In a desperate bid to adapt to the digital age and attract advertisers who shied away from pornography, Playboy made the radical decision in March 2016 to eliminate full nudity from its pages. The experiment was largely disliked by core fans and was reversed just a year later by Hefner’s son, Cooper Hefner.
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As consumer culture shifted, Playboy pivoted toward Hollywood celebrity culture. The issues from these two decades are highly prized by collectors for capturing the definitive visual style of the late 20th century.
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In March 2020, accelerated by supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Playboy announced that its Spring 2020 issue would be its final regular quarterly print edition.