Talk:Playgirl (magazine)

Burt Reynolds photo in Playgirl
This is incorrect. The Burt Reynolds centerfold appeared in Helen Gurley Brown's Cosmopolitan magazine, not Playgirl. Wall posters of this photo, taken by the famed fashion photog, Francesco Scavullo, were a sensation.

Burt Reynolds did appear in the UK edition of Playgirl in a relaxed but discreet pose. It may have been the first issue -- if not, a very early one.74.130.52.177 04:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I've seen the Reynolds error in enough places that I feel it's justified to reference this error (if for no other reason than to prevent others from adding his name to the celebrity list). In fact Reynolds appeared in Cosmo a year before Playgirl started; the question is worth asking as to whether the popularity of the Reynolds centerfold might have contributed to the idea of launching Playgirl. 68.146.41.232 (talk) 02:38, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Centerfold Listing
This list is a bit long. Perhaps the listing could be shown going across as opposed to down to better shorten the length of the article? Artemisboy 21:05, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Who Publishes?
Is this magazine also made by Hugh Hefner or is it a separate enterprise altogether?

A: No relation at all to Playboy, though they bank on the confusion. The magazine is published by Blue Horizon Media, formerly Crescent Publishing, formerly Drake Publishing. Blue Horizon is a vast porn publishing empire (including High Society, Cheri, and many others) owned by the reclusive millionaire Carl Ruderman, whose public face is not as a pornographer but rather a leader of international tourism. In 2000/2001 the magazine and its parent company were charged by the FCC for over 280 million dollars of credit card and later revealed to be in cahoots with the Gambino crime family. Ruderman wasn't charged, but the President (Bruce Chew) and CFO (Norman Chaines) were. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.203.99.134 (talk) 18:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikilinking
Somehow, I doubt that the Bobby Sands who was Mr July, 1985, is this Bobby Sands (and not just because he was 4 years dead by then). I don't want to mass revert all the wikilinking, but it has left a lot of redlinks and some clearly wrong links. Does anyone want to check them all? Regards, Ben Aveling 03:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I came here to make the same request. This list really needs to be cleaned up. Lemme see if I can find a project where I can post a request. -Will Beback · † · 08:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I've just unlinked Scott Peterson and Thomas James as the people linked to aren't the ones who appeared in the magazine.--65.113.254.52 02:25, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Clarification needed
What the heck is this sentence supposed to mean?
 * Fan hysteria over the November 2006 rerun of the April 2001 semi-nude shots of country superstar Keith Urban proved the demand for gender-equality in celebrity nudity.

If someone knows, please replace with a clarified restatement.

FCC or FTC?
In the article and also on this talk page, it is stated that the publisher was charged with credit card fraud by the "FCC". Really? The Federal Communications Commission? It seems far more likely to me that it is the FTC (the Federal TRADE Commission) that would prosecute such an action. Captain Quirk (talk) 10:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Good catch, it was indeed the FTC. I've fixed it. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 20:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Shutting down of the print issue, last female print editors forced out
This article ignores the concerted effort of Blue Horizon to slowly strangle what used to be a feminist publication.

Playgirl is now essentially a gay-male porn website devoid of articles or interviews.

If you don't believe that, just read this article from the 14 Nov 2008 online edition of the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/16playgirl.html?scp=1&sq=playgirl&st=cse 66.199.58.66 (talk) 21:06, 15 November 2008 (UTC)