Playboy Magazine - No more centerfolds?

[ElisabethWhispers]

Just read an article that the March issue of Playboy is no longer going to feature full frontal nudity.

That's a change!

And there are compelling reasons why the changes are being made. After some coffee, I'll try to link that article.

End of an era? Or just good marketing because of so MUCH nudity everywhere else?

I love the magazine and had a subscription for several years. Great articles. My favorite, in Playboy, was always the Playboy Adviser column. Usually, very clever.

Well, that's my topic for this morning!

Elisabeth

[tia travels]

They're going to lose a LOT of subscribers.

[SoThatIt]

Originally Posted by tia travels

They're going to lose a LOT of subscribers.

If only they can keep up with the time.

[Jackie S]

It has been years since I even looked at a Playboy.

[Fancylady]

I like checking out hot playboy bunnies and the articles....I wonder how many customers will stop magazine

[feetnstuff187]

Playboy circulation is down from a high of about 5 million subscribers to around 800,000 now. They just can't sustain the current business model. I heard that there would be no nudity at all. Pictorials will be more like the SI swimsuit issue.

[tia travels]

Maybe they need to get MORE raunchy like Penthouse or Hustler instead.

[SoThatIt]

OP can you hear me now, hahahaha

anyone see people naked in public? Yes, all the time ... online, and you can read too.

[Victoria Columbari]

Wow. That is a huge change. I wonder if the magazine is going to be able to survive.

[Sundancer]

Cancelled my subscription. Really no nudity? I was getting it for almost nothing because they wanted a certain demographic for advertising purposes.

[Exotic Yazmin DDD]

Maybe a tactic to get people to pick it up again??

I don't think I've heard ANYTHING about Playboy since the famous Lindsey Lohan as Marilyn shoot.

Seems like the whole Playboy machine kinda quieted down after the end of The Girls Next Door era ended.

[Guest010619]

It was just a fad.
A flash in the pan.

[Guest032516]

Originally Posted by tia travels

Maybe they need to get MORE raunchy like Penthouse or Hustler instead.

Penthouse went bankrupt and discontinued hardcore in the magazine. It has a circulation of about 100K, much less than Playboy.

So, no, raunchy won't help.

These magazines are competing against FREE porn. That is the problem. The younger generation of guys has no loyalty to the magazine.

[ElisabethWhispers]

Originally Posted by ExNYer

Penthouse went bankrupt and discontinued hardcore in the magazine. It has a circulation of about 100K, much less than Playboy.

So, no, raunchy won't help.

These magazines are competing against FREE porn. That is the problem. The younger generation of guys has no loyalty to the magazine.

From what I've been reading about the subject, it seems if Playboy wishes to position itself as a magazine on the same level as Vanity Fair, or Esquire.

Playboy was, for me, all about the articles. Seriously. The magazine had (I haven't read it in a long time but not that long) really smart writing. Clever.

And the cartoons over the years were epic. I have that collection somewhere on my bookshelves.

Anyway ... it's an interesting plan to update an iconic publication. I sincerely hope that it works!!!

[Bush Pilot]

Originally Posted by ElisabethWhispers

Anyway ... it's an interesting plan to update an iconic publication. I sincerely hope that it works!!!

As do I.

Perhaps a bit off-topic, Elisabeth, and not to disparage your comments about the articles: Remember when Playboy used to include a self-promotion ad with the caption, "What sort of man reads Playboy"? Typically featured some well-groomed, strapping young dude, dressed in a tweed jacket, standing next to a Corvette and a well-endowed, admiring blonde.

When I was in college, National Lampoon magazine did a spoof of "What sort of man reads Playboy": this page, however, featured an exterior view of men's room toilet stall. Inside the stall, on the floor, was a Playboy with the centerfold stretched full-length. And dangling above it: A pair of grubby tennis shoes!