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How Playboy cut ties with Hugh Hefner to create a post-MeToo brand

January 22, 2026 at 05:30Z
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CNN World
07:10Z

Hugh Hefner launched Playboy Magazine 70 years ago this year. The first issue included a nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe, which he had purchased and published without her knowledge or consent.

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