Posted on 10/15/2015 7:24:11 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
...The streak will end with the March edition — its first without any naked ladies.
Many industry observers see the move as a huge gamble — one last gasp at getting the magazine back to any semblance of its glory days when circulation was at a high of 5.6 million.
That was in 1976. Today, it stands at just a bit more than 800,000.
“I am sure they are hoping that they will be able to attract advertisers, now that a reason for staying out of it has been removed,” said one former top executive at Playboy.
Playboy’s new look is likely to set up a clash with Maxim, another title aimed at young men and trying to soften its image to attract more ads.
Both titles are said to be losing money.
To turn around Playboy’s fortunes, experts say, the title will have to ramp up circulation after letting it run down for years....
Newsstand sales — the most lucrative form of circulation revenue for publishers — today accounts for only around 30,000 copies a month for Playboy....
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
“Animal House”
Playboy without nekkid wimmin is like Lawn & Garden without... Lawns & Gardens.
Wow, i have not watched that in a long time. Thanks.
It’s just a throw-away gag scene. Don’t think it lasted 5-10 seconds. Just enough for the lucky young lad to exclaim, “Thank YOU, God !”
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