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Playboy mags should always have nudity, otherwise it's a waste of their time and yours.
Whatever happened to good honest smut? :-D
I'd stick to redtube.com/2244. page me if you like it too heheh
why need a franchise if it would be different? sana gumawa na lang sila ng sarili nila :D
jillian:
good honest smut? LOL, that's a good one. I agree. I thought I was going to see Pinays baring their souls for all the world to see with Playboy's entry. I guess I'll have to wait for the local Penthouse or Hustler.
bendz:
grabe, ang laswa naman nun. ang halay naman. grabe, susmaryosep! (salamat ha, wala na bang iba?) LOL
joanjoyce:
my point exactly. para bang mga hindi nagiisip. kung articles din lang eh di dyaryo na lang ang ginawa nila.
baka nga mas maganda pa yung mga tabloid sa recto. at least dun may nakahubad! he he. at mura pa!
Hi, who got the franchise? Who's the publisher here?
c gonzales:
Don't know who the (stupid) franchisee is. I'll have to research on that now that you've brought it up. Maybe some rich Chinese again.
ay hindi ba filipina si priscilla? haha! sorry. clueless ako. for me, generally, any kind of magazine that exploits women, cheapens them, or commodifies them, hindi ako supportive. :P
Playboy with no nudity is not Playboy at all. This magazine won't go anywhere I'm sorry to say. By tying its hands, this magazine's doomed to failure.
Who said that nudity runs counter to Philippine business considerations? What the hell was he talking about? That person must be living under a rock somewhere in the Babuyan Islands.
Our country needs nudity in our magazines to help form a more mature readership. Ironic? Yes. But denying our countrymen access to such materials makes us look like a socially immature bunch of idiots in the eyes of the world.
meeya:
she's a brazilian beauty queen. but she's sleeping witha Pinoy, john estrada. maybe that's good enough of a qualification!
panaderos:
I agree. Part of the reason why Pinoy mentality is like this is because of backward/stone age mindset. We have to keep up with the times.
Sige pag usapan nyo pa. Tingnan nyo tatabo sa takilya yan hahaha.
Dadimon sabay tayong bumili nyan! lols
ambo:
hindi ako bibili, manghihiram na lang ako. nakabili na barkada ko di ko pa lang nakikita. pangit daw, mas maganda pa FHM!
ay talaga? pwedeng hiramin ixerox ko na lang lols
ambo:
he he. pag nakuha ko pasa ko sa yo pictures!
be patient... they are coming out with "one nipple" daw, hopefully not one breasted also, lol.
pedestrian observer:
one nipple? are you sure? baka naman lalaki pa yun! LOL
thsnks for dropping by.
QUICK FACTS:
Publisher - Sam Cu, yes a rich Chinese guy. he was one of two original financiers. he really does not care about the quality of the magazine. all he is interested in is acquiring the rights to bring in Playboy casino. you have to have the magazine first... then Playboy International will consider you to create a casino in their name. he is now desperately looking for other investors because he cannot afford the annual franchise fee.
Editor-in-Chief - Beting Dolor, clueless newspaper man pretending to be a magazine man. brought in by Rene de Guzman (the man who Eric ramos originally brought in. but Rene and Sam snaked Eric and left him in the dust).
Managing Editor - Vince Sales. who has since resigned and returned to Summit Publishing. wonder why he didn't stay? hmm.
good writers does not equal good visual people.
from the cover that looks like a cooking magazine. i'm sure no man has been fooled into thinking that this cover is actually hot. If it was Yummy or Food magazine, it would probably be ok. Beting Dolor, quick lesson in magazine work... it's visual! not like a newspaper that is all words. i have to admit, you and your award winning palanca team can write stories and essays and use a lot of heavy words. but you guys don't know shit about magazines. i recommend you take a course in visual arts. besides your creative director and art director are NOT layout and graphics artist. they can paint... but obviously they have been copying the overall design of UNO. and UNO has the worst layouting in the Philippines. well maybe not as bad as Playhouse. hey! come to think of it... Playhouse is actually better than Playboy philippines! yeah. and what is it about your supposed target market of "mature" men. not a laddie mag but a daddy mag? i'm pretty sure that my grandfather will be interested in Metal gear Solid 4 as you've put in page 26. i wonder if it was vince who put it in?
more news next time.
new chismis about Playboy. The Hef heard & saw that it was so bad… he had all the issues pulled out.
anybody out there who can confirm this?
heard more inside chismis.
Priscilla hated the original "Black Mamba Team" that did the photography. it was just a bunch of "feeling-photographer-fellows" who thought that they were good enough to do a magazine shoot.
But they were idiots and Priscilla was super disappointed. she specifically fixed up the famous SECOND SHOOT (on her own! go girl!) with a better and competent and REAL team. she told the staff of Playboy Philippines not to use any of the shots from the first shoot. but lo and behold... they still used the cooking magazine cover option. She was really pissed but gave up.
Poor Priscilla.
Playboy Philippines is much more than a BOO
… it is a insult to the Playboy editions worldwide.
Dalisay and Yuson and the other Palanca award winners are excellent writers
… excellent but boring. pretty much like their newpaper columns. there’s just no way that they can catch the attention of magazine readers. as i’ve mentioned in other blogs and sites… Beting has formed a dream team… for a NEWSPAPER! they are entering a genre which they cannot possibly comprehend. they are dependent on words… a magazine is not a newspaper… magazines depend heavily on visuals. which none of the editorial team of Playboy… and their useless Palanca writers have. you cannot teach a geriatric dog new tricks. Dolor, Yuson, Dalisay, and the rest are not even willing to embrace this. how can they possibly succeed?
And the publisher is more concerned about acquiring the Playboy Casino. he does not give a damn about the magazine. At least Gokongwei of Summit and Lopez of Abs-Cbn pub are conscious about the quality of their mags. Mr. Ku
… just simply… doesn’t care. that’s why it’s ok for Playboy Philippines to look like crap… as long as he can hold on and wait for Playboy international to foolishly give him the casino franchise… he’s happy.
but you have to give it to the Playboy Philippines people. they are a hardy bunch. i guess for people like Krip Yuson
… this is his last stab at fame and fortune. and for people like Beting Dolor… he’s just too old to do anything else. pretty much like their magazine… it is a desperate attempt.
as it falls:
thanks a lot for this information. I won't be surprised if Hef really pulled out Playboy considering how lousy it turned out.
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