Playboy's answer to hard times!

If you’re feeling the crunch of the recession, know that you aren’t the only one!
Our beloved Playboy Magazine has experienced a 31 percent drop in advertising over the last year and a 25 % drop in newsstand sales. So how do they plan to rev up the public? Marge Simpson, wife of Homer and mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie from the popular cartoon “The Simpsons", is gracing the cover and pages of the November 2009 issue. As a die-hard Simpson’s fan, I find this very interesting, because I know this will appeal to a large audience. Marge has already appeared on the cover of Maxim Magazine in September 2004, and like Maxim, Playboy is trying to appeal to a twenty-something audience, on top of their older readers.
Not only that, but this November’s cover of Playboy is inspired by the October 1971 cover featuring Darine Stern, the first black woman to pose on Playboy’s cover. So it’s two tributes in one!

Retrieved on October 13, 2009 from:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/12/marge.simpson.playboy/