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Penthouse Feb 2002
Pet Of The Year Runner-Up
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Penthouse February 2002 Features
Covergirl Tera Patrick (Nude) photographed by Suze Randall
Pet of the Month is Kyli Ryan photographed by J. Stephen Hicks
Naked News: The Nudest Trend In Broadcast News
Running On Empty: Jesse Ventura's Buffoon Politics
Who's Shaun Palmer? This Tattooed Punk May Be The World's Best Athlete
Big-Butt Mama: Rock's "Toughest Girl," Candye Kane | |
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Penthouse Mar 2002
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Penthouse March 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Courtney Taylor (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Pimp's Confession: My Secret Life Oh Hitting, Hustling, And Ho's
Sex, Blood, and Videotape: Backyard Wrestling's Raging Popularity
UN's Kofi Annan: Nobel Prize Winner's Prescription for Peace
Lighten Up! 10 Easy Tips to Lose 10lbs. In 30 Days
Kofi Annan interviewed by Russell Warren Howe | |
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Penthouse Apr 2002
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Penthouse April 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Hannah Harper (Nude) photographed by Hank Londoner
Special Report, Homeland Insecurity: The Government's athetic Importence Against Bioterrorists
Move Over, Dr. Ruth! Hottie Sexperts Turn On and Turn In
Toby Keith: Rednecks, Revenge, and Record-Company Rip-Offs
Butt Seriuosly: Don't Sit On Your Assetts When Girls Check You Out
Don King interviewed by Mark Ribowsky | |
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Penthouse May 2002
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Penthouse May 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Clara Morgane (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Goldfellas: Sex, Sports, Strippers, And The Syndicate
Seriously Disturbed: Randy Nu-Metal Band Plays With Fire
Happy Hooking: High-Class Call Girl's Tricks Of The Trade
Top Terror Guru: "Freelance" Fanatics Now Our Greatest Danger
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Penthouse Jun 2002
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Penthouse June 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Victoria Zdrok (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Anna Kournikova Caught Close Up On Nude Beach
Special 12-girl Pet Of The Year Play-Off
Plus, Kid Rock, Swingers Convention
The Man show, Network Bias and Much, Much More
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Penthouse Jul 2002
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Penthouse July 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Nadia Vasi (Nude) photographed by J. Stephen Hicks
Box-Lunch Special: Drive Through Strip Club And Climax Your Way
Hepatitis C: New Hope For the World's Worst Plague
American Tragedy: Violent Gangs Prey On Crippled, Dying, And Drug-Ridden Indian Reservations
Kyle Turley: New Orleans Saints Star Tackles "Sporting America"
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Penthouse Aug 2002
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Penthouse August 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Jordan West (Nude) photographed by Hank Londoner
Radioactive Politics: Bush's Scheme To Ship Deadly Nuclear Waste Across America
Arli$$ Rules: Why Network TV Would Never Air This Hit Series
Racer's Edge: Burning Rubber With Indy Star George Mack
Auto-Erotic Confession: Watching Self-Loving Drivers Makes This Girl's Engines Roar!
Robert Wuhl interviewed by Craig Modderno | |
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Penthouse Sep 2002
Anniversary
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Penthouse September 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Jassie Lewis (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Germany's Resident Evil: Neo-Nazi Skinheads Take To The Streets
Moby Plays Around: Exclusive Interview With Our Most Unlikely Rock Star by Jim DeRogatis
X-Treme Sex Sports: New Love Toys Help You Go The Distance
Lord Of The Ring: Knockout Fiction By Boxing's Teddy Atlas
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Penthouse Oct 2002
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Penthouse October 2002 Features
Covergirl & Pet of the Month Centerfold Monika Hajkova photographed by J. Stephen Hicks
We Will Never Forget! "Faithful Unto Death" - NYPD Captain Recalls 9/11 Heroes and Horrors
Football Forecast: Special NFL Preview by Danny Sheridan
What Women Really Want: One Shameless Stud's Successful Sex secrets
Korn Again: Nu-Metal Stars' Unique Disturbing Vision
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Penthouse Nov 2002
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Penthouse November 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Natalia Cruze (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Prisoner In Peru: American Woman's Endless Ordeal
Want A Threesome? Here's How To Get It On!
Flirting With Danger: Sexy Thrill Seeker's Ultimate Turn-On
Doug Williams: Married Man Star's Wildest Party Story
Aukai Collins interviewed by Peter Laufer | |
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Penthouse Dec 2002
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Penthouse December 2002 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Kira Kener (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
21st Century Beatles: Anything Box - The World's Most Famous Unknown Band
Twist and Shout: She Turns Inside Out For Ultimate Orgasms
Bad Man On Campus: David Horowitz Battles Political Correctness
Medical Menace: Using Patients As Human Guinea Pigs
David Horowitz interviewed by Catherine Seipp | |
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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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