Penthouse (USA) Year 1992 Magazine Back Issues
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Penthouse Jan 1992
Pet of the Year
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Penthouse January 1992 Features
Covergirl Brandy & George Burns (Nude) photographed by Mario Casilli
Pet of the Month is Stevie Jean photographed by Suze Randall
Exclusive: All U.S. Airplanes Are Accidents Waiting To Happen
Age Before Beauty? Why Old Folks Have It Best (Just Ask George!)
Joe Pesci: Going "Over The Top" With A Real Goodfella
24 Guys In One Night: Confessions Of A Rock 'N' Roll Groupie | |
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Penthouse Feb 1992
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Penthouse February 1992 Features
Covergirl Sara Norton (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Pet of the Month is Leslie Glass photographed by Earl Miller
Elton John: The uperstar's Battle For Survival
Shere Hite: An Extremely Personal Questionnaire For The 'New Man'
Lionel Tiger: Sexual Pleasure's Threat To Church And State
The Hot Nuts: The Most Outrageous U.S. Rock Band | |
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Penthouse Mar 1992
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Penthouse March 1992 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Jami Dion (Nude) photographed by Suze Randall
Chuck Norris: Exclusive Interview
Liz Taylor - Our Paga Goddess: By Camille Paglia
Sex, Drugs, And Chairman Mao: By Harrison Salisbury
Miss Nude World: See Why She's A Total Winner!
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Penthouse Apr 1992
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Penthouse April 1992 Features
Covergirl & Centerfold Pet of the Month Robin Brown (Nude) photographed by Mario Casilli
The Last Taboo: Why Women Won't Talk About Penis Size
American Twilight: How Bush Bankrupts Our Children's Future
Dudley Moore: My Perfect '10' (Eat Your Heart Out, Guys!)
Sex Harassment: A Men's Survival Guide (We Need It)
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Penthouse May 1992
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Penthouse May 1992 Features
Covergirl Ivana Trump (Not Nude) photographed by Patrick Robert
Pet of the Month is Jasmine photographed by Earl Miller
What's Wrong With Baseball: Whitey Ford Tells Us, Jose Canseco Shows Us
Motley Crue: Their Wild Decade Of Decadence
Ivana Trump: Life, Love, Sex, And Her New Book
Special Report: How Jimmy Hoffa Ordered JFK's Murder | |
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Penthouse Jun 1992
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Penthouse June 1992 Features
Covergirl George Foreman (Not Nude) photographed by Mario Casilli
Pet of the Month is Tracy (aka: K.C. Williams) photographed by Carl L. Wachter
This Vote Counts: Pick Our 1993 Pet Of The Year!
Ed Koch Warns: Racial Quotas Will Destroy The United States
New Scientific Evidence: How Sex Keeps Us Young And Healthy
The Indy 500: Roger Penske's Winning Strategy | |
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Penthouse Jul 1992
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Penthouse July 1992 Features
Covergirl Jerry Brown (Not Nude) photographed by A. Tannenbaum
Pet of the Month is Nicole Simmons photographed by J. Stephen Hicks
The New Godfathers: John Gotti's Probable Heirs
The Next Vietnam: George Bush's Secret War In Peru
One For The Books: Saving Libraries Will Save Our Children
Sneaker Attacks: Footwear Fireworks For The Nineties | |
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Penthouse Aug 1992
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Penthouse August 1992 Features
Coverguy Jean-Claude Van Damme (Not Nude) photographed by F. de Lafosse
Pet of the Month is Tammy Chapman photographed by Carl L. Wachter
Dino's Demons: Dean Martin's Bizarre Self-Destruction
Karen DeCrow: Censors are Helping Sex Criminals!
Alan Dershowitz: Bad Postal Workers Make Worse Cops
Ed Koch: A Summer Survival Guide To New York City | |
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Penthouse Sep 1992
23rd Anniversary
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Penthouse September 1992 Features
Covergirl Howard Stern (Not Nude) photographed by Timothy White
Pet of the Month is Seana Ryan photographed by Suze Randall
Howard Stern Has A Very Small Penis
Out Of Bounds: Shocking Sex And Other Scandals Plague U.S. Sports
The Fourth Reich? Nazis On The Rise
Coed Chaos: How Radical Feminists Trivialize Rape, Et Al. | |
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Penthouse Oct 1992
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Penthouse October 1992 Features
Covergirl Jackie Mason and Alexis Christian (Not Nude) photographed by Andrew Unangst
Pet of the Month is Chanel photographed by Hank Londoner
Exclusive: Princess Diana's Wild Teen Years
Nicholas Von Hoffman: How Schools Trash Our Children's Minds
Rotten Roster: College Football's 20 Worst
Brandy Ledford Seduced by Tori Welles | |
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Penthouse Dec 1992
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Penthouse December 1992 Features
Covergirl Gennifer Flowers (Nude) photographed by Earl Miller
Pet of the Month is Anja Josefsen photographed by Philip Mond
Gennifer Flowers Tells All, Shows All
Acid Flashback: LSD Invades Colleges And High Schools
Priests Or Perverts? Sometimes It's Hard To Tell them Apart
Plus: Spike Lee - Men's Lib - Gift Guide | |
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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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