ''Playgirl'' announced it would re-launch issuing a print edition of the magazine. The first such issue would be the March 2010 issue available on newsstands as of 22 February 2010 carrying on its cover Levi Johnston, shot by longtime ''Playgirl'' photographer Greg Weiner.〔David Caplan (Finally! Levi Johnston's ''Playgirl'' cover revealed ) People magazine, February 8, 2010.〕 The magazine has been issued approximately quarterly since then. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Playgirl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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