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Originally Posted by rofgilead
I think it is just a dumb local thing...
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I don't think it is a local thing. The sun newspaper has been quite successful over many years having a topless page 3 girl.
Further, there is an Oz sports magazine, which I used to subscribe to (Inside Sport), that is actually a good sports magazine (though I think it has headed south, which is why I don't subscribe anymore). Of course, the cover picture is a "sports model" and there is obviously a "fashion" pictorial inside. FWIW, the worst selling edition they ever had was the one where there was a sportsman on the cover (Kieran Perkins - swimmer - no shirt on - at the time he was the world record holder in the 1500m). Personally, I bought the magazine for the articles, though the scantilly clad chick in the middle was definitely an added bonus.
Everyone knows that sex sells. While this particular local paper hasn't taken that the nth degree, they probably realise that cute soccer chicks might raise their circulation - and frankly the "negative" press is probably also a bonus.
This, my friends, is a storm in a <strike>dee</strike> tea cup
