2 , ▁just ▁Town . ▁The ▁look ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁magazine ▁was ▁much ▁more ▁modern . ▁The ▁m utton ▁ch ops ▁were ▁gone , ▁replaced ▁with ▁phot ographic , ▁rather ▁than ▁painted , ▁covers ▁with ▁bold ▁colour ▁choices . ▁However , ▁as ▁the ▁Press ▁Gazette ▁commented ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁it ▁" was ▁never ▁the ▁same ▁without ▁John ' s ▁hum our ▁and ▁original ity ". ▁ ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁Corn market ▁bought ▁the ▁week ly ▁news ▁magazine ▁Top ic , ▁which ▁had ▁only ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁which ▁it ▁rela unch ed ▁like ▁Man ▁About ▁Town . ▁The ▁idea ▁was ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁British ▁version ▁of ▁News week . ▁The ▁effort ▁was ▁a ▁failure ▁however , ▁and ▁nearly ▁destroyed ▁the ▁company . ▁Top ic ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁Town ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁Cover ▁art ▁in ▁Town ▁went ▁through ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁different ▁styles ▁characteristic ▁of ▁the ▁era , ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁feature ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁topics , ▁but ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁it ▁had ▁become ▁far ▁more ▁sexual ised ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁magazine ▁began ▁to ▁look ▁more ▁like ▁the ▁por n ▁mag az ines ▁from ▁which ▁it ▁had ▁once ▁sought ▁to ▁distance ▁itself . ▁The ▁magazine ▁ceased ▁publication ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁Compet ition ▁The ▁failure ▁of ▁Town ▁and ▁similar ▁British ▁non - p orn ographic ▁men ' s ▁mag az ines ▁like ▁Men ▁in ▁Vog ue ▁and ▁the