Ex-Playboy editor Black hangs out at Starbucks these days

Chicago magazine
After 16 years at Playboy, managing editor Jonathan Black was laid off last November. “It’s a big shock to be evicted suddenly from your job,” he writes. “It didn’t help that I was long past 40. It didn’t help that the country was already testing hazmat suits for Iraq. Who cared about one lousy job when tens of thousands might die? I did.” He met networking pals at Starbucks, bought stuff at Office Depot, and dreamed of starting a magazine. BLACK’S MAY UPDATE: “No job yet. I’m still plotting to start a magazine. Lots of skim lattes under my belt.”