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Playboy to Stop Publishing Nude Photos

posted by martyb on Friday October 16 2015, @09:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-you-really-CAN-read-it-for-the-articles dept.

fliptop writes:

In December 2014, CEO Scott Flanders hinted that nudity could vanish completely from the Playboy brand.

In a bid to make itself more relevant, Playboy magazine has officially announced they're no longer running photos of fully nude women:

Playboy officials have declared that they've won a culture war, so they're moving on. "You're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it's just passé at this juncture," said Scott Flanders, Playboy's CEO, in an interview with the [New York] Times. He also said: "That battle has been fought and won."

[Ed. note: I was unsure as to whether this story was germane to our site. But then I stepped back to look at the bigger picture. At one time, Playboy pretty much *owned* its category, though with time other publications later rose up to challenge it. Times have changed. Just how relevant are print publications these days? What other storied publications have disappeared? Which are next? What will the publishing landscape look like in ten or twenty years?]

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by mechanicjay on Friday October 16 2015, @09:32PM

    by mechanicjay (7) <mechanicjayNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday October 16 2015, @09:32PM (#250867) Homepage Journal

    My Grandpa used to keep a Playboy in the stack of golf magazines next to his easy chair in the living room. Hidden in plain sight. The right of passage came, when you turned about 13 and he'd throw to it you, "Check this out, boy!"

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Friday October 16 2015, @09:42PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday October 16 2015, @09:42PM (#250872)

    I'm hoping each teen was getting a new copy...

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Friday October 16 2015, @10:34PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Friday October 16 2015, @10:34PM (#250887) Journal

      Now we need a "+1 Eeeewwwww"

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 16 2015, @10:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 16 2015, @10:35PM (#250889)

      I'm still trying to figure out how he managed to throw an easy chair.

      • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Saturday October 17 2015, @12:30PM

        by fritsd (4586) on Saturday October 17 2015, @12:30PM (#251078) Journal

        Strong wrist muscles, from years of training.

    • (Score: 1) by termigator on Saturday October 17 2015, @02:56AM

      by termigator (4271) on Saturday October 17 2015, @02:56AM (#250945)

      Reusing the same mag would make it easier for later teens to catch

    • (Score: 2) by NCommander on Saturday October 17 2015, @06:12PM

      by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Saturday October 17 2015, @06:12PM (#251164) Homepage Journal

      I'll be honest. That's the first comment I've read in SN in awhile that nearly caused me to need a new keyboard. GG parent.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 17 2015, @02:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 17 2015, @02:21AM (#250935)

    It's rite of passage.