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Playboy Drops Nudity As Internet Fills Demand

Posted by timothy on from the staying-classy dept.

HughPickens.com writes: Ravi Somaiya reports in the NY Times that as part of a redesign that will be unveiled next March, the print edition of Playboy Magazine will still feature women in provocative poses but they will no longer be fully nude. "That battle has been fought and won," says CEO Scott Flanders. "You're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passé at this juncture." According to Somaiya, for a generation of American men, reading Playboy was a cultural rite, an illicit thrill consumed by flashlight. Now every teenage boy has an Internet-connected phone instead. Pornographic magazines, even those as storied as Playboy, have lost their shock value, their commercial value and their cultural relevance. The magazine will adopt a cleaner, more modern style. There will still be a Playmate of the Month, but the pictures will be "PG-13" and less produced — more like the racier sections of Instagram. "A little more accessible, a little more intimate," says Flancers. It is not yet decided whether there will still be a centerfold.

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  1. Anyone with me that flags should be at half mast? by spads · · Score: 4, Funny

    ;P~

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  2. Articles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now you really will be reading it for the articles!

  3. Re:Thanks, SJWs by Chas · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem is that due to the new Puritan SJW "all male sex is bad"

    All-male sex IS bad! If you're straight...

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  4. Re:Going out of business ... by Panoptes · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a bunch of clothing no sane reasonable person would ever wear or buy."

    You might say they're exchanging tit for tat.

  5. In unrelated news by khelms · · Score: 5, Funny

    stock prices for implant manufacturers dropped 50% today.

  6. Re: Going out of business ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You might, but then you'd be making a bad joke.

  7. Re:Going out of business ... by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you try to make Playboy PC, there's pretty much little left of value in Playboy.

    How about Playboy Mac?

  8. Re: Going out of business ... by dunkelfalke · · Score: 3, Funny

    A gay magazine?

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  9. Re:Going out of business ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You... you RACIST!!!!

    I know you probably don't get out of your parents' basement often, but it's pink regardless of the race.

  10. Re:Going out of business ... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can still get your daily dose of naked tits and boobies in ornithology magazines, so there's that.

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  11. Re:Going out of business ... by amicusNYCL · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right, they're going after the lucrative 13-year-old-male-magazine-purchaser demographic.

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  12. Re:Going out of business ... by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you been on Playboy.com lately? These days, you won't find even a bare female nipple. Allegedly, the move has picked up traffic and skewed younger than they have in a long while.

    If they bring the nipples back they can get even younger traffic.