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Penthouse Jan 1974
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Penthouse January 1974 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Claudia Arena (Nude) photographed by John D. Slack
Promiscuity In The Courts: The Naked Judge
Their Man In The White House
Dr. Ernest Dichter interviewed by Dr. Frances Estep: Adman's Guru
Fiction By Gerald Green
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Penthouse Feb 1974
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Penthouse February 1974 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Beatrice Vogler (Nude) photographed by Jerry Bloomberger
The Macho World Of John Milius
Polymorphous Pansexuality
The Body Electric by Lowell Ponte
Oh, Wicked Wanda
Jimmy Breslin interviewed by Richard Ballad | |
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Penthouse Mar 1974
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Penthouse March 1974 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Marie Ekorre (Nude) photographed by Hans Larsson
The Vietnam Vet: Who Gives A Damn? (Penthouse, That's Who!)
Couples: Another First In Sexual Freedom
Biblelands: The Newest Testament Disney Style
Circus Of Jade
Eubie Blake interviewed by Richard Ballad | |
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Penthouse Apr 1974
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Penthouse April 1974 Features
Covergirl Elaine Lowny (Nude) photographed by Gernot Plitz
Pet of the Month is Nancy Sebastian photographed by Jeff Dunas
Vietnam Veterans: American's Unstrung Heroes
Co-Producing With God: One Almighty Hit After Another
Impotence: Are We Coming Or Going?
Jonathan Winters: Maude Frickert Tells All | |
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Penthouse May 1974
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Penthouse May 1974 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Brande Howard (Nude) photographed by Ken Marcus
Stuntmen: Death Behind The Scenes
Vietnam Veterans: 175,000 Addicts
Sexual History Of Couples
Evel Knievel's Last Jump
Evel Knievel interviewed by Russ Ewing | |
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Penthouse Jun 1974
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Penthouse June 1974 Features
Covergirl Angela Adams, Lane Coyle, Isobel Garcia Orobiyi, Avril Lund, and Karen Sather (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Alicia Justin photographed by Peter Fortuna
Failure Of The Press -- Harrison Salisbury
Muhammad Ali Speaks
The jobless Vet
Black Humor: Televised Electrocution | |
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Penthouse Jul 1974
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Penthouse July 1974 Features
Covergirl Brigitte Maier (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Pet of the Month is Barbie Lewis photographed by Joe Brooks
Richard M. Nixon And Organized Crime
Veterans In Prison
A Bisexual Investigation
Violence In The Court Of Guru Maharaj Ji | |
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Penthouse Aug 1974
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Penthouse August 1974 Features
Covergirl Kathy Moore (Nude) photographed by Neil Brisker
Pet of the Month is Stacey Cameron photographed by Fred Enke
Is Bigness Badness Or Why The American Dream Is Fading
Will David Frye Resign As Nixon?
Should Wicked Wanda Break Pasta With The Mafia?
Can Roman Polanski Have Fun With Sex? | |
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Penthouse Sep 1974
Anniversary
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Penthouse September 1974 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Janice Kane (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Exclusive: The Lucky Luciano Confessions - Part One
Alice Cooper: Uncooped
Blazing Saddles: The Sensuous Superbikes
Vietnam Veterans: Losers in a Paper War
Alice Cooper interviewed by Ken Kelley | |
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Penthouse Oct 1974
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Penthouse October 1974 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Laura Bennett Doone (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Gasoline Crisis: The Old Shell Game?
Is Gerald Ford An Eagle Scout?
The Lucky Luciano Confessions: Part II
Sam Posey: The Getty Of Grand Prix Racing
Sam Posey interviewed by Brock Yates | |
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Penthouse Nov 1974
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Penthouse November 1974 Features
Covergirl Jane Sommers (Nude) photographed by Stan Malinowski
Pet of the Month is Sharon Longworth photographed by Jeff Dunas
Can We Make It To The 21st Century?
The Lucky Luciano Confessions (Part III)
Walt Frazier: Reflections In an Overhead Mirror
Viva: The First Year In Words And Pictures | |
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1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023Penthouse is a men's magazine that was founded by Bob Guccione in 1965. It combines urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials, that eventually, in the 1990s evolved into hardcore. Although Guccione was American, the magazine was founded in 1965 in the United Kingdom, and started selling Penthouse in the United States in September 1969. At the height of its success, Guccione was considered to be one of the richest men in the United States.
For many years Penthouse fell somewhere in between Playboy and Hustler in terms of explicitness (and respectability). Almost from the start the pictorials showed female genitalia and pubic hair when this was still considered by many to be obscene. Simulated sex, but not penetration or male genitalia, followed, then, several years later, male genitalia, including erections, could be seen. In addition, Penthouse attempted to maintain some level of reading content, although usually of a more sexually oriented nature than Playboy.
Probably the most famous issue of Penthouse was its September 1984 issue, which was the largest selling issue of any magazine in history. This issue featured photos of Vanessa Williams, who was the current Miss America, from early in her modeling career. Williams posed for the series of black and white photos with another female model, engaging in simulated lesbian acts. While Williams' pictures created the most publicity at the time, the issue would later become even more controversial because of its centerfold, Traci Lords. Lords posed nude for this issue at the beginning of her career as an adult film star. It would later be revealed that Lords was underage throughout most of her career in pornography and was only fifteen when she posed for Penthouse. As a result, the issue is illegal to own if the centerfold is intact, falling under the laws against child pornography. The September 1984 issue also featured an interview with John Travolta, a feature on Boy George, and a pictorial on a pornographic actress, Hyapatia Lee.
In 1992, an issue between the magazine and United States Navy surfaced. The United States Navy reacted negatively on the issues of circulation and distribution around the military base. Distribution and sale of adult titles is said to be inconsistent with the rules and regulations concerning sexual harassment and human dignity.
The Military Honor and Decency Act signed by President Clinton in 1996 stated that the Secretary of Defense may not permit the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on property under the jurisdiction of the Defense Department. Also, a 1998 Supreme Court ruling held that a military base is not a public forum.
In 1998, caught between the widespread availability of pornography on the Internet and the growing popularity of non-explicit "men's magazines" like Maxim, Penthouse decided to change its format and began featuring sexually explicit pictures (ie: actual oral and vaginal penetration). It also began to regularly feature pictorials of female models urinating, which up until then had been considered a defining limit of illegal obscenity as distinguished from legal pornography. The new format ended up losing subscriptions and newsstand circulation for the magazine.
Videocassettes gained popularity and the steady rise of the Internet are some reasons that caused the steady decline of Penthouse Magazine circulation and other pornographic magazines like Playboy Magazine and Hustler Magazine. The Internet provided a cheaper and multiple avenues of satisfaction for customers who sought privacy. After struggling for years, in April 2002, Guccione announced that Penthouse Magazine was going out of business.
On July 2003, Bob Guccione lost his famous Penthouse Mansion. The mansion was composed of two townhouses built in 1879. Rebuilt in 1920s by Jeremiah Milbank, it was one of the largest private residences in Manhattan. At the height of prestige, Guccione bought the mansion in 1975.
On August 12, 2003, General Media, the parent company of the magazine, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In October 2003, it was announced that Penthouse magazine was being put up for sale as part of a deal with its creditors. In October 2003, an announcement of the sale of Penthouse Magazine circulated.
On October 4, 2004, General Media emerged from bankruptcy and was renamed the Penthouse Media Group. It is now owned by Marc Bell, a south Florida real-estate developer, who intends to soften the content of the magazine.
Starting with the January 2005 issue, Penthouse Magazine no longer showed pictures of an explicit nature, being touted as an alternative to FHM Magazine. Penthouse Magazine nixed explicitly nude photos of male and female genitalia. The change improved the declining sales. However, sales still did not reach the same circulation numbers of Penthouse Magazine at the peak of the magazine.
In 2005, Penthouse Media Group had a total circulation of 326,358 copies. Penthouse Magazine continues to increase sales as it works to become a competitor of the adult entertainment genre.
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