Paul Raymond Publications is a British men's softcore pornography publisher which releases ten pornographic magazine titles each month; Escort, Club International, Just Girls, Mayfair, Men Only, Men's World, Razzle, Swing Mag, Club DVD and Escort DVD. It was founded by the late Paul Raymond, and pioneered the UK adult magazine market when it launched Men Only in 1971, then Club International in 1972.[1] Raymond had launched his first magazine, King with the profits from his Raymond Revuebar in 1964, however it soon folded.[2] In 1971 he bought the struggling Men Only, and relaunched it.[2] It initially featured photos of the women who worked at his strip-clubs.[2] Within a few years the magazine claimed a circulation of 500,000.[2] Raymonds daughter Debbie ran the company for a time, until she died from a drugs overdose in 1992.[1] The companies main competitors in the UK are Gold Star Publications, formerly owned by
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