Playboy bares all online – full catalogue now available

Whilst others cover up and hide, Playboy titillates and delights as it bares all online… for a nominal fee that is.

The “entertainment and lifestyle” magazine has announced that it would be releasing its entire, voluminous, 57 year back-catalogue in a web-based service, i.Playboy.com.

This online service, optimised for Apple’s tablet, the iPad, is a subscription service and will include each issue with articles, features, ads and of course, the centrefold — starting from its first iconic issue featuring Marilyn Monroe on the cover.

The service will also be updated monthly to add each new issue published.

So if in a fit of panic before marriage you threw out your cherished Playboy magazines, fret not, thanks to the first and eternal playboy, Hugh Hefner, you can get them — and those you missed — back.

Here are all the details from Playboy Inc.:

“Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) announced today the introduction of i.Playboy.com, a web-based subscription service that gives users the opportunity to read, search and explore every issue of Playboy ever published. The service is optimized for the iPad and uses iPad functions.

From the inaugural issue with Marilyn Monroe to the current issue with rock heiress Lizzy Jagger on the cover, iPlayboy features every pictorial, interview, Centerfold, investigative reporting piece, story, advertisement and image that ever appeared in the magazine, more than 130,000 pages in total. Readers can search for a groundbreaking interview they read years ago, find classic fiction, or read about the most-recent celebrity cover model, all in one place. The site will be updated with each monthly issue so that it includes current content as well as archival features and pictorials.

In addition to providing users with access to all issues from December 1953 to present, the site will also feature exclusive videos and curated content recommendations submitted by members of the Playboy Commission, a high-profile panel of celebrated individuals from art, design, fashion, media and technology. Commission members will provide their own content suggestions from the Playboy archives for users to explore and enjoy each month, beginning in June.

To view iPlayboy and gain unprecedented access to more than 57 years of content, please visit i.playboy.com. Subscriptions are available for $8 per month, $60 per year and $100 for two years. For additional information on Playboy, please visit www.playboy.com.”