Playboy to Drop Nudity From Its Magazine

Playboy will stop running photographs of naked women in its print edition after more than six decades, the magazine said Tuesday.Although it will continue to publish "sexy, seductive pictorials," as Playboy put it in a statement, the magazine will end more than six decades of full nudity when a redesign arrives with the March 2016 issue. It already eliminated nudity from Playboy.com last summer and licensed out operation of PlayboyPlus.com, where naked photos can be found.Hugh Hefner founded Playboy in 1953 with a debut issue that included a naked centerfold of Marilyn Monroe. He expanded the centerfold from a two-page spread to a three-page fold-out in 1956. And its November 1972 issue sold over 7.2 million copies, the high-water mark for a single Playboy issue, according to the company. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does ‘Magazine Media’ Actually Redefine The Industry?

The MPA hosted its annual American Magazine Media Conference in New York this week and closed the show with “A View From The Top.” The post Does ‘Magazine Media’ Actually Redefine The Industry? appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Kalmbach Turned Two of Its Strengths Into a New Magazine

Kalmbach is using existing footholds in tech and hobbies as platforms for a launch. The post How Kalmbach Turned Two of Its Strengths Into a New Magazine appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst UK chief Anna Jones on the enduring power of print magazines

Ahead of an appearance at this year’s Changing Media Summit, Anna Jones talks to the Guardian about the future of magazines, Hearst’s role in the run-up to the 2015 general election and why the portrayal of women in Esquire is changingChanging Media Summit 2015 programmeIf a 169-year-old,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What the Latest USPS Rate Hike Means for Magazines

“Uncertainty is the new normal.” The post What the Latest USPS Rate Hike Means for Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Competition in the All-You-Can-Read Magazine Market

The Netflix-for-magazines race continues… The post More Competition in the All-You-Can-Read Magazine Market appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowdfunded Magazine Celebrates Queer Science Fiction

In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy the panel discusses the Kickstarter campaign to fund Queers Destroy Science Fiction!, a special issue of Lightspeed magazine written by queer creators. The post Crowdfunded Magazine Celebrates Queer Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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1105’s Ed Tech Magazine Returns to Print After 2 Digital-Only Years

Digital-to-print launches like Allrecipes, POLITICO Magazine and The Pitchfork Review are becoming increasingly common, but it's rare when a brand that decided to abandon ink and paper returns to it. T.H.E. Journal, 1105 Media's magazine about K-12 education technology, is doing just that though. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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November Bookstore Sales Dropped 2.5%

November bookstore sales fell 2.5%, to $736 million from $755 million in November 2013, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Jersey bookstore will drop their prices along with the temperature

New Jersey's Clinton Book Shop is offering Match the Temperature Discount Days. Customers will receive a discount based on the day's temperature – for example, 20 degrees equals 20 percent off. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age's 2014 Magazine A-List: See All the Winners

It's clear that the business of magazines is under pressure, but they continue to exert an outsized influence on culture, food, politics and more. Despite the business challenges, they're still sexy. Articles become movies and editors become celebrities. A short blurb turns a product into a... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp magazine's provocative ad for interns an 'error in judgment'

Ad featuring photograph of young woman in lingerie posed on a bed, headlined ‘Interns wanted’, since removed News Corp Australia’s most popular magazine insert has advertised for fashion interns by using a photo of a young woman dressed in underwear on all fours on a bed.Murdoch's Sunday Style... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Guild Drops HathiTrust Case

After suffering two major defeats in its legal battle with Google’s library scanning partners, the Authors Guild this week finally ended the litigation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Randall-Reilly Scales Back Two Magazines

In a cost-cutting move, Randall-Reilly, a B2B publisher with footholds in several markets, is merging two of its brands and going digital-only with another. Road building magazine, Better Roads, will fold as a standalone title and become part of Equip Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines Survives "Roller Coaster" Year

In June, David Carey will mark his fifth anniversary as Hearst Magazines president, and a New Year's Day tradition of his (begun over a decade ago when publisher of The New Yorker) is to look back and look ahead in a letter to colleagues. In his 2015 message, Carey acknowledged that Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Plans New Print Magazine for Early 2016

Hearst Magazines, publisher of glossy titles like Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping, is planning to introduce a new print magazine in early 2016, according to David Carey, the company's president."We're in conversations now with possible joint-venture partners," said Mr. Carey in a memo to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Number of magazine closures almost double in 2014

Though the number of magazine launches held steady in 2014, the outlook for print media still took a turn for the worse as closures nearly doubled. Among the shuttered publications are... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine closures almost double in 2014

Though the number of magazine launches held steady in 2014, the outlook for print media still took a turn for the worse as closures nearly doubled. Among the shuttered publications are... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Magazines

  The Pulitzer Prizes have recognized the country's top journalism for almost a century, and for most of that time, there was just one major requirement for entry: the story had to appear in a printed newspaper. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CIPFA stats show drops in library numbers and usage

The number of people borrowing books from libraries in England has halved since 1997, according to the annual library statistics prepared by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). CIPFA plans to publish its annual statistics on Thursday (11th December), but early... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Shutters USA Weekend Magazine

Gannett announced that it's shutting down its weekend magazine, USA Weekend, effective Dec. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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