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Penthouse Jan 2009
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Penthouse January 2009 Features
Covergirl Taya Parker (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Pet of the Month is Teagan Presley photographed by Emma Nixon
Special Pet Of The Year Issue
Fuck Me! How The Buddy System Can Work For You!
International Hookups Guide
DIY Porn Do's And Don'ts | |
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Penthouse Feb 2009
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Penthouse February 2009 Features
Covergirl Cindy Dollar (Nude) photographed by Viv Thomas
Pet of the Month is Lexi Blade photographed by Christopher Love
Wine Her, Dine Her, Charm Her Pants Off!
America's Strip Club Capital Is Where?
Thailand's Pet Of The Year
"I Was A 27-Year-Old Virgin" He's NOT Joking! | |
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Penthouse Mar 2009
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Penthouse March 2009 Features
Covergirl Shawna Lene? (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Pet of the Month is Rebeca Linares photographed by Emma Nixon
Blame It On Rio: Hookup Paradise
St. Paddy's Day Primer: Get Falling-Down Drunk The Right Way
Rorschach Test: Jackie Earle Haley In Watchmen
The Penthouse Dirty Dozen Movie Awards | |
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Penthouse Apr 2009
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Penthouse April 2009 Features
Covergirl Erica Ellyson (Nude) photographed by Alan Eigen
Pet of the Month is Veronica Ricci photographed by Emma Nixon
You Got Game! 40 Ways To Lure Your Lover
Witness For The Prostitution: Manhattan Madam On Sex And Ex-Gov Spitzer
Babeball Preview With AL MVP Dustin Pedroia
Rumble In The Jungle: Cops VS Cartels In The Amazon | |
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Penthouse May 2009
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Penthouse May 2009 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Lexxi Tyler (Nude) photographed by Penthouse Studios
Pet Of The Year Taya Parker Rocks The Bus With Bret Michaels' Right-Hand Man
Wet Hot TV - 40 Wild & Sexy Reality Show Scenes
Blunt Force - When Weed Can Set Your Straight
The Mongol Rally Race - 9,000 Miles To Hell
Thomas Lennon interviewed by John Bolster | |
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Penthouse Jun 2009
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Penthouse June 2009 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Kagney Linn Karter (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Pimp My Bride! Find The Right Guy For Your Wife
Howard Stern's Strip Beer Pong
Go Coastal - Girls And Golf: Make Myrtle Beach A Bachelor-Party Mecca
Kitchen Casanova: A Chef's Sizzling On-Site Sexcapades
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Penthouse Jul 2009
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Penthouse July/August 2009 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Tenaya (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
The Fierce Pierce Another Hole In Your Pole?
Improvisation Nation The Public Prank Craze
Mixed Martial Arts Scores A TKO
Spike Lee Harold Ramis, Greg Lemond, & Our American Badass List, Who Made The Cut?
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Penthouse Oct 2009
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Penthouse October 2009 Features
Covergirl Ava Blue (Nude) photographed by Brett Silver
Pet of the Month is Ryan Keely photographed by Emma Nixon
The Mile-High Club: Our Bachelor Party Report
NFL Crib Sheet: Previews, Picks And Players' Hot Chicks
Sympathy For The Devil? Inside The Church Of Satan, Where Sin Is A Sacrament
Suiting Up: The Truth About Furries | |
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Penthouse Nov 2009
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Penthouse November 2009 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Yumi Kai (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Penthouse Club Philly: A VIP Peek At How Strippers Party
Treat Your Joystick Right: Our Holiday Videogame Preview
Blood And Sequins: Bullfighting Staggers On
Is John Rocker Still Off His Rocker?
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Penthouse Dec 2009
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Penthouse December 2009 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Jayden Cole (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
Pet Of The Year Playoff + Special 7-Girl Pileup
Taking It To The Sheets - Hot Mind Games For Mind-Blowing Sex
Bachelor-Party Barometer: Are You A Hopeless Horndog Or A Happy Husband-To-Be?
Sex-Enhancing Piercings
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Penthouse Sum 2009
3rd Annual Badass
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Penthouse Summer 2009 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Tenaya (Nude) photographed by Emma Nixon
The Fierce Pierce: Another Hole In Your Pole?
Harold Ramis, Greg Lemond & Our American Badass List - Who Made The Cut?
Improvisation Nation: The Public Prank Craze
Mixed Martial Arts Scores A TKO
Spike Lee interviewed by Craig Modderno | |
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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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