Playboy to stop running Nude pictures

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

The End of an era.

In a wood-paneled dining room, with Picasso and de Kooning prints on the walls, Mr. Jones nervously presented a radical suggestion: the magazine, a leader of the revolution that helped take sex in America from furtive to ubiquitous, should stop publishing images of naked women.

Mr. Hefner, now 89, but still listed as editor in chief, agreed. As part of a redesign that will be unveiled next March, the print edition of Playboy will still feature women in provocative poses. But they will no longer be fully nude.

Its executives admit that Playboy has been overtaken by the changes it pioneered. “That battle has been fought and won,” said Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive. “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”

www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/business/media/nudes-are-old-news-at-playboy.html

[Deleted]

Good God, Hef is pushing 90..?

[Display Name]

lol, what?Good luck with that.

[Kevin Hamilton]

And they think that somehow this will HELP?

[Spider2024]

[BigBadZ]

I will now subscribe so my mom will finally believe that I looked at my dad's Playboys to read the articles when I was 13.

[H-Virus]

In an age where literally billions of images of naked women, enough to easily match anyone's specific preferences, are available with just a few simple clicks of an internet browser, are there honestly people who are still buying nudie magazines? And if so: why?

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

It seems like Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition is more popular than ever, especially compared to Playboy so I don't just think internet porn was the problem. Maybe the fact that it's once a year, but the models like Kate Upton, Chrissy Teigen and Hannah Davis are popular than any Playmate since I guess Jenny McCarthy in the 90s. It's basically been used as a place for Hefner to get a new girlfriend since the models selected all fit his blond, tanned, boob job type.

[cageking666]

Oct 12, 2015 20:50:45 GMT -5 H-Virus said:

In an age where literally billions of images of naked women, enough to easily match anyone's specific preferences, are available with just a few simple clicks of an internet browser, are there honestly people who are still buying nudie magazines? And if so: why?

No Viruses and it doesn't get as repetitive as watching the same videos over and over again

[Stu]

It was good for the occasional celebrity pictorial

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Penthouse is better anyways, they made Caligula.

[Toilet Paper Roll]

Playboy failed to change with the times and honestly why would someone spend $8 to see a still picture of a heavily airbrushed model when you can go on line and basically choose your particular fancy for the moment and see it acted out for free.

The fact Playboy lasted this long is surprising

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

In a related story, Hustler's Beaver Hunt now features pictures of actual beavers.

[Deleted]

Maybe people will believe me now when I tell them I read it for the articles.

Because I SWEAR, playboy has some really good writing sometimes.

[Jeff Mangum PI]

Why would I pay for a flat, print picture when I can watch Gianna Michaels get porked in 15 different ways for free?

[andrew8798]

They want to pivot to young males with jobs..with a print magazine?

[Sparkybob]

Oct 12, 2015 21:39:25 GMT -5 Jeff Mangum PI said:

Why would I pay for a flat, print picture when I can Gianna Michaels get porked in 15 different ways for free?

Because the magazine makes for good reading at the local medical office waiting room.

[Deleted]

umm...LOLPlayboy?

[LuchaBella]

Oct 12, 2015 21:30:56 GMT -5 @rrnew said:

Maybe people will believe me now when I tell them I read it for the articles.

Because I SWEAR, playboy has some really good writing sometimes.

Seriously! I actually liked the articles in the mag. The nudies were a bonus.

[Drillbit Taylor]

Oct 12, 2015 21:09:39 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

Penthouse is better anyways, they made Caligula.

Playboy made Macbeth