What is interesting is that Hefner "stole" the original iconic format for Playboy magazine from his previous employer, Esquire Magazine, and put a centerfold in the middle of it. Playboy is currently a horrible mishmash of classic Playboy and Maxim. Esquire, after many reformats - some successful and some not, is now a very vibrant magazine, young and jazzy and full of attitude and ad pages. If I were running Playboy Magazine, I would steal Esquire's current format and stick a centerfold in the middle.
By the by, Christie Hefner, 57, stepped down as CEO in January 2009. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > They need to reinvent themselves. Playboy changed over the years from being > cool and hip like Hugh but now it is dated and showing its age. From what I > hear Heffner's daughter runs most of the business now. I considered > investing in them a couple of years back, but after studying them for a > while I decided not to. Their stock has been pretty much stagnant. > > I think the younger magazines like Perfect 10, and FHM has given them a run > for their money without doing nudes. (perfect 10 does, FHM doesnt) The key > is the writers and the topics. I think that is what is missing. > > Back in the day, Playboy had things like cars, how to fix cool cocktails, > and how to tie a winsor knot tie etc. They just don't have their fingers on > the pulse of the american male anymore. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > What this leaked interview demonstrates mostly is the dire straights > > PLAYBOY magazine is in. The magazine, which used to come out twelve months > > a year now issues a slight January/February issue with two centerfolds (Miss > > January and Miss February and their fact sheets)in the middle. A magazine > > that was once fat with ads will soon be so thin it will be a pamphlet. > > Crypt Keeper-esque Hugh Hefner sleeping (literally) with 20 year-old girls > > is more creepy than titillating and the magazine, which used to be a cash > > cow, is now hemorrhaging money. > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Wow, if "retarded" was offensive, I I wonder if Palin will call for his > > head? Funnier than the comments (which aren't funny) is how the idiot's > > trying to backtrack and apologize. Explain to me again how using the term > > "nig**a pass" is explaining the evils of racism? Or why a guy who says his > > member is racist then talks about how he wants to get with Holly Robinson > > and Kerry Washington? > > > > > > I tell you: people do themselves in more often just by talking too damn > > much. Warning: this is offensive--and bizarre. > > > > > > ********************************************* > > > http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631667/20100210/mayer_john.jhtml > > > > > > John Mayer has never been one to hold his tongue, whether freely tweeting > > his innermost thoughts or confessing his insecurities in the middle of a > > concert. > > > > > > But his latest foray into the familiar territory of > > speaking-his-mind-no-matter-the-consequences comes in a new interview, which > > has already unleashed a strong backlash online. During the lengthy chat, the > > 32-year-old rock star spoke brazenly about his relationships with Jennifer > > Aniston and Jessica Simpson (calling the latter "sexual napalm"), his sloppy > > kiss with Perez Hilton and his lack of sexual attraction to black women. > > > > > > "I don't think I open myself to it," Mayer said of dating black women. > > "My d--- is sort of like a white supremacist. I've got a Benetton heart and > > a f-----' David Duke c---. I'm going to start dating separately from my > > d---." > > > > > > Such comments have already lit up the Internet with cries of racism. Yet > > Mayer also spoke about "why black people love me." > > > > > > "Someone asked me the other day, 'What does it feel like now to have a > > 'hood pass?' " he told Playboy. "And by the way, it's sort of a > > contradiction in terms, because if you really had a 'hood pass, you could > > call it a n---a pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a 'hood > > pass if you really have a 'hood pass? But I said, 'I can't really have a > > 'hood pass.' I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been > > told, 'We're full.' " > > > > > > Mayer also delved into detail about his two most high-profile romances. > > When it came to dating Simpson, Mayer said he didn't think very much about > > the intrusion the paparazzi would make on his existence. > > > > > > "It wasn't as direct as me saying 'I now make the choice to bring the > > paparazzi into my life,' " he explained. "I really said, 'I now make the > > choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.' That was stronger than my desire to > > stay out of the paparazzi's eye. That girl, for me, is a drug. And drugs > > aren't good for you if you do lots of them. Yeah, that girl is like crack > > cocaine to me. ... Sexually it was crazy. That's all I'll say. It was like > > napalm, sexual napalm." > > > > > > During the interview, Mayer also spoke about his ongoing feud with Perez > > Hilton and how they once kissed at a club. "I remember seeing Perez Hilton > > flitting about this club and acting as though he had just invented > > homosexuality," he said. "All of a sudden I thought, I can out-gay this guy > > right now. I grabbed him and gave him the dirtiest, tongue-iest kiss I have > > ever put on anybody ââ¬" almost as if I hated f--s." > > > > > > Perez has already hit back against Mayer, but so far the usually > > Twitter-happy singer has not addressed any element of the Playboy interview. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
