Confidential (magazine) Quigley Publishing that he previously worked for, the emphasis was Hollywood, but with a twist—"exposés of star secrets" became "Confidential"s prime focus. The first "Confidential" issue was dated December (released November) 1952 under the caption "The Lid Is Off!" Its circulation was 250,000 copies. But when the breakup of Marilyn Monroe's marriage to Joe DiMaggio was reported in the August 1953 issue ("Why Joe DiMaggio Is Striking Out with Marilyn Monroe!"), the circulation jumped to 800,000. The quarterly magazine then became bimonthly and was the fastest growing magazine in the US at the time. Harrison would claim its circulation reached
Playboy (Brazil) Playboy (Brazil) The Brazilian edition of "Playboy" is a local franchise of "Playboy" magazine. Established in 1975 by Editora Abril, it was only the fourth overall international version of the magazine, following Germany, Italy and France. When Editora Abril founder Victor Civita asked his son Roberto Civita to drop his job at the Tokyo offices of "Time" in 1958 to instead join him at Abril, Roberto accepted on the condition that he could create three new publications: a "Time"-like weekly news magazine ("Veja"), a "Fortune"-like business magazine ("Exame"), and the last of those to get into print, a local issue