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Now a symbol of the male culture, the famous bunny logo is one of the world’s most recognized brands. This magazine commenced publication in 1966 as the ‘ Adam Film Quarterly’ and launched a second title, ‘ Adam Film World Guide’, in 1981 which eventually became the flagship title The magazine is produced by the UK powerhouse of porn publishing, Paul Raymond Productions who also distribute Razzle, Mayfair and Men Only. Considered a lowbrow version of Playboy, the magazine has created a solid readership over the years and continues to produce graphic depictions of penetrative sex, masturbation and lesbianism. In this issue you will never be left feeling blah, as the incredible folks who submitted their work have really brought a lot of energy to the table.

The magazine’s selling point has always been its association with promoting new talent in the AV industry as well as its unfussy centrefolds. 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’. Despite bowing to popular demands to increase the hardcore content by the 2000s, the magazine’s circulation dwindled and eventually closed in 2007. Perfect 10

Modelled after the success of Playboy, Debonair is an English language magazine produced in and for the Indian market.

Unlike its British cousin, the American version contains hardcore content including insertions, lesbianism and masturbation. Escort is in the top ten adult magazines sold in the UK and has enjoyed a solid readership due to its widespread availability since 1980. Fiesta Despite focusing much of its content on serious articles that provoke interesting debate and less on the naked female form, Playboy continues to be the granddaddy of the adult magazine. It was originally intended to be offered as a more upmarket version of Hustler.The magazine had strong art direction and less explicit images. The ‘upmarket’ sister title to the UK’s ‘ Fiesta’ (see below), Knave ran for 45 years before failing to keep up its circulation.This Dutch magazine was founded by the notorious pornographer Joop Wilhelmus and his business partner, Jan Wenderhold in 1968. Though circulation has dropped in recent years to just 100,000 copies, the magazine remains popular. The print format complements the company’s stable of porn films, television channels and even wines and spirits. Playboy 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. Producing over 200 issues to date, Gallery had suffered from a stream of financial problems before being bought by the Magna Publishing Group in 2008.

The title continues to be produced but is now a full-glossy magazine mainly featuring nude and softcore images of well known models. Men’s World Cooper Hefner, heir of the Playboy empire and Chief Creative Officer of the magazine, admitted that the move had been a mistake but that times have changed since the title was first launched. In an illuminating essay on the subject, Hefner Jr insisted that his father’s intentions for the magazine had always been widely misinterpreted. He went on to suggest that Playboy’s philosophy from the start had always been “to promote a healthy conversation about sex while also encouraging dialogue on social, philosophical and religious opinions”. Originally produced in a larger format, the magazine’s big centrefold was the main selling point. The title has since reverted to a standard size.

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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! Still published today, Aktuell Rapport covers news, sports and humour as well as featuring softcore porn. Asian Fever 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. Running for forty years this popular title has built on a format of hardcore images with feature celebrity pieces and strong articles.

Fiesta is the best-selling adult magazine in the UK and has been publishing top shelf material for over fifty years. Partially credited as an ingredient to its success is the popular ‘Reader’s Wives’ section. Magazines like Loaded and FHM were all competing for shelf space but doing a better job at appealing to the masses who preferred to avoid the stigma of reaching to the top shelf for dirty magazines. Not only that but the growth of the internet was fast fulfilling the need for pornography a lot more discreetly. 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. 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. Aktuell Rapport was originally produced monthly then changed to weekly in the 1980s before settling on its current bi-weekly format.

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Over the last few decades the fall in the number of available magazine publications in all markets is undeniable yet the stalwarts of the adult industry that remain enjoy some of the highest circulation figures in the publishing industry. Top shelf magazines, or ‘Men’s Interest’ remain a rite of passage. A Social Perspective on Adult Magazines The company still exists through the archive of its vintage pornographic material though the magazines themselves were sold to a German company in the 1990s Hustler’s original USP was in the production of more explicit imagery than its competitors and its launch in the 1970s saw evermore hardcore content.