Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Women pick babies over naked men... POST A COMMENT In tough economic times, with even fewer people buying print magazines -- (Bloomberg reports Magazine ad sales down 8.2 percent in 2008)...'it might be time to make some tougher choices at the newsstands. Two extremes in that world catering to Women tastes might showcase what women really want: Playgirl's editor-in-chief, just confirmed the magazine is indeed halting its print operation. "Playgirl is going all-Web. The last print issue will be the comes out Nov. 18," -- I personally never met a female who would actually buy a copy of Playgirl. 'Sure they'll be a few mourning the end of the magazine -- (talking about how they only read the great articles)...but, I'd be first to speculate women don't just want your standard manporn; they'd rather get their fill in what you read in romance novels -- where there's some degree of sensuality -- and not just still pictures. "Women rather look at pictures of other women," says my good-girlfriend...adding -- "They like to compare." 'We could simply blame it on the Internet -- (where I hear you can get just about any porn niche imaginable). On the flip side was the recent frenzy to spend millions for pics of celebrity babies...'which also says a mouthful about our society. So are magazines -- like the world of fashion -- trading down for an even younger face? "New mothers feel a connection to these celebrities as if they were family members," says USA Today. "So there's a natural inclination to want to see the baby pictures of someone you care about..." Sounds like, for women at least, pictures of other-peoples-kids win-over in this very informal study of people I know...'so, go figure. I'm sure we can find some government agency out there to russle up a full investigation on these very important issues. Source: Media Bistro Labels: Business-101, Magazines, Print publication, web trends posted by Henry Cruz at 3:20 PM 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .