Great write-up. Why the hell is the US so uptight about nudity? We're a long way from the puritans, yet we seem to be constantly constrained by those archaic beliefs.
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In reply to jeffnyles. Me too! I feel you, I just don't think this change in particular is pr...
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In reply to Billy Yellowcorn. Yep.
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"No, we're not worried. Our customers buy Duff for its robust taste, not its alcoholic content. I predict our new alcohol-free Duff Zero will sell even better than our previous brand."
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America is slowly becoming so gradually that it's rather easy to notice. It sounds like they need a better marketing team if they still can't figure out how to be successful in the social media w...
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In reply to arm123. It's certainly possible, and I'm sure that's their goal, but I imagine pl...
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So you all realize that the nudity is only be removed from the USA version of Playboy. Which I think makes Vince's point even better.
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I wonder if this also means it will be open to be sold at more places?
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In reply to jeffnyles. And that's an amazing question! But, I think the concept of nudity goe...
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Spot on write-up Vince. I like how the Playboy execs spout off all this high and mighty, psuedo-progressive talk in between the typical corporate business buzzspeak, but in reality they are just ...
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its web traffic jumped to about 16 million from about four million unique users per month. Talk about click 'bate.
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Goddamn it, Vince, you got me to sign on and comment here for the first time since KSK imploded. Because you're just about the only thing worth reading on Uproxx anymore (well, you and Danger and...
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Hefner had perhaps too much influence over what I find physically attractive, considering that he seems to be a weird-ass dude.
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I for one am enthusiastic about Playboy changing it up. In it's heyday, the Playboy lifestyle was sellable, a little taboo and readers flocked to their mail boxes each month for a taste of counte...
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I remember a few years back, the argument was that Playboy's sales drop was related to the increasing success of magazines like Maxim. I'm not entirely sure what the issue was, but back in the mi...
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In reply to virnomine. I haven't read Playboy or Maxim for years, but after reading this I wo...
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Playboy is a buggy whip. It's been replaced by the internet. Everything cool about Playboy is instantly accessible and free online. Do I pay a fee to see pictures of Pamela Anderson nekkid on the...
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But people don't want what playboy now offers. They obviously aren't willing to pay for it. They might pay for a magazine that offers everything but the naked women. And by 'they' we are talking ...
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In reply to jeffnyles. How do you provide nuance to nudity without showcasing any nudity? I d...
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Vince, I have to disagree with you on this one. The celebration of the human form has been an artistic trope since the dawn of mankind. But just like any motif, "the nude" has evolved and branche...
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Wait, what about all the girls PublicAgent (on xvideos) promised Playboy covers to???
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In reply to indieguy. http://31.media.tumblr.com/7b2a69f896d72ec2142656704141d916/tumblr_mk1a...
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In reply to kazoshay. @Feeeeeeeeexins, well played.
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That opening paragraph made me think of the Simpsons where Bart found a bunch of Homer's Playdudes and converted his treehouse into the Mansion. Then I saw the Playboy CEO that banned nudity was ...
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Bravo, this was well thought out and well written. I was a subscriber until earlier this year. After their last redesign, I was out. It was basically turning into Maxim with nipples, now it will ...
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Good article, Vince. It is such a bizarre decision.
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In reply to kazoshay. So when are they going to introduce their swanky new friend Roy?
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everyone needs a box to fit in so the adverts can be specifically targeted to the individuals. how soon before tina fay calls me out by name to sell me jeans in my size at the local strip mall? a...
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"like the racier sections of Instagram." So they're incapable of competing with one aspect of the internet, and instead using another as their new metric.
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In reply to kazoshay. They think they're making a change that will revitalize the maga...
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There's a lot of jobs that have outlawed any nudity on screen because whiny people walking by will accuse the company of creating a hostile work environment and sue for whatever millions.
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They are just trying to generate publicity, this has to be some kind of death rattle before they finally go under.
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