Playboy’s First No-Nudity Issue Attracts More Ads

Advertising Age: As Playboy CEO Scott Flanders tells it, Playboy didn’t drop full-frontal nudity because it wanted to appeal to more advertisers. But Flanders is certainly happy to see that brands are getting behind the new and improved Playboy, now on newsstands. “The early indications seem quite positive. ” Ad pages in the March issue increased 55.5 percent year-over-year.