Magna Publishing Group

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Magna Publishing Group, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry Publishing, Sex industry
Founded1975 [1]
Headquarters
210 East State Route 4 Suite 211 Paramus, New Jersey [1] [2] 07652-5103
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products Pornographic magazines, magazines

Magna Publishing Group, Inc. is an American publishing company headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey. [1] [2] Founded in 1975, [1] the company publishes a number of magazine titles and is one of the largest publishers of pornographic magazines in the United States [3] [4] [5] with titles such as Club , [6] Swank , Genesis , Gallery , Gent , as well as "nearly 60 total adult titles". [3] The Company has only 1 to 10 employees. [7] On December 22, 2015, Magna Publishing Group was purchased by 1-800-PHONESEX for an undisclosed amount. [8]

Adult magazines

Titles published under the name "Enoble Media Group": [12] [13] [14]

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  2. 1 2 "Magna Publications". Manta.
  3. 1 2 Steve Javors, xbiz.com, Magna Publishing Purchases Club Magazines, August 25, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Bob Johnson, xbiz.com, Magna Publishing Acquires Blue Horizon Titles, Internet Rights Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , April 25, 2011.
  5. ↑ Chris Kokenes, CNN, Does sex still sell? Adult industry not immune to recession, October 5, 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 John Sanford, xbiz.com, iPadult.com Teams With Magna Publishing to Bring Magazines to iPad, August 30, 2012.
  7. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/company/magna-publishing-group-inc- [ self-published source ]
  8. ↑ "1-800-PHONESEX Acquires Leading New York-Based Adult Publisher". Yahoo Finance. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 http://www.magnapublishing.com/advertising/rates.htm [ bare URL ]
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Source: The Magna Publishing Group, by: Company Press Release, Magna Acquires Fox, Gallery, Lollypops, April 30, 2008.
  11. ↑ Day, E.S. (June 6, 2009). "Kickin' It Old School: Swank Magazine". AbortMag.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Enoble Media Group Magazines & Media Kits". AdSprouts. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Enoble Media Group". Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Enoble Media Webstore". Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Faces Magazines Inc., Paramus NJ, 07652-5103, 2018434004, 201-843-4004".
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