Parent company | Blue Active Media Ltd. |
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Status | Active |
Founded | 1964 |
Founder | Paul Raymond |
Successor | Paul Chaplin |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Distribution | (as high as) 500,000 |
Publication types | Escort Club International Mayfair Men Only Men's World Razzle Swing Mag Club DVD Escort DVD |
Nonfiction topics | Adult content |
Revenue | £20 million |
Official website | www |
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]