Playboy quits publishing nudes in print magazine

Playboy quits publishing nudes in print magazine


Playboy magazine will stop publishing pictures of fully nude models in its print edition as part of a rebranding.

Starting in March next year, the 62-year-old monthly publication will debut a "PG-13" redesign and will shift its focus onto articles. There has even been much buzz about having "Bad Blood" singer Taylor Swift to pose for its cover.

In a statement on their website, Playboy wrote: "The question everyone will likely be asking is, 'Why?' Playboy has been a friend to nudity, and nudity has been a friend to Playboy, for decades. The short answer is: times change."

The decision to quit nudes was conceived by Playboy chief content officer Cory Jones, and was agreed by Hugh Hefner, the publication's founder and editor-in-chief. Playboy Enterprises CEO Scott Flanders told the New York Times that with the rise of online pornography, nude women in magazines aren't much of a draw anymore. Founded in 1953, The men's glossy's first issue had featured Marilyn Monroe on its cover. It currently has a print circulation of about 800,000, from the 5.6 million it had in 1975.