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Playboy: Bring on the Real Girls! &; Monday Morning Media Quarterback

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:19:07 +0000

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[...] but even incoherent and out-of-date as it is, this great American brand can still be saved.  I&;d love to consult on it or edit [...]

[...] but even incoherent and out-of-date as it is, this great American brand can still be saved.  I&;d love to consult on it or edit [...]

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Playboy&;s Absurd Advertising Outsourcing &; Monday Morning Media Quarterback

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:10:36 +0000

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[...] copies per month, have deteriorated to a pathetic 150,000 today.  I&;ve written before about Playboy&;s incoherent content (and cookie-cutter plastic girls) which hardly makes it a compelling impulse [...]

[...] copies per month, have deteriorated to a pathetic 150,000 today.  I&;ve written before about Playboy&;s incoherent content (and cookie-cutter plastic girls) which hardly makes it a compelling impulse [...]

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Playboy Experiences Shrinkage &; Monday Morning Media Quarterback

Wed, 13 May 2009 04:31:25 +0000

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[...] Blog readers know I have an ambivalent relationship with Playboy, the magazine that no longer knows who it is.  It reported today it lost moeny, which in the real world means losing readers and advertisers.  [...]

[...] Blog readers know I have an ambivalent relationship with Playboy, the magazine that no longer knows who it is.  It reported today it lost moeny, which in the real world means losing readers and advertisers.  [...]

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Will Esquire Drop Dead? &; Monday Morning Media Quarterback

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:30:58 +0000

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[...] Playboy the magazine doesn&;t know who it is either,  at least their Bettie Page fixation is harmless, if [...]

[...] Playboy the magazine doesn&;t know who it is either,  at least their Bettie Page fixation is harmless, if [...]

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Why Playboy is So Out of Touch &; Monday Morning Media Quarterback

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:22:55 +0000

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[...] current issue (not the classic &;60&;s cover above) continues the weird dichotomy of 19-ish models and elderly authors who could be their leering grandfathers&;or [...]

[...] current issue (not the classic &;60&;s cover above) continues the weird dichotomy of 19-ish models and elderly authors who could be their leering grandfathers&;or [...]

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Playboy Gives Skoal Happy Ending &; Monday Morning Media Quarterback

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:50:33 +0000

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[...] But there&;s a fine line between selling advertising, and selling out to your advertisers, especially one selling so morally questionable a product.  Is Playboy so desperate that it doesn&;t know who it is anymore? [...]

[...] But there&;s a fine line between selling advertising, and selling out to your advertisers, especially one selling so morally questionable a product.  Is Playboy so desperate that it doesn&;t know who it is anymore? [...]

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