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Originally called Rapport 76, this Swedish owned company produces titles in both Norwegian and Swedish. This is due to the fact that the original title was a Norwegian brand but later sold to Swedish publishers. Founded in the early 70s, the magazine was originally styled so closely on Playboy that Hugh Hefner was forced to write to the publishers. This first close shave resulted in a rapid reformatting but despite several successive problems including bankruptcy Gallery is still in print. Playboy, in particular, has a reputation for publishing insightful written content including some award winning and famous authors including Ray Bradbury, Road Dahl, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and celebrated feminist, Margaret Atwood. See? We were buying it for the articles! Like Playboy, Gent had a reputation for fiction during the 70s and 80s and featured writing from authors like Stephen King. Juggs The surprise decision in 2015 saw the January/Feburary 2016 Edition free from any naked women for the first time in the publication’s 62-year history. The move failed to see any upturn in the magazine’s sales but, rather, resulted in decreases in circulation.

The introduction of halftone printing in 1880 allowed photographs to be replicated relatively inexpensively and it wasn’t long before the adult industry sat up and took notice; here was a method to mass produce erotic imagery and circulate these to a wider audience. Another title in the Larry Flynt stable of publications, Barely Legal is a softcore magazine with the focus on models who are 18 and over. Some models are in their mid-twenties though have been photographed to accentuate their youthful looks. This Dutch magazine was founded by the notorious pornographer Joop Wilhelmus and his business partner, Jan Wenderhold in 1968.

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The title gained notoriety in 1969 by questioning the sexuality of J Edgar Hoover and later in 1972 by publishing unauthorised photographs of Jaqueline Kennedy in the nude. Originally published in France as a European equivalent of Playboy, under the name Lui (see below), the first edition of Lu ihit the newsstandsin 1968. The title featured a regular search for an amateur star as well as producing an annual list entitled ‘Porn’s Hot 100;’ a list of the best adult movie stars.

At the time, Sweden’s porn laws were being liberalised and Milton pushed the boundaries all the time. At the height of its success, the flagship magazine was selling around seven million copies each month. Remaining in circulation for twenty years, Asian Babes was initially launched as an experiment. Depicting erotic images of women of Pakistani and Indian origin, the title later went on to include Thai, Korean, Chinese and Japanese models. Circulation for the new title proved a hit with 160,000 copies being sold. The title of the magazine fast became part of the common lexicon when the title of a porn mag was needed and references throughout popular media are rife.Designed to be a companion guide for pornographic movies (and mainstream releases), Adam Film World was considered to be one of the leading titles in the industry during the 1980s and 1990s. As well as strong editorial content, Playboy manages to keep a steady supply of famous names who are prepared to pose nude for the magazine. Famous faces who have featured in Playboy include Nancy Sinatra, Ursula Andress and Linda Evans. Launched in 1953 using a loan from Hefner’s mother, Playboy owes much of the success of that first issue to its choice of model; Marilyn Monroe. The magazine was famous for getting in on the ground floor with emerging talent, often having featured models who went on to become Penthouse Pets or Playboy Playmates.

Both Penthouse and Playboy continued with their war of images during the 1970s with ever more racy material causing public offence. By the 1980s, with the emergence of more hardcore titles both magazines had subdued their offerings to provide more suggestive than explicit content and focus on an upmarket and sophisticated audience. Playboydecided to do this by concentrating on their serious articles and fiction content. The Eighties The editorial team also put together an annual Directory of Adult Films from 1984 detailing all information, statistics and data on the previous 18 months releases. The final issue of the ‘ Adam Film World Guide’ (Volume 21, No. 6) was released in August 2008. Asian Babes

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There is no introduction needed for this infamous adult magazine title and no other publication has achieved the same level of success as Hugh Hefner’s ‘baby’. The internet version of the magazine has been fighting multiple lawsuits since it left traditional publishing and the founder is reported to spend just 40-50 hours a year creating content but spends up to 8 hours a day dealing with litigation issues. Screw Nudes were the brand, so if one day you remove them, then you technically kill the brand image. Playboy with no nudes was an oxymoron. The editorial team faced several court charges of obscenity as well as defamation of character. Current Adult Magazine Publications

As the lines of public decency became more liberal, saucy publications called ‘Lad’s Mags’ were becoming more and more popular. Widely accepted as not being top shelf material, the front covers of many of these titles would have caused widespread uproar just a few decades ago. Penthouse saw a new kind of image with the models being posed to look indirectly at the camera and the magazine had the appeal of voyeurism. The title was also the first to publish a full frontal nude image or images that showed some pubic hair. Causing a good deal of controversy at the time, this development of mainstream publishers opened the doors for new entrants to the market including fellow UK title, Mayfair. The 1960s saw many new entrants to the adult magazine market, including British publication Mayfair. The magazine is widely available in newsagents and has become part of the national psyche with multiple references across British popular culture. Swank A French magazine which was set up to rival Playboy in Europe, Lui sold the US franchising rights to Playboy in 1972 (see Oui, above).Still published today, Aktuell Rapport covers news, sports and humour as well as featuring softcore porn. Asian Fever In recent years it has attracted cover girls including Rihanna, Naomi Campbell and Rita Ora; all have appeared nude or topless inside their respective editions. Mayfair First issued almost twenty years ago this niche magazine aimed at the Asiaphile, Asian Fever is a part of the Larry Flynt Publications empire which also produces Hustler and Barely Legal. The magazine has included many popular features over the years including ‘Beaver Hunt’ (a search for the best amateur models), ‘Asshole of the Month’ (a public figure is selected for criticism) and ‘Ad’s We’d Like to See’ (creative reinventions of popular advertising) Though founded by American Bob Guccione, Penthouse is a British publication that features softcore pornography and lifestyle content.