This week at JW Insights conference (hosted by JW Player), former Buzzfeed president and current founder of live stream news channel Cheddar, Jonathan Steinberg, proclaimed that a business created yesterday, can’t successfully be created tomorrow. Some might agree, but if any company is out to prove Steinberg wrong, it’s Playboy. From its Newfronts presentation today in New York City, the over 60-year-old brand showed that it’s been out-Vice’ing Vice for decades. And now, with the launch of a new branded content studio “Playboy Studios” and the forthcoming rollout of 14 original series, Playboy is out to prove the staying-power of its brand.
