So while Penthouse may never again see its full glory, at least it’ll stay relevant for a bit longer. “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 CEO Jonathan Buckheit noted in a statement. Penthouse itself actually went bankrupt in 2004, and remains far from its glorious zenith, when it regularly sold over 5 million copies.
The industry at large has experienced some pretty serious changes - Playboy recently announced its decision to stop publishing nude photographs in its magazine, and the mansion associated with the magazine (and with its original publisher Hugh Hefner) is up for sale. Even with a scaled-back budget, the magazine’s logo still flew across the World of Outlaws’ Randy Hannagan in 20, plus a Porsche 997 in the Netherlands last year, Penthouse. 'I never thought this would happen to me.', a line that is now classic thanks to Penthouse Letters, a section reserved in the popular adult magazine for. Here are the greatest submissions ever sent to the popular adult magazine. Penthouse Letters have covered a range of topics over the years.
But now, consumers have traded glossy pages for websites, and may be in the process of shifting again to virtual reality headsets, with much of the adult industry jumping on top of the VR experience. Penthouse Magazine, the long-running and raunchier rival of Playboy, said Friday that it is ending its print edition after 50 years on the newsstand and will now only be offered in digital format. 10 Greatest Penthouse Letter Subjects Of All Time. It’s not of course that pornography has gone out of style - it’s just that its medium for consumption has shifted dramatically since the mid-20th century that marked the heyday of publications like Penthouse, Playboy, and others. “Re-imagined 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.” “This will be a new way for its readers to experience the world’s best adult magazine,” publisher FriendFinder Network said in a statement. 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 don’t fret - Penthouse isn’t gone for good. The publication will live on in a digital format. After five decades, Penthouse Magazine is shuttering its print edition, because why buy in print when you can read (and of course also look) online? It’s yet another blow to the adult magazine world, which has doubtless been feeling the pinch of web-based content’s ubiquity. The Internet has just claimed another casualty, and some may consider it a surprising one. “This move will keep Penthouse competitive in the future. “As FriendFinder Networks is one of the innovators of online social media, it is only appropriate that our valuable Penthouse flagship magazine now join our other Web offerings,” Chief Executive Jonathan Buckheit said in a statement. The new website, set to launch March 1, will have additional content alongside some features from the magazine, she said. The magazine will also relocate its New York operations to the Los Angeles offices of its owner, FriendFinder Networks Inc., which is based in Campbell, Calif.Īlthough Penthouse already has a website, the current site is largely a “redo” of the print magazine, said Kelly Holland, managing director of Penthouse.
The magazine will continue to be printed.
Adult magazine Penthouse will expand its website to include daily updates and more interactive content as traditional print publications continue to pivot to growing online readership.Ĥ:25 p.m.: An earlier version of this story said Penthouse would close its print edition and move to an all-digital format.