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Playboy will stop featuring nude ladies

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Dani
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That's a pretty drastic decision that could backfire in a big way, seeing that their reputation is built entirely upon the backs of naked women...figuratively and literally.

I am interested to see what direction their brand plans on taking, though. They may surprise us.

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NymphWriter
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I know Playboy was known for two things: amazing writing and beautiful, naked women in tasteful poses. The idea they are taking the ladies out, or rather, changing the way they are featuring the women that will be photographed for their magazine is shocking. I've always thought their pictures were beautiful as were the women who were featured in them. I remember doing the "Find the Bunny" hunt on the cover with my friends. Some were easier to find than others.

Honestly, I hope this decision works out for the best.
Guest
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I can't help but think that it's the end of an era. I remember sneaking into the back of my Dad's closet and looking at his stack of 'hidden' Playboys. The women looked so beautiful and flawless and the beautiful models were something to aspire to. Additionally, as I got older, I even read the articles and interviews which I have to admit weren't half bad.

As the Buggles so eloquently stated, "Video Killed the Radio Star." If there is any truth to that statement then I can't help but think that the Internet killed Playboy.
Green_Man
Primus Omnium
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I would read my Playboys from cover to cover. Back in the day they were engrossing. I subscribed for a number of years. They changed and were no longer relevant to me, nor terribly interesting. The era ended long ago for me. I am indifferent to the change now.
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As the Buggles so eloquently stated, "Video Killed the Radio Star." If there is any truth to that statement then I can't help but think that the Internet killed Playboy.


Not killed... Far from it, just forced them to perhaps be more creative... Guess in some cases, that's synonymous. (As semi-local celeb Trent Reznor said in an interview, he & his Nails band-mates can get a song out in minutes with YouTube now, but any idiot with a mic/cam can do the same & get a record deal just as fast.)

I recall perusing my Dad's at his place after my parents divorced... Recall them being equal parts celebs like Carmen Electra & pictorials of people I doubt went by real names. (Specifically one guy-&-girl pairing where one of them was referred-to-as/called "Nacho".) Only wish I could recall months/dates now, as feel it's a safe bet some P2P place has them accessible.
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I remember reading a few years back that Playboy's magazine operation was netting them a profit of just a little over a million dollars a year and it's probably less than that now. Yet, Playboy.com was making them twenty times that if I remember correctly. Basically, their website was subsiding their publishing. When your business model no longer makes sense, you have to change it or close the doors. Between porn sites and the dozen other publications that feature nude models, they could no longer compete in that market. I'm just not sure how well they are going to be able to compete with the other mainstream periodical publications now that they've removed the nude models from their pages. In my opinion, it's the last gasp of a dying beast. But, I could be wrong.
Guest
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Hmmm...


What do you THINK OF when you think of 'PLAYBOY'?

Well, I THINK about air-brushed American INVARIABLY BLONDE girl's who like puppies and sophisticated, (read OLDER!) men and study in Southern Colleges...) It's FANTASY!

I (really) covered a PLAYBOY photo-shoot, (it was an open-call, actually) when I was a journalist... The PLAYBOY people were LOVELY!!! (Very professional!) HONEST!

But...

I DON'T THINK the brand can survive without the, uh, SKIN ELEMENT... I'm middle-aged now, I can remember when PLAYBOY was considered risque! Of course, it's NOT now... But I think THEREIN lies a CERTAIN charm? An INNOCENCE, even, given what's now available on-line.

I DO watch hardcore porn on-line, but it's a SINGULAR pursuit, yeah? (I came, I saw, I... Came!) You don't have a RELATIONSHIP with a PURE-PORN site!!! You CAN with a MAGAZINE!!! (It's kinda like HERE!!! We ARE A SEX SITE, but we offer other stuff too! But if we decided to CUT our sexual content... You take my point!)

The PROBLEM with relying on PURELY editorial content is that THIS TOO has been almost usurped by other brand leaders, GQ, Esquire et al...

PLAYBOY WAS a REVOLUTION for decades. (Other imitators, Penthouse, Hustler etc., went down a more populist route, BUT, in doing that, engendered a frankly misogynist and anti-feminist approach.) I'm NOT SAYING PLAYBOY was or is a BULWARK OF FEMINISM, but it at least ALLUDED to those values in a way that its imitators never bothered to...)

I always preferred the UK copies of PLAYBOY like Mayfair and Men Only... (The girls WEREN'T as cute or indeed as air-brushed, (that's what we did before PhotoShop) but they were all the more appealing for that!) Mind you, I was only 16...

I can't see it.

PLAYBOY without the skin is like McDonalds without the burgers. (Why ELSE would you go there?)

Now, IF I WAS GOING TO RE-BRAND PLAYBOY I'D...

(Actually... Call me. I have ideas.)

xx SF
Katje
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I can honestly say that I'm not all that surprised. What gets me is that it took so long.

If you think about it, their broadcasted station (Playboy TV) and such, the website, the stores ... Those places are the money, especially the website. I used to collect the magazines, and just gave most of my entire collection to my best friend's dad for his last birthday, including my special anniversary edition featuring Marilyn Monroe, 'The Naked Marilyn'.

I'd wager they'll keep the full nudity on the websites and the movies, et cetera,but maybe make the magazine more like the Rolling Stones of pornography?
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." -E.L. Doctorow
Buz
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WHAT!? NO NEKKID PICTURES OF LADIES!

I look at Playboy for the naked pictures and the cartoons! Do they expect us to read those silly articles?

Without titties Playboy is doomed!
Magical_felix
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WHAT!? NO NEKKID PICTURES OF LADIES!

I look at Playboy for the naked pictures and the cartoons! Do they expect us to read those silly articles?

Without titties Playboy is doomed!


You'd think that instead of surrendering to the internet they would up their game and throw in some gaping asshole and full spreadage of the labias major and minora.
Buz
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Quote by Magical_felix


You'd think that instead of surrendering to the internet they would up their game and throw in some gaping asshole and full spreadage of the labias major and minora.


Miss October gaped with a dripping creampie and nipple clamps! And they could liven up those cartoons. They are bit tame.
Katje
Buxom Enigma
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You'd think that instead of surrendering to the internet they would up their game and throw in some gaping asshole and full spreadage of the labias major and minora.


Little bit of Goatse and some Blue Waffle to compete, hey? How's my fave cool cat these days?
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." -E.L. Doctorow
Magical_felix
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Quote by Katje


Little bit of Goatse and some Blue Waffle to compete, hey? How's my fave cool cat these days?


Been good, cruising down alleys, rollin up some catnip, shittin in litter. Pretty standard.