Playboy will not publish pictures of naked women as portion of a redesign, the decades-old magazine announced Tuesday.
The magazine will feature girls in provocative poses, however they’ll not be completely bare, Playboy said in a statement.
The change, to occur in March, signifies a major shift for the magazine, which broke new ground when Hugh Hefner created it and featured Marilyn Monroe on its advent cover. It marks the latest step away from depictions of complete nudity, which were banned from the magazine’s website in August 2014.
Playboy will not print photographs of bare girls within a redesign of the decades-old magazine, based on a news report Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. Executives for the magazine business told The New York Times that the change will occur in March 2016. He agreed and playboy editor Cory Jones contacted founder and current editor in chief Hugh Hefner lately about dropping naked pictures from the print edition, the Times reported.
It is claimed by the magazine website crowd soared with that move, averaging a 400 percent increase in monthly unique visitors.
“We’re more free to express ourselves politically, sexually and culturally today, which is in large part thanks to Hef’s daring mission to enlarge those liberties.”
Officials acknowledge that Playboy has been witnessing changes that are widespread. And so it’s simply passe at this juncture,” Flanders told The New York Times.
He agreed and Hefner was lately contacted by playboy editor Cory Jones about dropping bare photographs from the print edition, the Times reported.
Playboy’s print circulation, once measured in millions, is about 800,000, according to Alliance for Audited Media, the paper reported.
The shift from nudity will probably be accompanied by other changes in the magazine, including a somewhat larger size as well as a heavier, higher quality of paper meant to supply a more collectible feel to the magazine.
Previous efforts have stuck. But this time, as the magazine seeks to compete with younger outlets, Flanders said it sought to answer a key question: “Should you take nudity outside, what is left?”
