Penthouse (USA) Year 2008 Magazine Back Issues
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Penthouse Jan 2008
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Penthouse January 2008 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Taya Parker (Nude) photographed by Penthouse Studios
Playing Dirty: Sex Games Update
Master Of His Domain? 30-Day No-Sex Experiment
The J-Team: Jenna Presley and Jana Jordan
Snipers Under Fire: A Military Outrage
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Penthouse Feb 2008
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Penthouse February 2008 Features
Covergirl Bree Olson (Nude) photographed by Dean Capture
Pet of the Month is Cali Taylor photographed by Penthouse Studios
The PErfect Breast
10+ Ways To Last Longer
Ice Cube Speaks Out
14 Steps To Her Best "O" Ever | |
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Penthouse Mar 2008
Pet of the Year
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Penthouse March 2008 Features
Covergirl Erica Ellyson, Sammie and Charmane (Nude) photographed by Penthouse Studios
Pet of the Month is Bree Olson photographed by Dean Capture and Gunter Stone
2008 Pet of the Year Erica Ellyson
Danny Bonaduce Unleashed
Find the Perfect One-Night Stand
Curvy Crime Writer: Christa Faust | |
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Penthouse Apr 2008
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Penthouse April 2008 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Alektra Blue (Nude) photographed by Penthouse Studios
Spring-break guide: Hook-up, drink up, get it on tape
The Perfect One-Night Stand Part II
12 Hot Sex Tips from women with all the answers
Girls get wild at the diner
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Penthouse May 2008
Pet of the Year Runner-Up
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Penthouse May 2008 Features
Covergirl Nikki Benz (Nude) photographed by Charles Lightfoot
Pet of the Month is Alexis Love photographed by Penthouse Studios
Easy workouts to boost your sex life
famous authors' kinky sex secretes
Hunting Osama: Can Morgan Spurlock find him?
Gold G-String Contest: Exotic dancers go head to head | |
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Penthouse Jun 2008
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Penthouse June 2008 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Daisy Marie (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
20 sizzling starlets of summer cinema
Maria Sharapova gets her game on
A call girl's most intimate secrets
Porno Oscars: Adult film stars strut their stuff
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Penthouse Jul 2008
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Penthouse July 2008 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Shawna Lene? (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Kobe Bryant! Kimbo Slice! Ben Stein!? We name America's biggest badasses
Desert Swarm: Pros and Cons of the bustling mercenary market
Alektra Blue talks dirty by Jonathan Ages
Howard Stern's supersexy bowling competition
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Penthouse Aug 2008
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Penthouse August 2008 Features
Covergirl Ashlynn Brooke (Nude) photographed by Misha
Pet of the Month is Jessica Jaymes photographed by Emma Nixon
Get a grip on her hot spots & positions for every size
A foolproof way to meet girls
The patriot guard: Bikers honor our fallen heroes
The hooker MBA: Her power points for business success | |
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Penthouse Oct 2008
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Penthouse October 2008 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Jestene Jaro (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Howard Stern's Sal The Stockbroker Works The Phones
NFL Preview Smokin' Sideline Sirens
Tailgating Toys
Halloween Hotties
Sal (The Stockbroker) Governale interviewed by Peter Schrager | |
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Penthouse Nov 2008
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Penthouse November 2008 Features
Covergirl & Pet of the Month Audrey Bitoni (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Tera On Top: Ms. Patrick Talks Videogames
Drug Test: Just How F'd Up Will Salvia Get You?
Metallica Primer: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
Emmy-Nominated Rapper Everlast
Everlast interviewed by Rebecca Swanner | |
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Penthouse Dec 2008
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Penthouse December 2008 Features
Covergirl & Pet of the Month Tori Black (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
69: Is It Really The Hottest Number?
Ali Larter Gets Primeval
Curvy Cougars On The Prowl
Superhero Erotica: Dark Knights Of Fan Fantasies
Adam Rifkin interviewed by Kara Wahlgren | |
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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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