Re: Magazines
The only subscription I have is to ESPN the Magazine, and only because it's included with an Insider subscription. It's not worth reading on it's own.
OT aside: I was in book store killing time and I happened to see Penthouse Magazine. I hadn't looked at that magazine in about 3 years, so I thought I'd take a look. It's completely changed. Last time I saw an issue, they were as hard core as any of hard core magazines (full penetration, etc.), with a few articles that were supposed to differentiate it from your Club Magazine type of porn. Today--it's nearly indistinguishable from Maxim/Stuff. In fact, the layout seems to be exactly the same as those mags, with the only distinguishing feature being the occassional bearing of nipples. They even show less than Playboy. And have fewer pics than Maxim/Stuff (though they are wearing fewer clothes).
But I can't see how the magazine can survive. It's not *completely* embarassing to be seen reading Maxim. But I'd guess that if you were seen looking at Penthouse, people would think you're looking at porn.
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