Penthouse (USA) Year 1979 Magazine Back Issues
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Penthouse Jan 1979
Holiday
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Penthouse January 1979 Features
Covergirl Victoria Lynn Johnson (Nude) photographed by Pat Hill
Pet of the Month is Dusty Jackson photographed by Carl Wachter
Eyewitness Report: The Last Days Of Rhodesia
Sex And The Liberated Arab
Murder At West Point By Lucian Truscott IV
Psychiatric Concentration Camps | |
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Penthouse Feb 1979
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Penthouse February 1979 Features
Covergirl Susan Waide (Not Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Pamela Rhodes photographed by John Copeland
An Outrageous Interview With Billy Carter by Joseph B. Treaster
How TV Encourages Lust
Future Weapons: Death In 2000 A.D.
The Perfect Aphrodisiac | |
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Penthouse Mar 1979
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Penthouse March 1979 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Shasta Lindstrom (Nude) photographed by John Copeland
A Russian Spy Inside The CIA?
Human Sexuality: Women And Women
Mort Sahl Is Alive And Angry
And Now... Ugly Liberation
Mort Sahl interviewed by Lawrence Linderman | |
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Penthouse Apr 1979
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Penthouse April 1979 Features
Covergirl Jeannie Butler (Nude) photographed by John Copeland
Pet of the Month is Concetta Ardigo photographed by Albert Bricco
Survival: Leaving A Redneck Bar Alive
Sex: The Production Line
Royalty: Incest For The Privileged
Taxes: Beating the IRS | |
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Penthouse May 1979
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Penthouse May 1979 Features
Covergirl Lynda Clark (aka: Carrie Nelson) photographed by Malinowski
Pet of the Month is Brieanna Bujold photographed by Dark Star
Last Tangle With Marlon Brando's Ex-Wife
Billy Joel: Rock's No. 1 Punk
The South Will Fall Again
Plight Of The Independant Truckers | |
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Penthouse Jun 1979
Pet of the Year Play-Off
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Penthouse June 1979 Features
Covergirl Debora Zullo, Cheryl Rixon, Carmen Pope, Corinne Alphen (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller and Stan Malinowski
Pet of the Month is Lynda Clark photographed by Stan Malinowski
The White Hand: Terrorism For Hire
The Kid: Smuggling Grass
Paul Erdman: The Future Of Money
Second City: First In Comedy | |
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Penthouse Jul 1979
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Penthouse July 1979 Features
Covergirl Donna Summer (Not Nude) photographed by Harry Langdon
Pet of the Month is Jaycee West photographed by Elliot Mintz
Stock Car Heroes - 200 MPH In A Pack
T-Shirt Fanatics
Don't Believe The Energy Crisis!
The Mysterious Adnan Khashoggi | |
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Penthouse Aug 1979
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Penthouse August 1979 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Diane Weber (Nude) photographed by John Copeland
Beyond Network Television
Miss Wyoming's Unique Talent
The Agent Orange Time Bomb Is Ticking
Dr. Ibrahim Yazdi and the Ayatollah Khomeini interviewed by Gregory Rose
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Penthouse Oct 1979
Back-To-School
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Penthouse October 1979 Features
Covergirl Dominique (Not Nude) photographed by Pat Hill
Pet of the Month is Tammy Hill photographed by Earl Miller
The Great Cancer Fraud
Spies On Campus
Trouble At The Air Force Academy
Illiteracy Among The Faculty | |
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Penthouse Nov 1979
Pet Of The Year
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Penthouse November 1979 Features
Covergirl Cheryl Rixon (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Danielle Ginibre photographed by Stan Malinowski
Why Did Carter Give Away The Panama Canal?
Exclusive Interview With Soviet Political Prisoner Edward Kuznetsov by Craig S. Karpel
The 55MPH Farce
The Diabolical Zebra Murders Of San Francisco | |
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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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