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Miles Archer

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14. The magazine did a little shark jumping after Hefner's first stroke

Reply to sir pball (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:50 AM

Oct 2015

When he ran the magazine with an iron hand, it was pretty unbeatable. Yeah, Penthouse and Hustler forced him into territory where he didn't belong. The Internet also complicated things. But once he became more of a figurehead and mascot for the magazine, its mojo took a serious trip down south.

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"Nudes are old News" at Playboy [View all] LiberalElite Oct 2015 OP

Playboy will be dead in a couple of years. trumad Oct 2015 #1

I'm amazed that its not dead now. Yavin4 Oct 2015 #11

It's just going through its last death throes pokerfan Oct 2015 #15

And in the 1970s they were moving hifiguy Oct 2015 #16

I guess we'll finally know who actually reads it for the articles. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #2

I did, they quite seriously used to be one of the best literary magazines out there. sir pball Oct 2015 #9

The magazine did a little shark jumping after Hefner's first stroke Miles Archer Oct 2015 #14

There was solid investigative reporting as well. hifiguy Oct 2015 #17

I thought Playboy disappeared in the 90s? Orrex Oct 2015 #3

Hustler ate their lunch back in the 1980s... Human101948 Oct 2015 #4

Here's some news... there are lots of nekkid pictures on the internet Adrahil Oct 2015 #5

playboy officially ended when they closed their clubs. Javaman Oct 2015 #6

They make their money from cable in hotel rooms now. Yavin4 Oct 2015 #13

NOW who regrets throwing away the seventeen boxes of back issues? Atman Oct 2015 #7

True story... Whiskeytide Oct 2015 #8

the Playboy life style has been replaced with olddots Oct 2015 #10

That magazine already exists. It's called Maxim. Yavin4 Oct 2015 #12

The internet killed Playboy LittleBlue Oct 2015 #18

It will die with Hef. hifiguy Oct 2015 #19