Playboy, which broke lifestyle taboos in the 1950s with bare-breasted pictures in a magazine for the mass market, said the publication will see "a top-to-bottom redesign" that will be unveiled with its March edition. Playboy last year said it will stop publishing nude photos in its iconic magazine, throwing in the towel in the face of rampant online pornography. Guccione died in 2010 after a battle with cancer. The group filed for bankruptcy protection in 2013.īob Guccione began publication of Penthouse in Britain in 1965 and four years later in the United States, earning him a fortune estimated at $400 million at one point with a more explicit alternative to Hugh Hefner's Playboy.īut as the Internet became dominant in porn, Penthouse publisher General Media Inc., which was 85 percent owned by Guccione, filed for bankruptcy in 2003, which led to its acquisition by FriendFinder Networks. The magazine division, which operated out of New York, will move to the company's Los Angeles-based office.īesides publishing Penthouse, FriendFinder Networks operates a number of adult-oriented social networking sites including, , and.
"Reimagined for the preferred consumption of content today by consumers, the digital version of Penthouse Magazine will combine and convert everything readers know and love about the print magazine experience to the power of a digital experience-giving people an open-ended reading experience, available anytime, anywhere." "This will be a new way for its readers to experience the world's best adult magazine," said FriendFinder chief executive Jonathan Buckheit in a statement. said the magazine will henceforth be released in online-only format and that subscriptions would be converted to digital. Pet of the Year names are in bold type and are typically featured in the January issue of the year for which they are selected. The publication will continue in a digital format. This is a list of the models who have appeared in the American edition of Penthouse magazine and were either named Pet of the Month or Pet of the Year from September 1969 to the present. "This move will keep Penthouse competitive in the future and will seamlessly combine our unmatched pictorial features and editorial content with our video and broadcast offerings," FriendFinder Networks CEO Jonathan Buckheit said in a statement.Parent company FriendFinder Networks Inc. It's another notch on the internet's bedpost: Penthouse magazine is ending its print edition after more than a half a century on the newsstand. But company officials say closing down the print edition to focus on digital is a strategic necessity. It's unlikely to achieve that sort of notoriety again, especially when it must compete with so many other online magazines, many of which are free. Unfortunately, the issue's centerfold was the first appearance of Traci Lords, who turned out to be 16 years old at the time, making anyone in possession of the magazine at risk of owning child pornography. It became a collectible, since it played such a key role in the scandal that followed. The issue sold 5.3 million copies - the second highest ever for a U.S. When founder/publisher Bob Guccione printed nude pictures of Vanessa Williams, the reigning Miss America at the time, people couldn't buy it fast enough. The September 1984 issue of Penthouse, in fact, is one of the most famous - and infamous - issues of any magazine ever to hit newsstands. It was cleared to exit bankruptcy court three months later. 2016 Old Magazines » ADULT » Penthouse » Penthouse 2010s » Penthouse 2016 » Penthouse February 2016 Unfortunately, this item is currently out of stock. Penthouse, the long-running mens magazine founded by Bob Guccione in 1969, is to cease publication in print. At the time, the company (whose holdings also include the AdultFriendFinder website) said it had not turned a profit since 2008. Penthouse magazine no longer to be printed. In September 2013, its publisher went bankrupt. While recent Penthouse circulation figures are not available, the magazine has been struggling for several years. December was the last print issue that featured nude models, with Pamela Anderson being the last woman to shed her clothes for the magazine. The move comes just three months after one-time arch rival Playboy announced sweeping changes to its print magazine.
No specific date to stop print publication of our flagship magazine has been set," said Ezra Shashoua, CFO of FriendFinder Networks, which owns the magazine. " Penthouse Magazine will continue to be published in print during the transition to digital.
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Subscribers, the magazine says, will receive instructions on how to convert their accounts. As part of the move, Penthouse has shuttered its magazine division in New York, moving all operations to its Los Angeles headquarters. Pet of the Month Christiana Cinn (Cover, Nude & Centerfold) photographed by James Hersman.