it's pretty obvious. now that the majority of the population literally believe that the internet is facebook / social media if you don't exist on those platforms you might as well not be on the internet at all.

The Cyber Club was spot on, the girls felt more real, now they are becoming more like models

that is a smart move! They are distiguishing themselves

It would be ballsy if they didn't but I would like it.

It would add some of the mystery back into it.

wow ....never knew this until now.

Didn't Penthouse make the same move years ago and have it backfire miserably?

Get Zishy Zach in at Playboy!

They are eliminating nude cover pics

Its all such bullshit. They were in decline as the internet started... they missed the boat there and it took them years to even get online and even then, during those early years they were bankrupt and bleeding and didn't do anything right.

They've been behind the curve for a very very long time now - not because "porn is free" but because they are inept and mismanaged. Radical change and getting away from everything they are and turning such a brand upside down and inside is a sign of continued ineptitude and panic and inexperience,....it's not a "vision for the future".

Coca Cola announces they are changing their formula, they get tons of free publicity, people demand their original formula back.

Makers Mark announces they are going to be changing their whiskey making it basically a slighting watered down version. They get tons of free publicity. There is a backlash and customers demand the whiskey stays the same. The company wins.

Playboy announces.....

Probably the smartest move they could make IMO. They could do very well with more mainstream options.

end of an era, time to move on !:2 cents::thumbsup

:2 cents:

Too much airbrushing used to be the problem. Then too much plastic surgery became the problem. In the age of advanced computer editing, too much photoshop has become the problem. Playboy should have gone more natural, not more clothing. I've seen drawings and paintings of women that look more realistic than the fake photos of fake women that Hef likes.

It's hard to think Playboy without thinking 'nudes'.

A dozen or so badly cropped and touched up photos of women who all looked the same.

That was really something to look forward to 12 times a year.

Thank Jesus the Internet came along.

No, this is what happens when you get married.

From the second that Hefner got hitched, he should have turned the empire over to his son or someone who could accurately represent what he started.

Marriage changes your outlook on everything. Hence his agreement.

Playboys aren't married.

#enoughsaid

When is the last nudy mag being published?

:thumbsup RIGHT!

Let's not forget the power of Playboy, they can get top celebs to pose, maybe a Taylor Swift or a Kate Upton, that's still the power that they have over the other big sites. They can also get middle class coeds to pose who wouldn't take their clothes off for any other site. Playboy still has this edge to play with

Im ok with that

Sure, I read the articles