Playboy magazine is to place is entire back catalogue online - but it will require a subscription to view the material.
The magazine's publisher, Playboy Enterprises is launching a new i.Playboy.com site to house its 57-year archive of some 700 issues with more than 130,000 pages.
The service, which is optimised for the iPad, will contain every pictorial, including centrefolds, plus interviews, investigative reporting pieces, stories and advertisements.
It means that the works of writers such Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson and Norman Mailer will be accessible.
It also means that Apple, which has been scrupulous to avoid sexual content on the iPad, will be allowing people to access thousands of pictures of naked women.
Next month, the site will also feature exclusive videos and curated content recommendations from a panel drawn from a range of specialisms, such as art, design, fashion, media and technology.
A subscription to iPlayboy will cost $8 ($5) a month or $60 (£37) a year.
Source: Reuters
