Penthouse (USA) Year 2001 Magazine Back Issues
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Penthouse Jan 2001
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Penthouse January 2001 Features
Covergirl Zdenka Podkapova (Nude) photographed by Suze Randall
Pet of the Month is Devon Blue photographed by Earl Miller
"Bad Boys" (Opie "Gregg Hughes" and Anthony "Anthony Cumia") by Chaunce Hayden.
20 Questions, 19 Answers: Todd Lyght by Jonathan Davis and Michael-Ann Rowe.
"White House Snow Jobs" by Ernest Volkman.
Thank You For Laughing..." by Richard Torres. | |
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Penthouse Feb 2001
Pet Of The Year Runner-Up
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Penthouse February 2001 Features
Covergirl Melissa Ann (Pet of the Year Runner-Up) (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Pet of the Month is Judith Divine photographed by Jack Harrison
Praise The Lords! The World's Sexiest, Most Outrageous Band
Heading South: How To Get The Best Oral Sex
Home Improvement: Building The Ideal Home Gym For $300
French Farce: Why Did Paris Protect a U.S. Murderer? | |
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Penthouse Mar 2001
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Penthouse March 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Sunny Leone (Nude) photographed by Jay Allan
Investigative Report: Did The CIA Destroy Four Brave Narcotics Agents?
Porn-Star "Fluffers" Getting Men Primed And Ready For Their Close-Ups
Lethal Injections: The Case Against Vaccines, By Gary Null
Bar-Bet Winners: A Treasure Trove Of Wrestling Facts And Trivia
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Penthouse Apr 2001
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Penthouse April 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Tyler Reed (Nude) photographed by Warren Tang
Bush-Whacked! Right-Wing Conspirators Who Robbed The Election By Alan M. Dershowitz
Having An Orgy: Dynamic, Sci-Fi Band Lives Up To Its Name
NBA Play-OffsL Our Exclusive Fearless Forecast
Sex Enhancers: Exotic Herbs That Really Work
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Penthouse May 2001
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Penthouse May 2001 Features
Pet of the Month is Kelle Marie photographed by Hank Londoner
"Sporting America (Kris Benson)" by Jonathan Davis and Michael-Ann Rowe.
"Finding Their Voice" by Tim Struby.
"Godsmack Leaves Its Mark" by David John Farinella.
"The Unrepentant Voyeur "Unmasked on the Net"" by Ralph Gardner Jr.
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Penthouse Jun 2001
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Penthouse June 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Briana Banks Photographed by Earl Miller
12-Girl Pet Of The Year Play-Off
McVeigh's Execution: Justice Or Revenge? A Two-Part Special Report
Before They Say "I Do" How Girls Go Wild At Bachelorette Orgies
Plus Wrestling's Hottest Babes
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Penthouse Jul 2001
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Penthouse July 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Alex Arden (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Polio-Vaccine Cancer: Millions Injected, Thousands At Risk: What The government Doesn't Want You To
Lords Of Flatulence: Blink 182's Bad-Boy Pranks Hit Quadruple Platinum
Wrestling's Worst Shticks: Brain-Dead Schemes Of Gimmicking Grapplers
Great Sex Workouts: Stretching Love Muscles For Maximum Strenght
Rev. Al Sharpton interviewed by Thomas Hauser | |
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Penthouse Aug 2001
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Penthouse August 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Ava Vincent (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Elvis Meets Nixon: William F. Buckley JR.'s Sensational New Novel
Lust On The Links: How Women Make Carnal Connections On The Fairways
Oh, God! Sex And Religion
Hidden Holocaust: Genocide Worse Than Bosnia - Why Has Sudan Been Ignored? By Nat Hentoff
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Penthouse Sep 2001
Anniversary
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Penthouse September 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Stephanie Wood (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Crisco Kid: Bush's Bizarre Far-Right Top Cop
Backdoor Loving: Erotic Secrets Of Anal Intercourse
Horseplay: Frisky Fetishists' Wacky Sex "Tails"
Dream Machines: This Year's Hottest, Wildest New Bikes
David Wells interviewed by Michael P. Geffner | |
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Penthouse Oct 2001
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Penthouse October 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Teanna Kai (Nude) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
20 Worst Teams: Annual College Football Hall Of Shame
Kick-Ass Workouts: Fine-Tune Your Body To Total Fitness
Keith Mitchell: Saints Linebacker Toes The Line
Alan Dershowitz: Eyewitness Testimony's Deadly Fallacies
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Penthouse Nov 2001
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Penthouse November 2001 Features
Covergirl Alexus Winston (Nude) photographed by Robert Gordon
Pet of the Month is Melissa Starr photographed by Hank Londoner
Wake Up, America! Religious Fanatics And Pandering Politicians Have Destroyed Abortion Rights
"The Family" Mario Puzo's Sexy, Gripping, final Novel
Stripping Goes Global: Lap Dancers Score In Every Time Zone
Health & Fitness 20-Year Training Breakthrough | |
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Penthouse Dec 2001
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Penthouse December 2001 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Cheyenne Silver (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Pull The Plug! Bush's War On Drugs Will Hurt America
Shaq's Attacks: "I Like Making People Eat Their Words"
Girls Do Too: Sex Secrets Of Female Ejaculation
Living Large: Extravagant Fantasy Gifts To Give .. And Get
Shaquille O'Neal interviewed by Kevin Avery | |
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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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