Penthouse is a men's magazine founded in London by American Bob Guccione, with the first British issue appearing in March 1965. An American edition was launched in September 1969 and became Guccione's
The December 2009 American issue of Penthouse
The first American issue of Penthouse, September 1969
Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a US$1,000
Penthouse (magazine)
…was launched in September 1969 and became Guccione's flagship. Other national editions, published under franchise, came and went. Guccione challenged Playboy with a more provocative editorial line and more revealing nude photography. Unable to compete with the internet, the British edition folded in 1999 (an…
The editorial board of Playboy in 1970. Back, left to right: Robie Macauley, Nat Lehrman, Richard M. Koff, Murray Fisher, Arthur Kretchmer; front: Sheldon Wax, Auguste Comte Spectorsky, Jack Kessie.
A Playboy cigarette lighter with the rabbit logo
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kylie Bax wearing a Playboy shirt, with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Melania Trump (2000)
Gloria Steinem in 1977, photographed in her home, years after writing her Playboy expose