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    Default Playgirl - out of print, Jan 2009

    ...bad upper management? Sex sign of the times?

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fa...6playgirl.html

    "Ms. Caldwell said Playgirl magazine suffered from the twin malaises of rising costs and declining sales; Blue Horizon Media did not return repeated calls for this article."

    "First week: shock at being inundated with photos of naked men; slight horror at catching sight of photos from Blue Horizon’s triple X magazines; terror at having to put out a magazine with only two other people.

    Second week: less shock, less terror, less horror. Amusement at all the full-frontal photos that regular Joes — plumbers among them — mailed in.

    Third week: the realization that one’s eyes are glazing over at the sight of photos of naked men, who all begin to look the same. Bewilderment at the letters from female fans, who wanted specific fantasies to appear. (A common theme: a naked man doing chores for the fully dressed lady of the house. The editors complied with a photo spread.)"

    "Their efforts, the women said, got virtually no support; indeed, their higher-ups, all of them men, usually resisted their push to give the magazine editorial heft."
    "Peter, did you take Stewie to a strip-club? He smells like sweat and fear." - Lois and Stewie (Family Guy) ... "Through early morning fog I see, Visions of the things to be, The pains that are withheld for me, I realize and I can see..."

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    Default Re: Playgirl - out of print, Jan 2009

    Sounds a lot like hostile upper management to me. Handing the top jobs to women fresh out of grad school indicates that the publishing company wanted people in post over whom they could exercise a great deal of control without complaint. An older, more experienced editor would have questioned the lack of advertising and been well connected enough to stand her ground and push the brand.

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    Default Re: Playgirl - out of print, Jan 2009

    Online porn?
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

    NOTE: anything I post here, outside of a direct quote, is my opinion only, which I am entitled to. Take it for what you estimate it is worth.

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    Default Re: Playgirl - out of print, Jan 2009

    I never liked playgirl -99% of the men were and looked gay. Didn't do it for me. No suprise they went out.

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    Default Re: Playgirl - out of print, Jan 2009

    Quote Originally Posted by threlayer View Post
    Online porn?

    Exactly.

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