Paul Raymond Publications R.I.P.!

[Peter]

"Magna Publishing Group has purchased Club Magazine and its sister publications from Club Media Inc., increasing the total number of titles it publishes to over 60. The deal also includes Club International, Club Confidential and Best of Club.

Magna Publishing Group already includes established magazine titles such as Swank, Genesis, Fox, Gallery, Velvet and Gent.

Genesis Editor-in-Chief Dan Davis has been named editor-in-chief of Club Magazine. Club is definitely one of the biggest men?s titles and it definitely becomes our biggest title on the Magna roster, said Davis, who will continue to edit Genesis as well.

The acquisition is effective immediately. The first issues of Club and its sister titles under the Magna umbrella will be the January 2010 magazines, which are projected to be on the street in November."

[awagg]

Re-live the old days! An awesome collection here - http://magpile.co.uk/shop/category_27/M ... =cid%3D%26

[joe king]

[paul markham]

I remember the first time they dis a full frontal spread. Had that magazine for years hidden under my cupboard.

Definitely the end of an era, the Internet has taken porn over. If you don't have a web presence you best get one fast. Is my advice.

Still I will miss the guys working at PRO and of course the sales we made there.

Feel for all those who lost their jobs as well. !sad!

[Krills]

Well, much as the change was an upheaval, and we lost many good people, we're still publishing, and despite the budget cuts that come with being in a declining sector of the market, still churning out the best adult titles, and still paying photographers - even if it might take a touch longer these days! The remaining core staff are all PRO veterans as well, fighting to keep the famous brands of yore alive.

[johnuk]

Good to hear it still exists on some level. Website?

[spunkie]

Any chance of Jo Guest making a return?! Please?! !bow!

[The Bear up a tree]

Mr Mark wrote:

> I feel extremely sad for teenagers, that they will never
> experience the thrill of finding porno mags in a carrier bag in
> the woods, or in a hedge on a school run.
>
> I can remember 20 kids stopping and pointing in unison, during
> a games lesson, at a tiny glimmer of white carrier bag in some
> brambles - there was a mass shout of 'porno mags!', followed by
> a frantic scramble to the supposed goodies. We had great smut
> radar in those days!
>
> I sneaked home with part of the loot, an old copy of Razzle, to
> read in the bath before dinnertime.
>
> Nothing beat those illicit days. Hedges, woods, stealing from
> the news stall in town, or trying to look old enough to buy
> Shaving Ravers and going bright red when realising it was a
> teenage girl serving behind the counter.
>
> Nowadays kids can just access grot in seconds by going to one
> of the free tube sites. Where's the fun or the thrill in that?
> No swapping mags at the back of double maths, no shouting at
> the scumbag friend, who had quite literally 'splashed out' on
> the centrefold.
>
> Big shame.
>
>

amen to that, brother. great days.

[Krills]

We're working on a new website at the moment, with much more content. Should be ready in a month or two.
And Spunkie, Steve Colby just dropped off a previously unpublished Jo Guest set with me this week from a few years back and I'll be using that in MensWorld pretty soon!

[SimonD]

Far from RIP, in fact I'm getting a lot busier for them, there's a set of FayeX doing gonzo with Cate Harrington I shot in this months Escort I'm really pleased with, great fun to shoot )

I grew up reading Escort Mag so I'm loving shooting for them.

Look forward to seeing Jo Guest's set, she is and always has been my favourite.