The coronavirus pandemic has claimed Playboy magazine.Editors have decided to bring forward plans to shut down the print edition of the once-fabled men’s publication due to the economic disruptions caused by COVID-19.“Last week, 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 U.S.
print product,” a letter from Playboy bosses to the media reads.“We have decided that our spring 2020 issue, which arrives on U.S.
newsstands and as a digital download this week, will be our final printed publication for the year in the U.S.”Playboy, which the late Hugh Hefner founded in
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