Playboy's Putting Its Entire Archive Online

9:50 PM - May 20, 2011 - By Jane McEntegart - Source : Playboy Enterprises

Playboy has announced that it will be putting its entire archive on the web thanks to a specially optimized website targeted at iPad users.

Apple has a strict policy on adult content appearing in its App Store. While the approval process is sometimes bizarre and confusing, the company has always been clear on its stance when it comes to naughty applications for iOS. However, it seems Playboy Enterprises has figured out a way to bring Playboy to iPad users without Apple’s approval. The publishing house this week launched i.Playboy.com, a web-based subscription service that allows users access to every issue of Playboy ever published.

Optimized for iPad and ‘[using] iPad functions,’ i.playboy.com features every pictorial, interview, centerfold, investigative piece, story, advertisement and image that’s ever appeared in Playboy, a collection that spans than 130,000 pages. It’ll also have exclusive videos and curated content recommendations submitted by the Playboy Commission, a group described by PBE as "a high-profile panel of celebrated individuals from art, design, fashion, media and technology." A subscription will cost $8 per month, $60 per year and $100 for two years.

Though clearly aimed at iPad users, iPlayboy’s circumvention of Apple’s approval process means the company can also make customers out of those that don’t have iPads. The archive also echos the Playboy Enterprises previous efforts to get fans to cough up for older issues. Last year, Playboy launched a 250GB HDD containing the Playboy archives. At $300, users were paying $1.20 per GB. We don’t need to tell you that that’s a little pricey. In contrast, customers willing to cough up $300 today can get six years of access from anywhere with a web connection, and they don’t have to deal with a HDD emblazoned with the Playboy bunny.

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nuvon 05/21/2011 4:05 AM

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Right after the announcement, iPad 2 sales has climb 5 times in 3 days....

Anonymous 05/21/2011 4:51 AM

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This just in: iPad's destined for schools canceled due to fears of access to porn

Zeh 05/21/2011 5:01 AM

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If those girls weren't extremely photoshoped, maybe the magazine would be interesting.

vaughn2k 05/21/2011 5:23 AM

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and iPorn comes...

fyend 05/21/2011 5:31 AM

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Next ipad firmware update puts a host entry for i.playboy.com and one for its IP that points to apple.com

Lord Jobs will not stand for boobies!

ajaygeorge007 05/21/2011 6:57 AM

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aah.. i still search for proxies or any.. playboy is banned in India,

molo9000 05/21/2011 10:15 AM

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Would be great if they included a free sample issue .... Most magazine apps for iPad do.

Gigahertz20 05/21/2011 11:39 AM

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About time we finally get some porn on the internet.....oh wait

ubercake 05/21/2011 12:58 PM

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Can you turn the iPad sideways and unfold it when you get to the middle?

gerchokas 05/21/2011 1:20 PM

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not a good idea to write an article about playboy along with a picture of a little girl dude...

whyfi 05/21/2011 2:41 PM

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Kids these days - they don't know how good they have it. When I was a kid, I had to search high and low to find a hidden Playboy stash.

Zeh :
If those girls weren't extremely photoshoped, maybe the magazine would be interesting.

I think that the most interesting part of this is the pre-photoshop and pre-every-bunny-has-a-boob-job era.

zkevwlu 05/21/2011 4:40 PM

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I think the biggest question here is: Who still pays for porn? O.o

misry 05/21/2011 6:08 PM

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Yup. I'm thinking this will be a more popular torrent than The Complete Dr. Who

Anonymous 05/21/2011 8:36 PM

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porn on iPad, today must be the end of the world

killerclick 05/21/2011 9:49 PM

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Sorry Playboy, call me back in 1991 when I didn't have the Internet.

xmaswraith 05/22/2011 1:43 AM

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They should have released it for Kindle because I only buy Playboy for the articles and i cant read it properly on my iPad 2

jtt283 05/22/2011 4:41 AM

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I gave up Playboy when they stopped showing the "girl next door" and portraying Women as Art, and started showcasing women who were examples of surgeons' skills.
At least I'm pretty sure that Playboy never qualified as "porn," even if it was erotic.

gorfmaster1 05/22/2011 5:45 AM

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nice as if heff dosent have enough money

fredcolon 05/22/2011 4:08 PM

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Playboy is passe. Digitally Undivided

house70 05/22/2011 6:32 PM

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Giggidy!..

Anonymous 05/22/2011 6:45 PM

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Pretty much all the above. He is a little late it is just sitting there and verified on the NET if you USE it.

Zingam 05/23/2011 12:03 PM

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jtt283 :
I gave up Playboy when they stopped showing the "girl next door" and portraying Women as Art, and started showcasing women who were examples of surgeons' skills.At least I'm pretty sure that Playboy never qualified as "porn," even if it was erotic.

When was that? 1921?

wild9 05/23/2011 5:10 AM

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Hmm, how can I say this without sounding insincere, but I'll try. Check out Jane's pic. I think she's far more attractive than a lot of the women I've seen in that magazine. I bet she's made a fair few guy's hearts flutter here at Tom's xD

p.s. I agree.

pythy 05/23/2011 5:42 AM

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NEWS JUST IN!!
Investigators found it was the iPads which caused the explosion at the Foxconn factory after simultaneously accessing the Playboy site.

neiroatopelcc 05/23/2011 9:32 AM

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Most porn sites alraedy have mobile versions, so it's hardly a surprise that playboy follows suite

HappyBB 05/23/2011 10:51 AM

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So, when will this app be coming to Android? Apple fan boys please keep your mouths shut!

REYNOD 05/23/2011 2:42 PM

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Dorothy Stratten wasn't photoshopped !!!

Anonymous 05/23/2011 8:46 PM

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