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Penthouse Jan 1982
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Penthouse January 1982 Features
Covergirl Victoria Johnson (Not Nude) photographed by Pat Hill
Pet of the Month is Julia Perrein photographed by Patrick Magaud
Isaac Asimov on Creationism
The Born-Again Gospel Of Greed
True Story Of The Man With 24 Seperate Personalities
The Great Cancer Insurance Scam | |
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Penthouse Feb 1982
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Penthouse February 1982 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month DiVina Celeste (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
A Disconcerting Look at the Mr. and Mrs. Nude America Pageant
How God-Fearing Moral Majority Victimizes Kids
William F. Buckley's New Spy Thriller
First Look At the Post-Punk Genewration (From Bad To Worse!)
Madame Claude interviewed by Blythe Holbrooke | |
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Penthouse Mar 1982
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Penthouse March 1982 Features
Covergirl Carla Russell (Not Nude) photographed by Suze Randall
Pet of the Month is Sharon Axley photographed by Michael Moreau
Special Report: Teenage Prostitution
Deprogramming A Moonie: A Young Girl Describes Her Years Of Robot-Like Enslavement
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Scandals And Tragedies That Cost Him The Crown
Paul Newman: Symposium On The Abuses Of The Press | |
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Penthouse Apr 1982
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Penthouse April 1982 Features
Covergirl Joanne Latham (Not Nude) photographed by Pat Hill
Pet of the Month is Muriel Rousseau photographed by Paul Wagner
Homemade Porn: How To Take Your Own "Deep Throat"
Look Who's Buying Up America!
Sex And The Swingle Man
Angelo Dundee: Builder Of Champions | |
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Penthouse May 1982
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Penthouse May 1982 Features
Covergirl Rorie Fay (Not Nude) photographed by John Copeland
Pet of the Month is Ute Hochmeister photographed by Allan J. Wash
Warning: Before You Give One Cent to The American Cancer Society Read Page 72
Space Wars: the Future Is Now
The Joy of Breasts: A Pictorial Overview
The Ten Most Bizarre Sex Crimes Of The Twentieth Century | |
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Penthouse Jun 1982
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Penthouse June 1982 Features
Covergirl Laurie Loranger (Not Nude) photographed by Carl Wachter
Pet of the Month is Jane Felber photographed by Hank Londoner
10 Male Prostitutes Tell How To Make Love To A Woman
Why Ted Turner Hates Television
Electroshock: The Horror Continues
"Worldly Goods": A First Look | |
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Penthouse Jul 1982
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Penthouse July 1982 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Lari Jones (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Male Prostitutes: Women Who Use Them... And Why!
Sex And Status In Washington, D.C.
Computer Crime: The Scope Increases
Doctor Love And The Insatiables: Gael Green's Latest Sizzle
Jerzy Kosinski interviewed by Barbara Leaming | |
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Penthouse Sep 1982
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Penthouse September 1982 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Lee Ann Lee (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Male Prostitution Part III: The Street Hustler
Hitler's Secret Treasure: An Exclusive Penthouse Pictorial
Shooting Celebritis: 6 Famous Paparazzi Tell their Secrets
What Women Really Want Sexually: The Shere Hite Special Report
John Anderson interviewed by Rinker Buck and Philip Nobile | |
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Penthouse Nov 1982
Souvenir
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Penthouse November 1982 Features
Covergirl Corinne Alphen (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Nicole Monrowe photographed by Norman Oberlander
Isn't Learning To Love The Bomb What Life Is All About?
Stopping The Doomsday Clock
Realm Of The Senses
Senator Howard Metzenbaum | |
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Penthouse Dec 1982
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Penthouse December 1982 Features
Covergirl Anna Fraley (Nude) photographed by Bob Guccione
Pet of the Month is Monique Gabrielle photographed by Earl Miller
John Belushi's Last Five Days
Strange Sex Practices Of The Super-Rich
The New Right's Secret Power Broker
Confessions Of A Male Stripper | |
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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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