Coronavirus kills Playboy’s print magazine

Published March 19, 2020 3:10am ET



The pornographic lifestyle magazine Playboy is ending the printed version of its magazine after the coronavirus damaged the publication’s content production and supply chain.

Playboy Enterprises CEO Ben Kohn announced the move in a Medium post on Wednesday. Kohn said that, while the magazine’s management was considering killing the print edition eventually, the outbreak of the coronavirus expedited the decision.

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