Paul Raymond Publications

Paul Raymond Publications
Parent companyBlue Active Media Ltd.
StatusActive
Founded1964
FounderPaul Raymond
SuccessorPaul Chaplin
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Distribution(as high as) 500,000
Publication typesEscort
Club International
Mayfair
Men Only
Men's World
Razzle
Swing Mag
Club DVD
Escort DVD
Nonfiction topicsAdult content
Revenue£20 million
Official websitewww.paulraymond.xxx

Paul Raymond Publications is a British publisher of softcore monthly pornographic magazine titles, including Escort, Club International, Mayfair, Men Only, Men's World and Razzle. The company's lawyers scrutinise the magazine content before publication to ensure that it is likely to comply with the Obscene Publications Act 1959[1] since UK law does not allow hardcore R18 imagery to be sold on newsstands. The magazines are generally available in most newsagents, although some larger retailers require them to be sold in bags to protect minors from seeing the cover photographs. The magazines have also been published in digital format since 2013. They were initially available from the dedicated Paul Raymond digital newsstand, but since that closed they have been sold via the publisher's main website[2] which contains both softcore and hardcore pornography.[citation needed] Blue Active Media Ltd. is the parent company.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Ledger, Sally; McDonagh, Josephine; Spencer, Jane (2014). Political Gender: Texts & Contexts. Routledge. p. 191. ISBN 9781317866725.
  2. ^ "Sadly, DigitalMagazines.xxx has now closed for good". Paul Raymond Digital Magazine Store. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.