No More Titties in Playboy…Sad Day
It’s the end of fucking era. Sad day. Sad day. Sad day. Playboy as we’ve always known it will soon be no more. The famous publication announced today that they would no longer have nude photos in their magazine. This comes as part of a major redesign and somewhat of a rebrand for the company, they plan on revealing the “new” Playboy in March of 2016. That issue will be the first to eliminate to the glorious, glorious T and A that made Playboy what it was. The reason behind the major change is simple, times are a’changin. Porn is so widely and easily accessible on the internet these days, that there is no real reason for a magazine to tantalize anymore. We as a generation are so far past that type of erotic entertainment that we’re all basically numb tasteful nudity. We can turn on HBO and see far worse on an episode of ‘Game of Throne’ than anything we’ve seen in Playboy. Not only that but the circulation for the magazine went from 5.6 million back in 1975 to a mere 800,000 according to data gathered by Alliance for Audited Media. Most of that also has to be chalked up to the fact people don’t read many magazines these days. Everyone has iPads and smartphones now which features apps that have all are favorite magazines on them. So in general it’s just not a good time for newsstand publications.
Even though Playboy is nixing the titties and asses they will still feature woman posing provocatively. Think Maxim magazine circa 2002. Which is kind of funny in of itself seeing how Maxim did a redesign for their magazine about month ago. They decided they wanted to appeal more to woman so they ditched the sexy female celebrity of the month thing for the Esquire, GQ thing. Only time will tell if either overhaul works, but as far as Playboy goes, why not. I had all but forgot they were still printing the mag. My only concern is what does this mean for the Hef, Hugh Hefner has made a life out of sex and debauchery, does the taming of his magazine mean his old ass is tame now. Guess he’s gonna swap that smoking jacket for Mister Rodger’s sweater.
[Source: The Hollywood Reporter]