A Peek into the First Non-Nude Playboy Magazine – March 2016 Issue

Playboy Magazine unveiled the cover for its March 2016 issue, the first non-nude edition of the magazine in its history. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Playboy/Theo Wenner

The long-awaited Playboy magazine March 2016 issue has finally hit the U.S. newsstands last Friday. It’s the first issue after the company announced last fall that it would no longer feature explicit nudity in the pages of its magazine.

Although the women in the new Playboy magazine don’t bare it all, it doesn’t mean that the March issue is not one of the sexiest in Playboy’s history.  The March 2016 issue’s cover model featuring Snapchat/Instagram luminary Sarah McDaniel as the star of a stunning social media concept cover and pictorial; the March Playmate is Dree Hemingway, whose mother, actress Mariel Hemingway appeared in Playboy in 1982; and artist and model Myla Dalbesio works her magic by taking her own photos for the issue.

The new Playboy magazine is dedicated to a new generation, with fresh contributors, new regular features, and an entirely contemporary take on photographing the beautiful women who have made the publication one of the most enduring and successful of all time.

Highlights of the new Playboy magazine include:

  • Francofile – the return of a high-profile interview every month by resident renaissance man James Franco.
  • Rabbit Hole – the maestro of miscellany Ben Schott’s monthly take on the subject of his choice.   This month, appropriately enough, it’s “nudity.”
  • My Way – Entrepreneurial inspiration by those brave enough to follow their dreams.
  • Playboy Advisor – the magazine’s most famous column will now be written by a woman, columnist Rachel Rabbit White.
  • Artist In Residence – each month will feature an original artist. For March it’s artist and cartoonist Jay Howell.
  • No Filter – We give the mic to a woman who’s making waves in entertainment.
  • Politics – Each month will feature an essay from political columnist John Meroney.

Additional features in March 2016 issue include:

  • The Playboy Interview – An insightful interview from television news anchor Rachel Maddow on the eve of the Presidential primary season.
  • 20 Questions – This month we hear from Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, the team behind “Broad City,” one of the funniest shows on television.
  • Modern Sexuality – An essay from Bret Easton Ellis.
  • God Bless Birth ControlErin Gloria Ryan takes a look at the I.U.D. which she says “has the potential to lead women into the next sexual revolution.”
  • My Deportation – a scary look inside one man’s tussle with U.S. Immigration (note, things aren’t going well for him).
  • Literature – two installments:  an exclusive excerpt from Karl Ove Knausgaard’s epic series My Struggle: Book Five, and new exclusive fiction from Don Winslow entitled “Boone Daniels Rogue Ride.”

Source: PR Newswire