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    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
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      Pamela Anderson: ‘I collect pop artists and they collect me’

      The actress on her private passion

    • Friday, 12 June, 2020
      Food & Drink
      Bunker Food: how to recreate Hugh Hefner’s favourite lamb dinner

      Even when the Playboy founder dined out, restaurant chefs were instructed to provide this precise dish

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
      ObituaryMedia
      Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies aged 91

      Media entrepreneur who became a symbol of the sexual revolution

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
      ObituaryfastFT
      Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies aged 91
    • Friday, 20 January, 2017
      ObituaryWorld
      Victor Lownes, entertainment executive, 1928-2017

      Playboy envoy who brought London a taste of louche living

    • Thursday, 24 March, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Bankers explore sale of Playboy empire

      Moelis & Co picked to vet interest in magazine, licensing business and Hugh Hefner’s mansion

    • Friday, 9 January, 2015
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      ‘The Book with No Pictures’, by BJ Novak

      Here’s an antidote to boring, cutesy bedtime reads

    • Thursday, 3 May, 2012
      Material WorldVanessa Friedman
      Zegna one-ups the menswear market
    • Friday, 23 December, 2011
      Life & Arts
      Pyjama party

      Nightwear-inspired tops and trousers from Louis Vuitton and Lanvin exude a languid elegance

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2011
      FT AlphavilleIzabella Kaminska
      Hefner son-in-law settles Playboy case
    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2011
      US & Canadian companies
      Hefner son-in-law settles Playboy case
    • Friday, 27 May, 2011
      Life & Arts
      Two towels and Scarlett Johansson
    • Friday, 11 February, 2011
      Life & Arts
      Proper pyjamas
    • Monday, 10 January, 2011
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Hefner to take Playboy private
    • Friday, 3 December, 2010
      Life & Arts
      Sale of the week: Playboy collection
    • Thursday, 21 October, 2010
      ObituaryUS & Canadian companies
      Penthouse magazine founder who flirted with the cloth
    • Monday, 9 August, 2010
      US & Canadian companies
      Magazine circulation fails to rebound despite rise in ads
    • Thursday, 5 August, 2010
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      Playboy trims second-quarter loss
    • Wednesday, 21 July, 2010
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      Bell hopes Playboy would meet FriendFinder
    • Monday, 19 July, 2010
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      Correction: Hugh Hefner
    • Friday, 16 July, 2010
      The FT ViewUS & Canadian companies
      Private matters

      The fate of Playboy belongs to another century

    • Friday, 16 July, 2010
      US & Canadian companies
      Fighting back against the free sites
    • Friday, 16 July, 2010
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      Penthouse owner raises offer for Playboy
    • Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
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      Penthouse all set to go with Playboy offer
    • Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
      US & Canadian companies
      Penthouse is open to working with Hefner
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