This Very '70s Penthouse Apartment Is Truly Stunning
If you found yourself watching the final seasons of Mad Men and really vibing with Don Draper’s swinging Manhattan bachelor pad, here is the apartment for you.
Apparently Penthouse Will Continue As a Print Magazine After All
Apologies to devotees of the dwindling nudie mag genre: It was a false alarm, and Penthouse will live on as a print publication. For now, anyway.
Penthouse Will Be a Print Magazine No More [Update: Or Not]
Shed a salty nostalgic tear for Penthouse as a print institution. After fifty years, the publication is going digital-only.
So What If A GOP Candidate Was Obsessed With A Lesbian Stripper?
Tammy Chapman was a Penthouse Pet back in the early nineties; a few years later, while working as a stripper, she says she had this one asshole client who was obsessed with her and was constantly shoving her head in his crotch. Funny thing is, now he's about to run for governor of Missouri as a Tea Partying family…
Dredging Up Anna Wintour's Sexy Past
Anna Wintour may claim otherwise, but she used to work for Bob Guccione. Not at Penthouse — next door. "Anna was no prude, but she felt like she was working in a sewer."
Penthouse Founder Bob Guccione Dies
Bob Guccione died yesterday in Texas at 79 after a long battle with cancer. Guccione founded Penthouse in 1969, and it earned $4 billion during his reign as publisher. However, he lost most of his fortune due to bad investments.
The "Classy" Sex Magazine Is Dead
Whether Penthouse's parent picks up Playboy or Hugh Hefner succeeds in taking the company private, one thing is clear: trying to be the classy one in the print skinmag space is a waste of time.
Banned Penthouse Ad Is An Optical Illusion
A Penthouse billboard in Sofia, Bulgaria has been removed after many people complained that the rotated photo of a woman's eye clearly resembles another part of the female anatomy. [AdWeek]
Porn Barons Slide Into Flaccidity Obscurity
There is
a nice eulogy, of sorts, to the end of the porn magnate era in the today, noting the lackluster performance (pun intended) of many porn magnates' porn businesses. Hugh Hefner, founder Bob Guccione, Larry Flynt and Brits Paul Raymond (himself deceased) and David Sullivan are all name-checked by way of…
Hedgehogs Hatch Early For Spring • Sue Johanson Ends Sex Talk
Baby hedgehogs arrive early in Britain due to warm weather. Awww. • Moms-to-be with gum disease have a higher chance of suffering from preeclampsia, premature births. • Two-year olds likely to have smaller vocabularies if dad is depressed. • Duh: kids in stable post-divorce families have less negative long-term…
