[garbanzo]

In the mid-90's, Mr. Guccione responded to the growing threat from digital pornography by making his magazine even more explicit, depicting various sexual acts.

You'd kind of wish the NYT would detail this - if you've not seen the magazine, it'd be hard to figure out what was going on. And it is correct - it got too weird. And Playboy seems to be doing well in the digital era, go figure...

[Drew68]

And it is correct - it got too weird.

No kidding. It turned into "All Urine -- All The Time!" I flipped through a Penthouse recently and the first thing I thought was, "Hmm... This ain't the Penthouse my dad used to read!"