Playboy to drop nudity as Internet fills demand

As part of a redesign that will be unveiled next March, the print edition of Playboy will still feature women in provocative poses. But they will no longer be fully nude.

The move is one its executives say was brought on by the changes it pioneered.

“That battle has been fought and won,” said Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive. “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”

According to the New York Times, Playboy’s circulation has dropped from 5.6 million in 1975 to about 800,000 now.

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