Playboy announced it will shut down the periodical after its last Spring issue hitting the stands this week. Their decision – after discussing for quite some time – was finalised by the outbreak of the coronavirus, which depleted sales.
In an announcement made via an open letter on Medium, CEO Ben Kohn said: ‘As the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic to content production and the supply chain became clearer and clearer, we were forced to accelerate a conversation we’ve been having internally: the question of how to transform our US print product to better suit what consumers want today … [and] engage in a cultural conversation each and every day, rather than just every three months. ‘We will move to a digital-first publishing schedule